Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is promising to be away from the job for just a “limited time” when she gives birth to twins later this year, but the development only adds to the uncertainty some investors have long had ...
Read More »India SUV maker rides into US market … on a scooter
India’s largest SUV maker is ready to make its debut on U.S. roads. But it’s starting with two wheels, not four. Mahindra hopes to win over city and campus dwellers with a $2,999, Vespa-like electric scooter called the GenZe, ...
Read More »National parks seeing huge spikes in visitation this summer
Visitors heading to the Grand Canyon lately know they are going to get two things when they arrive: breathtaking views and long waits, whether it is to get into the national park itself or to find a parking spot inside. ...
Read More »Judge: Injunction against water rule limited to 13 states
A federal judge in North Dakota said Friday that his injunction blocking a new Obama administration rule aimed at regulating some small waterways applies only to the 13 states that sued to block the rule, and not nationwide. The ruling ...
Read More »FDA issues warning letters to powdered caffeine distributors
The Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to five distributors of pure powdered caffeine, saying the products put consumers at risk. The letters, which are dated Aug. 27, follow the overdose deaths last year of two young men ...
Read More »Pope visit this month presents unprecedented security issues
Those planning security for the New York City leg of the upcoming United States visit of Pope Francis have circled Sept. 25 on their calendars as the perfect storm. That day, Francis is to address world leaders at the United ...
Read More »Big cities scramble to be prepared for an oil train disaster
They rumble past schools, homes and businesses in dozens of cities around the country — 100-car trains loaded with crude oil from the Upper Midwest. While railroads have long carried hazardous materials through congested urban areas, cities are now scrambling ...
Read More »BP seeks to get back some Gulf oil spill business payouts
Attorneys for BP told a federal appeals court last week the company should be able to get back some of the money it paid in economic damage claims to businesses and individuals under a settlement arising from the 2010 Gulf ...
Read More »Wills of millions of Americans now available online
Paul Revere left all his household furniture to an unmarried daughter. Harriet Beecher Stowe bequeathed her stock in several railroads and a Florida orange grove to her son. Daniel Webster willed a beloved grandson a gold snuff box with the ...
Read More »New federal requirements on cellphone surveillance
Federal law enforcement officials will be routinely required to get a search warrant before using secretive and intrusive cellphone-tracking technology under a new Justice Department policy announced last week. The policy, the first of its kind, is designed to create ...
Read More »With clerk jailed, gay Kentucky couples gets marriage licenses
At least three gay couples received marriage licenses Friday in Rowan County, embracing and celebrating as the defiant clerk sat remained jailed because she refuses to issue the licenses or allow her deputies to hand them out. William Smith Jr. ...
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