Philadelphia Phillies sue to keep their ‘beloved’ Phillie Phanatic
The Phillie Phanatic, one of the most recognizable mascots in American sports, is the subject of a lawsuit by the Philadelphia Phillies, trying to stop the mascot’s creators from taking away the baseball team’s bright green, fat, furry, long-beaked cre…
Tentative deal reached to end Alaska ferry boat strike: federal mediator
The union for striking Alaska ferry boat workers and state officials have reached a tentative deal to end a nine-day-old walkout that shut down the state Marine Highway System at the peak of summer tourist season, federal mediators said on Friday.
Trump cheers as rapper A$AP Rocky freed in Swedish assault case
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his friends were released from custody in Sweden on Friday three days into their highly publicised assault trial, a development hailed by President Donald Trump who had tried to intervene in the case.
Puerto Rico House approves Pierluisi as secretary of state
Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives on Friday approved the nomination of Pedro Pierluisi as the U.S. territory’s next secretary of state, potentially putting him in line to succeed outgoing Governor Ricardo Rosselló.
Exclusive: PES may report toxic chemical release in June refinery blast -sources
Philadelphia Energy Solutions was expected to report to government officials on Friday that the toxic chemical hydrofluoric acid may have been released from its refinery in June, when a series of blasts and fire damaged the plant, two sources familiar …
NYC police officer who killed Eric Garner should be fired, police judge rules
A white New York City police officer who killed an unarmed black man with a banned chokehold in 2014 should be fired, a police judge recommended on Friday in a case that stoked the Black Lives Matter movement and reverberated in the U.S. presidential c…
Puerto Rico’s Pierluisi in 11th-hour fight to become governor
The man who outgoing Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló chose to succeed him when he resigns on Friday told lawmakers his prior role advising the bankrupt island’s unpopular federal overseer would not pose a conflict of interest if he were confirmed.
Firing recommended for NY police officer who killed Eric Garner with chokehold
A white New York City police officer who killed an unarmed black man with a banned chokehold in 2014 should be fired, a police judge recommended on Friday in a case that stoked the Black Lives Matter movement and reverberated in the U.S. presidential c…
Fire NYC policeman for fatal chokehold in Eric Garner arrest: department judge rules
A white New York City police officer who used a fatal chokehold on an unarmed black man during an arrest in 2014 should be fired, a police department disciplinary judge recommended on Friday.
Singer R. Kelly pleads not guilty to New York sex trafficking charges
Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty in New York on Friday to charges that he ran a criminal scheme that recruited women and underage girls to have sex with him, isolating them and often controlling what they ate and when they went to the bathroom.
