Category: United States

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…

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…

House Republicans, Democrats Call on US Secret Service Chief to Resign 

July 22 By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle rebuffed bipartisan calls to resign for security failures that allowed a would-be assassin to wound Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and rankled lawmakers by refusing to provide details about the incident. The…

Delta Air Lines Grapples With Flight Cancelations After Tech Outage 

July 21 By David Shepardson and Caroline Valetkevitch (Reuters) -Delta Air Lines struggled on Sunday to restore normal operations after last week’s crippling global cyber outage, canceling 1,250 flights beyond the 3,500 it had already scrapped. The issue has stranded thousands of Delta travelers across…