Yale says ‘committed to equity and inclusion’ after napping black student incident
(Reuters) – Yale University is committed to “equity and inclusion”, its president said on Thursday, after a white student called the police this week when she encountered a black student napping in a common room on campus.
Baltimore’s top cop charged with failing to file taxes
(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors charged Baltimore’s police commissioner on Thursday with failing to file income taxes for the three years up to 2015 in another blow to the United States’ eighth-biggest police department.
Toxic gas alert for Hawaii volcano eruption; new areas at risk
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Residents on the Big Island of Hawaii were alerted on Thursday to rising levels of toxic gas from lava-oozing fissures, and geologists warned that new areas east of the erupting Kilauea volcano may be at risk of molten rock bu…
Los Angeles to pay $2 million in police killing of homeless man
(Reuters) – Los Angeles agreed on Thursday to pay $2 million to settle a civil lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of a homeless man in 2015 that went viral in an online video and fueled a U.S. debate on police tactics, a lawyer for the man’s family…
Golden State Killer charged with four more murders
(Reuters) – A retired police officer, who investigators believe is the “Golden State Killer,” was charged on Thursday with four more counts of murder in Santa Barbara, California.
DoJ investigates Mylan on trade compliance for certain products
(Reuters) – Pharmaceuticals company Mylan NV said on Thursday that one of its subsidiary received a civil investigative demand from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding its compliance with the Trades Agreement Act (TAA) for certain products, accord…
SpaceX halts countdown of first commercial launch of updated Falcon 9 rocket in Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – SpaceX on Thursday aborted the launch of its planned first commercial flight of an updated Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on a mission to carry a satellite into orbit for the government of Ban…
North Carolina town probing officer seen choking black man in prom attire
(Reuters) – A North Carolina police officer is under investigation after he was seen in a social media video choking and pinning to the ground a black man in formal wear who had just attended his sister’s prom, authorities said on Thursday.
California man charged with hacking, defacing government websites
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A California man was arrested on Thursday on charges he hacked and vandalized websites associated with the U.S. Military Academy and the office of New York City’s comptroller.
Ex-Illinois congressman sentenced to prison on tax charges
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former Illinois U.S. congressman Mel Reynolds was sentenced on Thursday to six months in prison for failing to file federal income tax returns, according to prosecutors.
