Former U.S. taekwondo star waits a decade for her #MeToo moment
(Reuters) – It has taken a decade, but Mandy Meloon, a two-time taekwondo world champion thrown off the U.S. national team in 2007 after accusing her coach of molesting her at age 16, has won a measure of vindication.
U.S. student anti-gun activists to keep momentum alive over summer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Leaders of the student-led anti-gun movement, who inspired classroom walkouts across the country on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, say they plan to maintain their activism through the long summer bre…
Ex-U.S. presidents among mourners expected at Barbara Bush funeral
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Four former U.S. presidents were among some 1,500 mourners gathering at a Houston church on Saturday for the funeral of former first lady Barbara Bush, the matriarch of one of the country’s most prominent political dynasties who die…
Missouri governor charged with felony computer data tampering
(Reuters) – Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, already facing an invasion-of-privacy trial next month in connection with an extramarital affair, was charged separately on Friday with felony computer tampering tied to his political fund-raising.
Harvey Weinstein goes to court to retrieve personal emails
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Movie producer Harvey Weinstein asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Friday to order his company, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in March, to turn over personal emails that he says are relevant to ongoing civil and criminal inves…
Internal review cleared Trump’s CIA pick in videotape destruction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An internal CIA review in 2011 cleared U.S. President Donald Trump’s choice to head the agency, Gina Haspel, of wrongdoing in the destruction of videotapes depicting the harsh interrogation of an al Qaeda suspect, according to a …
U.S. students walk out again to protest gun violence
LITTLETON, Colo. (Reuters) – Demanding an end to gun violence and tougher restrictions on firearm sales, thousands of students again walked out of classes across the United States on Friday in hopes of putting pressure on politicians ahead of November’…
Trucker in deadly Texas migrant case given life sentences
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The driver of a truck packed with migrants, 10 of whom died due to sweltering Texas heat in July, was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty in October to federal human smuggling charges.
Southwest giving passengers $5,000 checks on accident flight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co confirmed Friday it has sent $5,000 checks to passengers aboard a flight that made an emergency landing this week after an engine failed, killing a passenger.
Charges against New York officer urged in 2014 choke hold death: NY Times
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal civil rights prosecutors have recommended charging a white New York City police officer for putting Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a fatal choke hold during a 2014 arrest, the New York Times reported on Friday, citin…
