California regulators OK on-demand ridesharing, with conditions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – On-demand ride services got the green light from California regulators Thursday in a move the services hope will help clear their legal status in other jurisdictions.
Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Halliburton Co pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges of destroying evidence, stemming from its role in the 2010 BP oil disaster that killed 11 men and sent more than 4 million barrels of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexi…
Man sentenced for shooting at Washington lobbying group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Virginia man who had planned to shoot people at a conservative Washington lobbying group and then rub Chick-fil-A sandwiches in his victims’ faces was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday.
Texas set to execute man convicted in botched gang murders
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man convicted in a 2002 gang-related killing of four women near the Mexico border is set for execution on Thursday.
South Carolina service station sells winning $400 million Powerball ticket
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – A gasoline station in central South Carolina sold the winning ticket in the $400 million Powerball jackpot drawing, lottery officials said on Thursday, as they waited for the winner to claim the prize.
Memories of JFK, ‘Uncle Ted’ at Kennedy hearing for Japan post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Caroline Kennedy faced a friendly U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday on her nomination as President Barack Obama’s next ambassador to Japan, amid memories of her father, the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and uncl…
Fire destroys Oklahoma chemical plant, no injuries
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A fire destroyed a chemical plant and caused small explosions near a western Oklahoma town, forcing the evacuation of about a dozen people from nearby homes, but resulting in no injuries, a county emergency management official…
Military background checks not re-examined for a decade unless concerns raised
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People who seek “secret” security clearances to work at U.S. military installations undergo background checks that are good for a decade and are not re-examined unless derogatory information is presented to authorities, defense o…
Honda to recall 405,000 vehicles over airbag system glitch
TOKYO (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co said it is recalling about 405,400 vehicles, including the Odyssey minivan in the United States and three other countries, due to a glitch in the computer chip used in the airbag system.
Colorado rainfall one for the ages, Weather Service says
(Reuters) – The downpour that inundated parts of Colorado this month was a once-in-a-millennium event for those areas, according to an analysis by the National Weather Service.
