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Motor racing-Rosberg takes surprise Monaco hat trick

(Fixes headline) MONACO, May 24 (Reuters) – Nico Rosberg took a surprise hat-trick of Monaco Grand Prix victories on Sunday after Mercedes blew championship-leading team mate Lewis Hamilton’s chances with a late pitstop while he was leading. The result, with Hamilton third after leading for 64 of the 78 laps after starting on pole, slashed the Briton’s lead over German rival Rosberg to 10 points after six of 19 races.

Cleveland protests erupt after officer found not guilty in fatal shooting of two unarmed suspects

By Aaron Josefczyk and Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A Cleveland police officer was found not guilty on Saturday in the shooting deaths of an unarmed black man and a woman after a high-speed car chase in 2012, one in a series of cases that have raised questions over police conduct and race relations in the United States. Judge John O’Donnell said Officer Michael Brelo, 31, acted reasonably in shooting

After bruising safety crisis, U.S. car watchdog shows its bite

The U.S. auto safety watchdog, long criticized as toothless and slow, is showing both bark and bite under its new boss – a testimony to his credentials as a safety expert and a hardening of the administration’s policy after a wave of deadly defects. Having taken the helm of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in January, Mark Rosekind has wasted no time in forcing reluctant companies into recalling millions of defective vehicles. In doing