DETROIT (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co said on Friday that it is recalling another 440,000 vehicles — including some of its best-selling Accord and Civic models — for a potentially lethal airbag defect. Read more…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A second New Jersey mayor arrested in a sweeping federal corruption investigation stepped down on Friday under pressure from voters and the state’s governor. Read more…
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The recession has delivered a disproportionate blow to blacks and Hispanics, yet minorities may be more optimistic about the economy than most Americans and many feel they have earned a place at the corporate table. Read more…
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Afghan battlefield is spreading into residential areas where more people are being killed by air strikes, car bombs and suicide attacks, according to a U.N. report published on Friday. Read more…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Boston groups offered early bids on Thursday to buy the Boston Globe from The New York Times Co, the Globe reported on Friday. Read more…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama played bartender-in-chief on Thursday at a “beer summit” of the main players in a racially charged case that he hoped would be a “positive lesson” in a national dialogue on race. Read more…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats on the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee have agreed to numerous changes to healthcare legislation currently under review, panel chairman Henry Waxman said on Friday. Read more…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s drive for U.S. healthcare reform suffered another setback on Thursday when Senate Finance Committee leaders said the panel would not vote on a compromise plan before senators leave for a month-long August recess next week. Read more…
LONDON (Reuters) – A Briton wanted in the United States for breaking into NASA and Pentagon networks in “the biggest military hack of all time” lost an appeal against his extradition Friday, making a U.S. trial more likely. Read more…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Baseball sluggers Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, who helped the Boston Red Sox end an 86-year World Series title drought in 2004, tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, The New York Times reported on Thursday. Read more…