Founder of Proud Boys sues over being labeled hate group
Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes sued the U.S. Southern Poverty Law Center on Monday for defamation after it labeled his organization a hate group, alleging the designation was aimed at getting him kicked off social media platforms.
Super Bowl audience down five percent from last year, early data show
Sunday’s Super Bowl victory by the New England Patriots drew 98.2 million viewers on CBS Corp’s U.S. television network, a 5 percent drop from last year’s game, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings data released on Monday.
Pilot in Southern California plane crash was retired police officer
A retired Chicago police officer was piloting a small plane that broke apart shortly after takeoff in Yorba Linda, California, and crashed into a house, killing four people, officials said on Monday.
‘El Chapo’ jury ends first day of deliberations without verdict
Jurors in the U.S. trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, accused of running one of the world’s most infamous drug cartels, ended their first day of deliberations in Brooklyn federal court on Monday without reaching a verdict.
Judge orders prisoner at cold Brooklyn jail taken to hospital
A New York judge on Monday ordered authorities to take a jailed asthma sufferer to a hospital but denied his request for emergency bail from a Brooklyn federal detention center where heat and power failed during last week’s frigid weather.
Factbox: Virginia governor latest to feel consequences of blackface stunt
Virginia Democratic Governor Ralph Northam has come under fire for having appeared in blackface after a conservative website released a photograph from his 1984 medical school yearbook page showing one person in blackface and another wearing Ku Klux Kl…
Cause investigated in California small plane crash that killed five
Investigators on Monday were probing what caused a small plane to break apart shortly after takeoff and crash in Yorba Linda, California, killing the pilot and four people on the ground.
GM cutting 4,000 workers in latest round of restructuring
General Motors Co on Monday said it was starting to hand pink slips to about 4,000 salaried workers in the latest round of a restructuring announced in late November that will ultimately shrink its white-collar workforce in North America by 15 percent …
Judge orders inmate at cold Brooklyn jail taken to hospital
A New York judge on Monday ordered authorities to take a jailed asthma sufferer to a hospital after denying a request to grant him emergency bail from a Brooklyn federal detention center where heat and power failed during last week’s frigid weather.
Jury begins deliberating fate of alleged Mexican cartel boss ‘El Chapo’
Jurors began deliberations in the trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, accused of running one of the world’s most infamous drug cartels, in Brooklyn federal court on Monday morning.
