Suburban Dallas police fires officer for fatally shooting teen in car
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A suburban Dallas police force fired an officer on Tuesday for shooting a rifle into a car of unarmed teenagers driving away from him, killing a 15-year-old boy and sparking outrage in the primarily black and Hispanic communit…
Google success in U.S. schools forces Microsoft, Apple to scramble
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s announcement of a suite of new education products on Tuesday shows the company’s determination to reverse a major shift that has taken place in U.S. classrooms in recent years: for most educators and school di…
Russian election hacking ‘wildly successful’ in creating discord: former U.S. lawmaker
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – Russia succeeded in its goals of sowing discord in U.S. politics by meddling in the 2016 presidential election, which will likely inspire similar future efforts, two top former U.S. voices on intelligence said on Tuesday.
Restaurant, retail calorie disclosure rule in flux under Trump
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A much-delayed U.S. rule requiring restaurants and retailers to clearly display food calorie counts has been pushed back again, and could be rewritten or scrapped as the Trump administration rebuffs Obama-era regulations.
Louisiana officers in black man’s shooting will not be charged: newspapers
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department will not charge two white police officers who fatally shot a black man at close range in Louisiana last year, sparking nationwide protests, the New York Times and Washington Post reported on Tues…
NSA collected Americans’ phone records despite law change: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency collected more than 151 million records of Americans’ phone calls last year, even after Congress limited its ability to collect bulk phone records, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday…
Clinton says Comey’s letter, Russian hackers cost her the election
(Reuters) – Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday she was on the path to victory in the 2016 presidential election until late interference by Russian hackers and FBI Director James Comey scared off some potential supporters.
Cleveland police union to sue toy gun producers: media
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Cleveland’s police union will file a lawsuit in the coming months against toy gun manufacturers, an attempt to restrict production of realistic designs like the one a child was playing with before he was fatally shot by officers i…
Some New York Penn Station train tracks to be closed for weeks for repairs: document
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amtrak is planning to close some tracks for weeks and months at a time as it undertakes repairs at New York’s congested Pennsylvania Station, the site of recent derailments that disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of commute…
Florida LGBT rights push reflects changing times
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – A Republican, a Democrat and a lobbyist for leading businesses in Florida huddled this spring at the state Capitol, mapping out the next move in a campaign to enact the first statewide LGBT anti-discrimination law in the U…
