Former Texas governor Mark White, education reformer, dead at 77
(Reuters) – Former Texas Governor Mark White, a Democrat known as an education reformer for signing a “no pass, no play” bill requiring student athletes to succeed academically, died on Saturday at age 77, current Texas Governor Greg Abbott said.
FBI takes over probe of bombing of Minnesota mosque
(Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday took over the investigation of an early-morning bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis that caused no injuries.
‘Step’ becomes the voice of black Baltimore teens facing adversity
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A group of black teenage girls stomp, clap and shout in unison in step dance routines, channeling their anger, frustration and hopes into powerful performances in a new documentary “Step,” out in U.S. theaters this week.
As shootings soar, Chicago police use technology to predict crime
CHICAGO (Reuters) – In a control room at a police headquarters on Chicago’s South Side, officers scan digital maps on big screens to see where a computer algorithm predicts crime will happen next.
Nissan Mississippi workers vote heavily against unionization
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Workers at Nissan Motor Co Ltd’s plant in Canton, Mississippi, voted nearly two to one against union representation, the company and the United Auto Workers (UAW) said late on Friday.
U.S. judge sets $30,000 bail for UK hacker who stopped ‘WannaCry’
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Las Vegas set a $30,000 bail on Friday for a well-known British cyber security researcher accused of advertising and selling malicious code used to pilfer banking and credit card information.
U.S. appeals court agrees to reconsider ‘Making a Murderer’ conviction
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in Chicago on Friday agreed to reconsider the decision of a federal judge who overturned the homicide conviction of a Wisconsin man serving a life sentence in a case chronicled in the Netflix television documentary “Mak…
British cyber expert arrested in U.S. gets support from MP
(Reuters) – A British cyber security researcher arrested in the United States on hacking charges has gained the support of his MP in England.
EPA to review previously denied claims from Colorado mine spill
DENVER (Reuters) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt vowed on Friday to review $1.2 billion in previously denied claims for economic losses from a 2015 EPA-triggered toxic waste spill at a dormant Colorado gold mine.
Thousands of animals, many dead, found in California warehouse
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Thousands of birds, reptiles and other animals, many of them dead, were found inside a warehouse in a Southern California industrial complex on Friday after police investigated odor complaints.
