Decades of sexual abuse at elite Connecticut school documented in report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Students at Choate Rosemary Hall, an elite boarding school in Connecticut, were sexually abused by at least 12 faculty members in incidents that date back to the 1960s, according to a report commissioned by the school and released …
United Air passenger says scorpion bit him on flight from Texas
NEW YORK (Reuters) – United Airlines found itself on the defensive again on Friday after a passenger complained that a scorpion stung him during a flight from Texas, capping off a bruising week for the public image of the one of the world’s largest car…
Motorists in U.S. drove 1.9 percent more miles in February vs last year
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Motorists traveled 233.4 billion miles (376 billion km) on U.S. roads and highways in February, a 1.9 percent increase over the same period last year, according to monthly U.S. Department of Transportation figures released on Frida…
Trump administration drops North Carolina ‘bathroom bill’ lawsuit
(Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday dropped a lawsuit accusing North Carolina of discriminating against LGBT residents after the state replaced its “bathroom bill”, although a key civil liberties group vowed to keep fighting the new law in c…
Wisconsin man captured 10 days after manifesto sent to Trump
(Reuters) – A Wisconsin man accused of stealing an arsenal of weapons from a gun shop and sending an anti-government manifesto to President Donald Trump has been arrested after a massive manhunt, authorities said on Friday.
Drug companies ask court to block Arkansas execution
(Reuters) – Two pharmaceuticals companies asked a federal court to block Arkansas from using their drugs for upcoming executions, claiming that doing so would violate contractual controls and create a public health risk, court documents showed.
California judge questions Trump’s sanctuary city order
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California federal judge on Friday strongly questioned the U.S. Justice Department over whether to suspend an order by President Donald Trump to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities for immigrants.
Saipan casino workers protest for payment as FBI cites illegal labor
HONG KONG (Reuters) – More than 50 construction workers hired for a casino resort on the Pacific island of Saipan staged a street protest on Friday demanding to be paid, after their employer was charged with illegally importing Chinese workers on touri…
To visit Titanic, New York banker dives deep into her savings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Renata Rojas has longed to visit the wreck of the Titanic since she was a girl, years before the ill-fated passenger liner was discovered on the seabed three decades ago.
New York police arrest 25 at immigration protest in Trump Tower
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York police on Thursday arrested 25 people in the lobby of Trump Tower protesting U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration and border policies.
