News of the day from across the nation, June 10

The 6-1 ruling effectively keeps the state from having its unfunded liability increased by about $17.5 billion and is the second significant victory for Christie over public unions on the pension issue.

Federal health officials failed to force a recall of peanut butter and almond products for three months after DNA testing confirmed salmonella contamination, government investigators reported Thursday.

Despite new legal powers to compel recalls and sophisticated technology to fingerprint pathogens, the Food and Drug Administration allowed some food-safety investigations to drag on, placing consumers in jeopardy, according to the inspector general’s office at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Milwaukee County sheriff’s officials say no criminal charges will be filed in the death of a mother who was shot by her 2-year-old son as she drove along a Milwaukee freeway.

Relatives say Patrice Price was driving her boyfriend’s car April 26 when his loaded handgun slid from under the driver’s seat and the toddler, who was riding in the back seat, picked it up.

5 Navy bribery: A Navy admiral will plead guilty to lying to federal authorities investigating a Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” his attorney said, making him the highest-ranking military official to be taken down in the wide-spanning $34 million fraud scheme that has shaken the Navy.