California Wildfire Now Fourth-Largest in State History, Hot Weather Offers No Relief
Aug. 3 By Rich McKay (Reuters) -More than 6,000 firefighters in California’s Central Valley continued to battle the largest blaze in the U.S. on Saturday, which burned its way into the history books as the state’s fourth-largest conflagration on record. There was barely a taste…
US FDA Approves Adaptimmune’s Therapy for Rare Type of Cancer
Aug. 2 By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved Adaptimmune’s first-of-its-kind treatment for a rare type of cancer in the soft tissues that most often affects young people. The therapy, branded as Tecelra, was approved to…
US Justice Dept. Launches Whistleblower Program Aimed at Corporate Crime
Aug. 1 By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday debuted its first-ever whistleblower program offering monetary awards to tipsters who report certain types of corporate misconduct, an effort designed to ratchet up the pressure on companies who face allegations of…
Olympics-IOC Asks for Dialogue Between U.S. and WADA Over Doping Dispute
July 31 By Karolos Grohmann PARIS (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has asked for talks between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the United States, including the country’s anti-doping agency USADA, to resolve a dispute over jurisdiction in doping matters, it said on Wednesday. A…
El Chapo Son Pleads Not Guilty in US Court After Dramatic Arrest
July 30 By Brendan O’Brien and Luc Cohen CHICAGO (Reuters) – A son of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug charges on Tuesday, five days after his arrest in a dramatic operation in which he delivered his…
US DOJ Asks Court to Reject TikTok Challenge to Crackdown Law
July 27 By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal appeals court late on Friday to uphold an April law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok’s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban. The DOJ argued in its filing…
Union Pacific Railway Interfered in Federal Safety Audit, Agency Says
July 26 By David Shepardson (Reuters) -U.S. railroad Union Pacific interfered in a federal safety audit after employees were coached how to respond, prompting the federal rail agency to end the review, the agency and the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee said on Friday….
Olympics-U.S. Olympic Officials Call for Truce in Doping Feud
July 25 By Steve Keating PARIS (Reuters) -America’s top Olympic official has backed the world anti-doping body after its credibility came under fire over a case, recently come to light, of Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance and went on to compete…
Delta Expects Normal Operations by Thursday as Flight Disruptions Ease
July 24 By David Shepardson and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Reuters) -Delta Air Lines is making progress in restoring its services from a global cyber outage and would resume normal operations Thursday, CEO Ed Bastian said. The Atlanta-based carrier has been hit hard by the outage…
Colorado Ramps up Bird Flu Response, Requires Milk Testing
July 23 By Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas CHICAGO (Reuters) – Colorado began requiring dairies to test milk supplies for bird flu every week, the state’s veterinarian told Reuters on Tuesday, as a federal team arrived to help investigate an escalating outbreak in cows that…