(Reuters) - Manslaughter charges were dropped against two former BP well site managers involved in the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil drilling disaster on Wednesday, and one pleaded guilty to an environmental crime, federal prosecutors said.
VIENNA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Iran made a coordinated, if limited, effort before the end of 2003 relevant to the making of nuclear weapons, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonia's prime minister said on Wednesday he does not believe Russia will attack the Baltic state, despite "worrying" developments such as Russian air incursions and military exercises near its borders this year.
BERLIN (Reuters) - France and Germany pushed on Wednesday for Europe to speed up a crackdown on money laundering and said they would propose a package of new EU measures next week to cut off funding to militants.
Dec 2 (Reuters) - Manslaughter charges were dropped against two former BP well site managers involved in the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil drilling disaster on Wednesday, and one pleaded guilty to an environmental crime, federal prosecutors said.
(Reuters) - Online taxi-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] is launching a new button, called the Ride Request Button, which developers can add to their apps.
An ex-wife of the Charleston native charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood said that he vandalized an abortion clinic years earlier when he lived in South Carolina.
An ex-wife of the man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood said that he vandalized the reproductive health organization years earlier when he lived in South Carolina.
Sotheby's is holding the online auction for items associated with the space odyssey series. Estimates run from $100 to $35,000.
So who is the college football Coach of the Year in South Carolina this season?
BERLIN, Dec 2 (Reuters) - France and Germany pushed on Wednesday for Europe to speed up a crackdown on money laundering and said they would propose a package of new EU measures next week to cut off funding to militants.
Dec 2 (Reuters) - Online taxi-hailing service Uber is launching a new button, called the Ride Request Button, which developers can add to their apps.
* Dollar hits highest level since March 2003 (Adds Yellen comments, close of European markets)
A longtime Charleston business is seeking permission to demolish all of its buildings, a move possibly connected to the redevelopment of the prime piece of real estate where Morris Sokol Furniture store operated for nearly a century before closing in the fall.
A longtime Charleston business is asking the city for permission to demolish all of its buildings, a move possibly connected to the redevelopment of the prime piece of real estate where Morris Sokol Furniture store operated for nearly a century before closing in the fall.
A man jumped inside a polar bear pit Wednesday at the Copenhagen Zoo, forcing zookeepers to fire rubber bullets at the 621-kilogram (1,369-pound) bear so they could rescue him.
Pennsylvania environmental officials can't explain why residents of one city thought part of their town smelled like cat urine last year.
A Turkish court overseeing the case of a doctor accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ruled that a committee of experts should assess whether the fictional Lord of the Rings character Gollum is good or bad.
State Attorney General Alan Wilson declined to review the controversial Zachary Hammond police shooting case, saying that "second-guessing" the decision of a local prosecutor would set a dangerous precedent.
State Attorney General Alan Wilson won’t review an Upstate solicitor’s decision not to charge a police officer in the shooting of Zachary Hammond, saying that doing so would set a dangerous precedent.
LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea's England defender Gary Cahill has signed a new four-year contract that will keep him at the club until 2019, the Premier League champions said in a statement.
LONDON, Dec 2(Reuters) - Benin's Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou said on Tuesday he would run for president on behalf of the ruling party in an election next year, burying fears that President Boni Yayi will defy constitutional term limits and seek a third term.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Top medical device makers are investing heavily in a new way to treat leaky mitral heart valves, a serious condition affecting millions of people, but it will be at least four years before the technology reaches the U.S. market.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Top medical device makers are investing heavily in a new way to treat leaky mitral heart valves, a serious condition affecting millions of people, but it will be at least four years before the technology reaches the U.S. market.
MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Turkey's worsening dispute with Russia over the downing of a Russian warplane is prompting Ankara to prepare to source vital food and energy imports elsewhere, underscoring the dispute's potential to up-end lucrative trade ties.
