In #MeToo era, Cosby team’s attacks on victims may have backfired
(Reuters) – Time and again during Bill Cosby’s second trial, the comedian’s lawyers launched blistering attacks on the six women who told a Pennsylvania jury that he had sexually abused them, questioning their motives and assailing their characters in …
Parents sue North Korea, saying Warmbier ‘tortured and murdered’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The parents of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier sued North Korea on Thursday over their son’s death in 2017 following his release from captivity there, according to the lawsuit which said their son was “brutally tortured and mu…
Bill Cosby, once beloved ‘America’s Dad,’ convicted of sexual assault
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Toyota to invest $170 million in Mississippi plant, create 400 jobs
DETROIT (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp will invest $170 million in an existing plant in Mississippi to build the next generation of its Corolla sedan, the Japanese automaker said on Thursday.
‘Our Schools Deserve More!’ – Arizona, Colorado teachers in walkouts
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of teachers in Arizona and Colorado walked out of public school classrooms on Thursday to demand better pay and more education funding, in the latest revolt by educators that has spread to the U.S. West.
Grilled by lawmakers, Trump’s EPA chief calls ethics scandals lies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Thursday rejected a litany of ethics complaints against him as distortions intended to derail President Donald Trump’s agenda, and put much of the blame for any agency mi…
Waffle House shooting shows pitfalls in patchwork of U.S. gun laws
(Reuters) – When Travis Reinking’s semi-automatic rifle was confiscated after his attempt to enter the White House last year, he simply moved from Illinois to nearby Tennessee where signs of mental illness are no bar to gun ownership.
Comedian Bill Cosby convicted of sexual assault in retrial
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Boston to take former baseball team owner’s name off street
(Reuters) – Boston city officials on Thursday approved a change to the name of a short street outside the Fenway Park baseball stadium because it honors a former owner of the Boston Red Sox when the team lagged behind others in fielding black players.
At least 10 hurt in blast at Wisconsin refinery: officials
NEW YORK/HOUSTON (Reuters) – An explosion at Husky Energy’s refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, injured at least 10 people, sent smoke billowing into the sky and prompted an evacuation of residents in a three-mile radius, local and hospital officials said…
