Food giants pour millions into defeating Washington GMO label measure
SEATTLE/KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Major U.S. food and chemical companies are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to block approval of a ballot initiative in Washington state that would make it the first in the United States to require labe…
San Francisco joins sugary drinks fray with tax proposal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco may become the latest U.S. city to try to curb the consumption of sugary drinks with a proposed ballot measure to impose a tax on beverages seen as a culprit in rising rates of childhood obesity and diabetes.
New York retailers, police trade blame on ‘shop and frisk’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York police and retailers Macy’s Inc and Barneys New York Inc traded blame on Tuesday over complaints by black customers who were stopped by police after making luxury purchases, in a case that has roiled civil rights leaders.
Obama under fire as Americans lose prior health plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is facing fresh attacks for his pledge that Americans who like their current healthcare plans can keep them under Obamacare, as reports pile up of thousands of Americans facing cancellation notices.
Oklahoma high court says drug-induced abortion law unconstitutional
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a state law meant to restrict the use of abortion-inducing drugs instead bans them altogether, rendering the law unconstitutional and paving the way for the measure to reach the…
NSA chief defends agency amid U.S. spy rift with Europe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the National Security Agency defended his beleaguered organization on Tuesday, saying it acts within the law to stop militant attacks and calling reports that the NSA collected data on millions of phone calls in Europ…
Trayvon Martin’s mother asks Senate to curb ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws
(Reuters) – The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin urged a Senate panel to help rescind “Stand Your Ground” laws that have proliferated in state legislatures, granting gun owners wider latitude to use their weapons in self-defense.
U.S. adoptive mother gets 37 years for Ethiopian girl’s death
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – A U.S. woman was sentenced to 37 years in prison on Tuesday for starving her Ethiopia-born adopted daughter and leaving her to die outside in the cold in Washington state.
Rights groups say reach settlement with Alabama on immigration law
(Reuters) – Members of a coalition of civil rights groups said on Tuesday they reached a settlement with the state of Alabama to end a lawsuit challenging the state’s immigration law.
Five dead at four locations after shooting spree in Texas town
TERRELL, Texas (Reuters) – A man suspected of shooting to death his mother, aunt and three others in four locations was charged with murder on Tuesday after a manhunt and high-speed car chase through the Texas town of Terrell, law enforcement authoriti…
