Tennessee set to be first to make community college free for adults
(Reuters) – Tennessee will become the first state in the country to offer free community college to all adults without a degree under a measure Republican Governor Bill Haslam is likely to quickly sign into law, a spokesman said Friday.
Judge denies accused Tennessee kidnapper’s request for release
(Reuters) – A 50-year-old former Tennessee schoolteacher accused of kidnapping one of his high school students will remain behind bars after a federal judge on Friday found probable cause to send the case to a grand jury.
NLRB files complaint against VW over practices at Tennessee plant
DETROIT (Reuters) – The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has filed an unfair labor practices complaint against Volkswagen AG for hiking health insurance premiums and changing working hours of a group of skilled workers who voted for union represent…
Historically black university in Texas cancels Senator’s speech
(Reuters) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn will no longer deliver the commencement address at Texas Southern University this weekend, the school said on Friday, after U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was booed at another historically black university.
Wells Fargo bogus accounts balloon to 3.5 million: lawyers
(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co may have opened as many as 3.5 million unauthorized customer accounts, far more than previously estimated, according to lawyers seeking approval of a $142 million settlement over the practice.
Retired baseball player DeCinces found guilty of insider trading
(Reuters) – A retired Major League Baseball player and another man were found guilty on Friday of having engaged in insider trading, while jurors deadlocked on charges against a onetime chief executive of a medical device company.
Hanford nuclear site accident puts focus on aging U.S. facilities
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The collapse of a tunnel used to store radioactive waste at one of the most contaminated U.S. nuclear sites has raised concerns among watchdog groups and others who study the country’s nuclear facilities because many are aging and f…
Former Los Angeles sheriff gets three years in obstruction scheme
(Reuters) – Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday after his conviction in March on federal charges stemming from a scheme to derail an FBI investigation into corruption at his department.
Florida probes Koch Foods, Wayne Farms over chicken pricing
(Reuters) – Florida’s attorney general has demanded records from Koch Foods Inc, Wayne Farms LLC and other chicken companies in connection with an investigation into anticompetitive conduct within the poultry industry, according to newly released docum…
Two scientists resign to protest U.S. EPA dismissals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two scientists who serve on an independent board reviewing Environmental Protection Agency research resigned on Friday to protest what they see as a weakening of scientific integrity of the agency.
