Yeezy to Disney: Kanye West shatters year-long Twitter silence
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Kanye West said on Wednesday that he had fired his manager and suggested he may run for U.S. president in a frenetic Twitter spree in which he promised four new albums and compared himself to Henry Ford and Walt Disney.
Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Trump’s travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to hand President Donald Trump a huge legal victory, signaling on Wednesday it was likely to uphold his contentious travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority count…
In #MeToo’s shadow, Cosby awaits verdict in sexual assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – The case against Bill Cosby, the man once known as “America’s Dad,” is now in the hands of a jury charged with deciding whether the comedian is guilty of drugging and molesting a onetime friend at his Pennsylvania home more …
U.S. regulator sues LendingClub over hidden fees
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. regulator sued online lender Lending Club Corp on Wednesday for allegedly overcharging consumers and misleading them on hidden fees.
Puerto Rico’s governor says power should return within a month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossello on Wednesday said he expects electricity to be restored across the U.S. territory within a month, but warned that the island’s infrastructure needed to be strengthened ahead of the upcoming …
Dallas police officer dies, two others critical after attack at store
(Reuters) – One of the two Dallas police officers shot outside a Home Depot store died on Wednesday morning, the city’s mayor announced at a City Council meeting.
Facebook will not testify at U.S. House hearing on social media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said Wednesday it has declined an invitation to testify at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing Thursday on filtering practices by social media companies, a company spokesman said.
South Carolina prison workers indicted for contraband smuggling
(Reuters) – A federal grand jury has indicted 14 former South Carolina corrections employees on charges of smuggling contraband into prisons in exchange for bribes, the State newspaper reported on Wednesday.
U.S. cannot cut teen pregnancy prevention grants : federal judge
(Reuters) – A federal judge has blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from terminating grant funding for teen pregnancy prevention programs run by affiliates of Planned Parenthood, saying the decision was arbitrary.
Accused Waffle House killer in Nashville had laptop drive wiped – report
(Reuters) – The construction worker accused of shooting dead four people at a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville had the hard drive on his laptop wiped last month, a local television station reported, citing the computer repair shop’s owner.
