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| MLB's Ryan Zimmerman sues Al Jazeera over doping report | | | Washington Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman sued the Al Jazeera television network for defamation on Tuesday over a report that he used a performance-enhancing drug. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, accuses the Qatar-based network of libel and invasion of privacy. Zimmerman is seeking punitive and other damages and a court order that Al Jazeera retract false and defamatory statements, according to the court filing. |
| Obama, wiping tears, makes new push to tighten gun rules | |  By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wiping back tears as he remembered children killed in a mass shooting, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered stricter gun rules that he can impose without Congress and urged American voters to reject pro-gun candidates. Obama made it clear he does not expect gun laws to change during his remaining year in office, but pledged to do what he can to make gun control a theme in the months leading up to the November election to replace him. In a powerful address in the White House, surrounded by family members of people killed in shootings, Obama's voice rose to a yell as he said the constitutional rights of Americans to bear arms needed to be balanced by the right to worship, gather peacefully and live their lives.
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| Public asked to help close 18-minute gap in San Bernardino probe | |  By Dan Whitcomb SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) - Federal and local law enforcement officials on Tuesday asked for the public's help in piecing together the movements of a married couple in the hours after they killed 14 people at a county office building in San Bernardino, California. In making the appeal at a news conference in San Bernardino, authorities said investigators had accounted for all but 18 minutes of a nearly four-hour span on Dec. 2, the day Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik stormed into a holiday party shortly before 11 a.m. (1900 GMT) and opened fire. "We want to know as much as we can know about their activities leading up to and following the shooting," FBI spokesman David Bowdich said.
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| Four armed men set Saudi Aramco bus on fire in oil province | | | DUBAI (Reuters) - Four armed men set a bus on fire on Tuesday carrying workers in Saudi Arabia's oil-producing Eastern Province, state news agency SPA reported. State oil company Saudi Aramco said none of its employees had been injured but gave no further details. SPA said the men had stopped the bus in the district of Qatif, the home of prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr, who was executed on Saturday with 46 other men. ... |
| Volkswagen faces billions in fines as U.S. sues for environmental violations | |  By Julia Edwards and Georgina Prodhan WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has sued Volkswagen for up to $48 billion for allegedly violating environmental laws - a reminder of the carmaker's problems nearly four months after its emissions scandal broke. Although such U.S. lawsuits are typically settled at a fraction of the theoretical maximum penalty, analysts said the size of the claim meant Volkswagen (VW) could face a larger bill than previously anticipated. "The announcement serves as a reminder/reality check of VW's still unresolved emissions issues," Goldman Sachs analysts wrote in a note, maintaining their "sell" recommendation on the stock.
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| Sympathy for jailed ranchers, anger at occupiers in Oregon town | |  By Jonathan Allen and Jim Urquhart BURNS, Ore. (Reuters) - Residents of the Oregon town thrust into the spotlight after self-styled militiamen took over a U.S. wildlife refuge voiced sympathy for the jailed ranchers whose plight inspired the action but were critical of the armed protesters. Saturday's takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge outside the town of Burns, Oregon, marked the latest protest over federal management of public land in the West, long seen by conservatives in the region as an intrusion on individual rights. Ranchers Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son, Steven, who on Monday surrendered to serve longer prison terms for setting fires that spread to federal land, had been regulars at a town diner where residents were sympathetic and said they feared the federal government wanted to seize ranch lands for its own use.
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| German politicians fear hefty U.S. fine could hit VW jobs | |  A U.S. lawsuit against Volkswagen has sparked concern among German politicians that a multi-billion-dollar fine could endanger jobs at the country's biggest carmaker. The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday it has sued VW for allegedly violating environmental laws by installing devices to cheat emissions tests in several 2.0 litre diesel vehicle models. While any fine is likely to be well short of the theoretical maximum of $48 billion, the claim has shone the spotlight back on the German company's problems just as Volkswagen (VW) had hoped it was starting to make progress in tackling the scandal.
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| U.S. judge orders deposition of Cosby's wife kept under seal | |  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. magistrate judge has ordered that a deposition of Bill Cosby's wife in connection with sexual assault allegations against the comedian should be kept under seal. The order, entered by Magistrate Judge David Hennessy late on Monday in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Massachusetts, follows a request by Cosby family attorneys to delay the interview of Camille Cosby, the entertainer's spouse of almost 52 years and business manager. The Massachusetts civil suit is one of a series of legal actions Cosby, 78, is facing over claims by more than 50 women that the actor sexually assaulted them after plying them with drugs and alcohol, in alleged instances that played out over decades.
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| Ethics watchdog recommends nine-year ban for FIFA's Valcke | |  FIFA's ethics watchdog has recommended a nine-year ban for secretary-general Jerome Valcke over alleged corruption involving the sale of World Cup tickets, among the dozens of scandals rocking soccer's crisis-plagued governing body. Cornel Borbely, chief investigator for FIFA's independent ethics committee, requested that Valcke be fined 100,000 Swiss francs after completing an investigation into the Frenchman's conduct, the watchdog said in a statement. The allegations against Valcke stem from former Israeli soccer player Benny Alon telling a news conference in September in Zurich that he agreed in 2013 to pay cash to Valcke to secure plum tickets for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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