Harvard to defend practices as Asian-American bias trial ends
Harvard University and a group accusing it of discriminating against Asian-American applicants began their closing arguments on Friday in a trial that could have wider implications for the role of race in U.S. college admissions.
U.S. mail bomb suspect faces pretrial hearing in Miami court
The 56-year-old Florida man accused of mailing 15 pipe bomb packages to high-profile critics of President Donald Trump will appear at a pretrial detention hearing in Miami on Friday morning.
Social media, tech firms use sites to urge U.S. citizens to vote
Criticized by lawmakers and others for being unable or unwilling to stop false and inflammatory information about divisive political issues, social media and tech companies say they are doing more to boost voter turnout for next Tuesday’s U.S. congress…
TV titans Trump, Oprah go head to head on U.S. campaign trail
Two former TV stars and political opposites – media mogul Oprah Winfrey and President Donald Trump – took to the U.S. campaign trail on Thursday, five days before elections that will determine whether Trump’s Republicans retain control of Congress.
Tennessee executes double murderer in electric chair
A 63-year-old convicted double murderer was put to death by electrocution in Tennessee on Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court turned down his last-minute appeals, state corrections officials said.
U.S. judge shreds main claim in Parmesan cheese labeling lawsuits
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the central claim in lawsuits accusing five food producers and retailers of deceiving consumers by using “100% Grated Parmesan Cheese” labels to describe products that contained cellulose, an anti-clumping agent ma…
Former Harvard president defends school in Asian-American bias trial
Former Harvard University President Drew Faust on Thursday rejected claims that the Ivy League school discriminates against Asian-American applicants, saying that doing so would be “totally at odds with what we believe.”
Amid Pittsburgh funerals, synagogue suspect pleads not guilty
The man accused of fatally shooting 11 worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue during Sabbath prayers pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal hate crimes charges and other offenses as the city’s Jewish community buried three more of its dead.
Pittsburgh synagogue massacre suspect enters not guilty plea
Appearing defiant and swaggering, the man charged with killing 11 worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue, pleaded not guilty on Thursday in a federal court as the Jewish community buried three more of the dead.
U.S. charges financier, former Goldman bankers for 1MDB
U.S. prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Thursday against two former Goldman Sachs Group Inc bankers and Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho tied to the alleged theft of billions of dollars from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.
