California, eyeing Cosby, ends statute of limitations for rape
By Sharon BernsteinSACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a bill to end the statute of limitations for rape, a measure inspired by accusations against...
View ArticleChicago teachers union sets October 11 strike date
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Teachers Union voted on Wednesday to set an Oct. 11 date for a possible strike that could disrupt classes for tens of thousands of students in the...
View ArticleMissouri fraternity suspended after being accused of racial slurs
By Kevin MurphyKANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - The University of Missouri said on Wednesday a fraternity accused of making racial slurs toward a group of black students had been suspended, less than a...
View ArticleMan shot dead by Philadelphia police after stabbing two children
(Reuters) - A man was shot and killed by police in Philadelphia on Wednesday after he stabbed two children, including his son, and assaulted his teenage daughter and two other women, police said.The...
View ArticleCalifornia shooting shows police ill-equipped to handle mentally ill
By Sharon Bernstein(Reuters) - The fatal shooting by police of a mentally unstable California man and the anguished response of his sister who had called 911 seeking help highlight the risks of a U.S....
View ArticleNew Jersey train rams into station, kills bystander, injures 114 others
By Frank McGurty and Amy TenneryHOBOKEN, N.J. (Reuters) - A commuter train plowed into a station in New Jersey at the height of Thursday's morning rush hour, killing a woman on the platform and...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear credit card surcharge fee fight
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a challenge to a New York state law barring retailers from imposing surcharges on customers who make purchases...
View ArticleFCC delays final vote on pay TV box reform
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it would delay a final vote on a landmark reform of the $20 billion television set-top box market...
View ArticleWatchdog finds flaws in U.S. DEA's payments to sources
By Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's program for paying confidential sources to assist with narcotics-trafficking investigations is riddled with...
View ArticleWater meeting safety standards after Florida sinkhole leak: Mosaic
By Rod Nickel(Reuters) - Testing of nine wells near a sinkhole at a Mosaic Co fertilizer facility in Florida, site of a massive leak of contaminated water, shows that water meets safe drinking...
View ArticleU.S. backs upgraded wireless emergency alerts after bombing case
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved rules requiring wireless carriers to provide upgraded emergency alerts including more...
View ArticleFamily wants answers over police shooting death in Washington
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The family of an unarmed black man fatally shot by a District of Columbia police officer wants answers to unresolved questions in the case, which has sparked...
View ArticleEx-Insys sales manager arrested in U.S. fentanyl-kickback case
By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - A former Insys Therapeutics Inc district sales manager was arrested on Thursday on charges he participated in a scheme to pay kickbacks to doctors to prescribe a drug...
View ArticleUdacity's self-driving car engineering degree lures over 11,000 hopefuls
By Alexandria Sage and Paul LienertSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley online education platform Udacity has already received more than 11,000 applicants for its so-called nanodegree in...
View ArticlePolice investigating infant's death
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls police are investigating the death of a two month old boy at a daycare on Fernwood Drive last Friday.Officer Sam Clemens says the provider found the child...
View ArticleWATCH: Titletown District Park Components
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - We're getting a first look at the final components for phase one of the Titletown District, west of Lambeau Field.On Thursday, the Green Bay Packers unveiled renderings of the...
View ArticleKansas, ACLU reach temporary agreement on voter ID
(Reuters) - The Kansas Secretary of State and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have reached a temporary agreement over the state's voter registration laws, keeping Kansas' chief elections...
View ArticleCalifornia shooting shows slow adoption of police body cameras
By David Ingram(Reuters) - After El Cajon, California, police shot dead an unarmed black man said to be mentally ill, they released a photo from a bystander's cell phone video, showing the man in a...
View ArticleCasino-gaming company IGT to pay fine for retaliating against whistleblower: SEC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Game Technology has agreed to pay a $500,000 penalty for firing an employee for telling the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the casino-gaming company's...
View ArticleSEC charges former Puma Biotech employee with insider trading
By Suzanne BarlynWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former executive for biopharmaceutical company Puma Biotechnology Inc was charged on Thursday by the top U.S. securities regulator and prosecutors with trading...
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