Harvard sued by descendant of U.S. slave photographed in 19th century
A descendant of an American slave on Wednesday sued Harvard University to gain possession of photos of her great-great-great grandfather that the school commissioned in 1850 on behalf of a professor trying to prove the inferiority of black people.
Justice Thomas speaks as U.S. top court confronts racial bias in jury selection
U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared poised to side with a black Mississippi death row inmate put on trial six times for a 1996 quadruple murder who accused a prosecutor of repeatedly blocking black potential jurors, though the court’s only black membe…
Trump’s border wall money may come at expense of schools for military kids
The U.S. Department of Defense is proposing to pay for President Donald Trump’s much-debated border wall by shifting funds away from projects that include $1.2 billion for schools, childcare centers and other facilities for military children, according…
Mitsui petrochemical unit probed after Texas fire rages for days
State and local investigators have begun probing a petrochemical storage company outside Houston where a massive fire fed by giant tanks of fuel burned for days, darkening the skies with soot for dozens of miles, officials said.
Deadly Midwestern U.S. floods threaten to spill south as Nebraska cleans up
Nebraskans struggled on Wednesday to clear the wreckage left by deadly floods that caused an estimated $1 billion in damage, while emergency officials farther south kept a wary eye on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers as the disaster threatened to sp…
Thomas speaks as U.S. high court weighs death row inmate’s race claim
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared poised to side with a black Mississippi death row inmate tried six times for a 1996 quadruple murder who accused a prosecutor of repeatedly removing black jurors to help win a conviction, in an oral argument…
U.S. government failed to consider climate impacts of oil, gas: judge
A U.S. judge blocked drilling on more than 300,000 acres of federal land in Wyoming, saying officials in their environmental analyses failed to adequately consider the climate change impacts of oil and gas leasing.
Devastating Nebraska floods threaten to stretch into Southern U.S.
Emergency officials in Southern U.S. states kept a wary eye on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers as massive flooding that killed four people and caused more than $1 billion in estimated damages to homes, businesses and crops threatened to extend sout…
Texas fire destroyed 11 petrochemical storage tanks before extinguished: official
A fire at a petrochemical storage site outside Houston destroyed 11 massive storage tanks before it was extinguished early Wednesday, Intercontinental Terminals Co officials said.
Ford adds production of electric vehicles at second North American site
Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday it is adding production of a fully electric vehicle at a second North American plant as part of its $11 billion investment plan set last year.
