U.S. warns citizens against risks of travel to Saudi Arabia
DUBAI (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Tuesday warned citizens to “consider the risks” when travelling to Saudi Arabia due to militant threats and the threat of ballistic missile attacks on civilians by rebels in Yemen.
Smithsonian, Christo stole credit from top photographer, lawsuit says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Smithsonian Institution and the artist Christo were sued on Tuesday by a New York photographer who accused them of stealing credit for his photos of “Running Fence,” a 1976 installation that remains one of Christo’s best-known …
U.S. threatens to sue Harvard over admissions policies
BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has threatened to sue Harvard University to force it to turn over documents as it investigates whether the Ivy League school’s admission policies violate civil rights laws by discriminating against Asian-A…
Additional remains found of U.S. soldier killed in Niger
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Investigators found additional human remains in early November of U.S. Army Sergeant La David Johnson, who was killed in an ambush last month in Niger along with three other U.S. soldiers, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
U.S. appeals court revives claims in $1.7 billion Iran terrorism lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday revived part of a $1.68 billion lawsuit against Iran’s central bank, Bank Markazi, by families of soldiers killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Lebanon.
U.S. border officials violated court orders on travel ban: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Department of Homeland Security violated two court orders in the days after U.S. President Donald Trump issued a temporary travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, according to the department’s watchdog.
U.S. charges two with bribing African officials for China energy firm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has charged a former Senegalese foreign minister and a former top Hong Kong government official with links to a Chinese energy conglomerate with bribing high-level officials in Chad and Uganda in exchange for co…
Doubts linger after Florida’s Scott pitches biggest budget
NEW YORK (Reuters) – After deep cuts in spending for Florida schools and other public programs following the Great Recession, outgoing Republican Governor Rick Scott this month proposed an $87.4 billion budget he says boosts spending on some depleted s…
U.S. threatens to sue Harvard over admissions policy probe
BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has threatened to sue Harvard University to force it to turn over documents as it investigates whether the Ivy League school’s admission policies violate civil rights laws.
Suspect in custody in fatal Pennsylvania police shooting
(Reuters) – The suspect in the fatal shooting last week of a Pennsylvania police officer who had been less than a year on the job is in custody after a massive manhunt, authorities said on Tuesday.
