Obama warns that society being splintered by online biases
LONDON (Reuters) – Former U.S. president Barack Obama said the way people communicate via social media risked splintering society and leaders had to ensure the Internet did not cocoon users within their biases.
NHL: Maple Leafs’ goaltending great Bower dies at 93
(Reuters) – Hall of Fame ice hockey goaltender Johnny Bower died of pneumonia on Tuesday at the age of 93, his family have said.
U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to Trump voter fraud panel
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in Washington on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision to allow President Donald Trump’s commission investigating voter fraud to request data on voter rolls from U.S. states.
Northeast states sue EPA over air pollution from Midwest
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eight northeastern states said on Tuesday they sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force it to impose more stringent controls on a group of mostly Midwestern states whose air pollution they claim is being blown in thei…
Quality Care cuts rents for struggling nursing home chain ManorCare
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Healthcare property owner Quality Care Properties Inc has agreed to cut rents for HCR ManorCare but said the U.S. nursing home chain, which already owes more than $300 million in back rent, has acknowledged it will struggle to pay e…
U.S. cities sue military over gun background-check system
(Reuters) – The cities of New York, San Francisco and Philadelphia have sued the U.S. Department of Defense to make it fix its system for reporting conviction records to a database used for background checks on gun buyers.
Exclusive: Federal agents found fetuses in body broker’s warehouse (Warning: Graphic images)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal agents discovered four preserved fetuses in the Detroit warehouse of a man who sold human body parts, confidential photographs reviewed by Reuters show.
JetBlue plane skids off taxiway in Boston, no injuries
(Reuters) – A JetBlue Airways passenger plane skidded off an icy taxiway after landing at Boston’s Logan International Airport on Monday night but no injuries were reported, the airline said.
U.S. judge who oversaw Argentina debt saga dead at 87
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A senior federal judge in New York who oversaw the historic sovereign debt default cases brought against Argentina by creditors, Thomas Griesa, died on Christmas Eve at the age of 87, Special Master Daniel Pollack said.
Man says he delivered manure to Mnuchin to protest new U.S. tax law
(In Dec. 25 story, in second paragraph, corrects name of Strong’s employer to Mental Health Department, not Public Health Department.)
