Facebook’s Zuckerberg urges Harvard grads to contemplate risk
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg returned on Thursday to Harvard University, the school he dropped out of to start the pioneering social network, to urge its graduating class to help create a new social safety net to allow …
Alabama executes 75-year-old inmate convicted of 1982 murder
(Reuters) – Alabama executed on Friday a 75-year-old inmate who had spent more than three decades on death row and faced seven previous execution dates after he was convicted of killing his girlfriend’s husband in 1982.
Playboy model sentenced for posting photo of unsuspecting nude
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Dani Mathers, the 2015 Playboy Playmate of the year, pleaded no contest on Wednesday to a criminal charge of invasion of privacy for secretly photographing a 70-year-old nude woman and was sentenced to 30 days of graffiti remova…
Eight guards, seven inmates injured in California prison melee
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Corrections officers at a maximum-security prison in Northern California opened fire with live ammunition on inmates to quell a melee on Wednesday that ended with eight guards and seven inmates sent to hospitals, prison official…
Forget Trump White House, Belgium shows Melania the surreal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – As her reality TV star husband meets many of his Western allies for the first time as U.S. president on Thursday, Melania Trump will be offered a different take on the surreal by her hosts in Brussels.
Ivanka Trump meets human trafficking victims in Rome
ROME (Reuters) – Ivanka Trump spoke with African women who were trafficked into prostitution and discussed ways to tackle the problem at a meeting on Wednesday in Rome that she described as a “privilege”.
Vermont governor snuffs legal pot, tells lawmakers to ‘get it right’
(Reuters) – Vermont’s governor on Wednesday halted, at least temporarily, efforts to become the ninth state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, but offered to work with state legislators to resolve what he cited as the bill’s shortcomings.
Teenage suspect sought in triple stabbing in Midtown Manhattan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 16-year-old boy stabbed three other teens near their high school in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday and then fled, New York City police said.
U.S. review criticizes U.S. handling of Honduras drug operation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A joint U.S.-Honduras anti-drug operation that resulted in several fatal shootings in the Central American country in 2012 was poorly coordinated, according to an internal review on Wednesday.
Iconic California highway to be closed for months after landslide
(Reuters) – A section of California’s iconic coastal highway will likely remain closed for months after a massive rain-driven landslide that went into the Pacific Ocean, a state transportation official said on Wednesday.
