NBC’s Tom Brokaw denies allegation of sexual impropriety in 1990s: reports
(Reuters) – A woman who once worked as a war correspondent for NBC News has accused Tom Brokaw, the United States’ top-rated television newsman for much of his career, of sexual impropriety in the 1990s, the Washington Post and Variety reported on Thur…
Migrants in caravan at U.S. border bide time ahead of crossing
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Central American migrants from a caravan through Mexico languished in shelters in the border city of Tijuana on Thursday, waiting for promised legal advice ahead of a planned crossing together to the United States to seek as…
Genealogy websites help California police find Golden State Killer suspect
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California investigators tracked down the man they suspect is the Golden State Killer by comparing crime scene DNA to information on genealogy websites consumers use to trace their ancestry, a prosecutor said on Thursday….
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.
