Pittsburgh holds last funeral in synagogue shooting for oldest victim
Mourners gathered in Pittsburgh on Friday for the funeral of the last and oldest of 11 victims gunned down in a massacre at a synagogue, capping a week of grieving for the city.
U.S. bomb packages suspect to face charges in New York
The 56-year-old Florida man accused of mailing 15 pipe bombs to top Democrats and other high-profile critics of President Donald Trump agreed in a Miami court to be transferred to New York state to face charges and waived his right to a bail hearing in…
U.S. mail bomb suspect agrees to face charges in New York
The 56-year-old Florida man accused of mailing 15 pipe bombs to top Democrats and other high-profile critics of President Donald Trump agreed in a Miami court to be transferred to New York state to face charges and waived his right to a bail hearing in…
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.”
