No U.S. charges for South Carolina ex-deputy seen throwing student
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it would not bring federal civil rights charges against a former sheriff's deputy seen in a 2015 viral video flipping a South Carolina high school...
View ArticleSupreme Court to weigh securities class action timing question
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to resolve a legal dispute over whether certain securities class action lawsuits can be barred because they were filed...
View ArticleSupreme Court to hear Santander debt collection dispute
By Andrew ChungNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether firms collecting on debt they bought for pennies on the dollar can be held liable in lawsuits brought by...
View ArticleChicago schools order unpaid days off after governor's funding veto
By Dave McKinneyCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago’s cash-strapped public school system ordered its teachers and administrators on Friday to take four unpaid days off to offset state funding withheld by...
View ArticleTrump picks Maryland U.S. attorney for No. two job at Justice: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Rod Rosenstein, the U.S. attorney in Maryland, for the job of deputy attorney general, according to a source familiar with the...
View ArticleMan arrested in slaying of Saudi college student in Wisconsin
(Reuters) - A suspect has been arrested, police said on Friday, in the slaying of a University of Wisconsin student from Saudi Arabia who was reported to have been fatally beaten outside a pizzeria in...
View ArticleCleveland officers to face administrative charges in shooting of black boy
By Kim PalmerCLEVELAND (Reuters) - Three police officers involved in the fatal 2014 shooting of a 12-year-old African-American Ohio boy who was playing with a pellet gun will face internal discipline...
View ArticleDesigner wanted in bribery case arrested in Mexico, sent to U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York fashion designer who calls himself the "curator of cool" was arrested in Mexico and sent to the United States where he is charged as part of a bribery case that has...
View ArticleRingling Bros. circus folding its tent after nearly 150 years
By Chris Michaud(Reuters) - The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus said on Saturday it will cease performances after 146 years in business, owing to what it said were declining tickets sales...
View ArticleMan arrested after Washington state Islamic Center fire
(Reuters) - A Washington man was arrested on Saturday on charges of setting fire to an Islamic center in Bellevue, Washington, authorities said.Isaac Wayne Wilson, 37, was arrested after he was...
View ArticleHigh-flying pro wrestling star Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka dies at 73
By Jon Herskovitz(Reuters) - Fijian-born Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, one of biggest stars in professional wrestling in the 1980s, died on Sunday at age 73, less than two weeks after homicide charges were...
View ArticleMillennial women opposed to Trump take to streets, many for the first time
By Ellen WulfhorstNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millennials, some so young they need their parents' permission and others with babies in tow, will join women's protests this weekend as their...
View ArticleSpringsteen tribute band pulls out of Trump inauguration bash
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Bruce Springsteen tribute band bowed to pressure on Monday and backed out of performing at a gala on the evening before Donald Trump's inauguration, saying it was...
View ArticleBiologists investigate deaths of 82 stranded dolphins in Florida
(Reuters) - Biologists on Tuesday were investigating the weekend deaths of dozens of dolphins in Everglades National Park in Florida's largest mass stranding of the mammal since 1989, a U.S. scientific...
View ArticleWal-Mart, General Motors reaffirm jobs long planned, Trump says thanks
By Nandita Bose(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc and General Motors Co on Tuesday became the latest companies to win praise from President-elect Donald Trump for adding U.S. jobs and investment, even...
View ArticleSupreme Court asks Trump team for New Jersey sports betting views
By Andrew ChungWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday delayed a decision on whether to consider Governor Chris Christie's bid to bring sports betting to New Jersey and asked...
View ArticleFlorida nightclub gunman's wife charged with helping husband
By Curtis SkinnerOAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, appeared in court on Tuesday, accused of committing a crime by assisting...
View ArticleAppeals court rules for Education Management on debt-cutting plan
By Tom HalsWILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) - Education Management Corp scored a victory in its fight against an investor opposed to its $1.5 billion debt-cutting plan on Tuesday, when a U.S. appeals court...
View ArticleLawsuit over naked Missouri jail inmates is revived
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit challenging a Missouri jail's policy of forcing pretrial detainees to remain naked for several hours while their only...
View ArticleU.S. drone operator SkyPan to pay $200,000 for unauthorized flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chicago-based drone operator has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle allegations it illegally flew unmanned aircraft in congested airspace there and over New York City, federal...
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