New England prep school: 13 past staffers engaged in sexual misconduct
BOSTON (Reuters) – An elite New Hampshire prep school acknowledged on Monday that 13 former members of its staff engaged in sexual misconduct with students in incidents dating back decades, following an independent review by a Boston law firm.
U.S. extends ‘temporary protected status’ to Haitians until January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will allow more than 50,000 victims of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake to remain in the United States with work authorizations until January 2018, department officials told reporters on Monday.
Trump seeks to slash $3.6 trillion of spending in austere budget
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump asked lawmakers on Tuesday to cut $3.6 trillion in government spending over the next decade, taking aim at healthcare and food assistance programs for the poor in an austere budget that also boosts the…
Puerto Rico pension, highway agency join government in bankruptcy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s federal oversight board has sought bankruptcy protection for the island’s highway authority and largest public pension, making them the latest commonwealth entities to turn to a court to work out debt.
U.S. accuses Massachusetts hedge fund manager of fraud
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts hedge fund manager has been arrested and accused of misappropriating millions of dollars from investors and engaging in a Ponzi-like scheme, U.S. authorities said.
Trump administration wants Obamacare subsidy case put on hold, again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration asked on Monday that a major federal court case weighing the fate of the Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies be put on hold again, leaving billions of dollars in payments to insurers up in the air for 2017 a…
In U.S. presidential first, Trump prays at Jerusalem’s Western Wall
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Donald Trump made a historic visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Monday, standing before the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray and saying a few words before inserting a note between the monumental stones.
Billy Bush on Trump tape: didn’t have “strength” to change topic
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former NBC “Today” show host Billy Bush wishes he had changed the subject during a taped conversation with Donald Trump, in which the Apprentice star bragged about grabbing women by the genitals, Bush said in an interview with the …
Supreme Court rejects challenge to state retroactive tax changes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by several major corporations to a Michigan law that retroactively changed the way businesses are taxed in the state, leading to $1 billion extra for government coffer…
U.S. gender confirmation surgery up 19 percent in 2016, doctors say
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gender confirmation surgeries rose 19 percent in 2016 from the previous year, a survey of plastic surgeons said, an increase some doctors attribute to expanded Medicare coverage and greater social acceptance of transgender people.
