Librarians asked to pull Cosby books after sex assault charges: study
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bill Cosby’s “Little Bill” children’s book series landed on a list of the 10 books Americans most often asked librarians to remove from shelves last year after he faced sex assault charges, according to a ranking released on Monday…
Suspect named in Texas deputy’s killing, said to have committed suicide
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A 64-year-old man was suspected of fatally shooting a Houston-area deputy last week, police said on Monday, and was believed to have used the same gun as in the slaying to take his own life a day after killing.
United Airlines under fire after passenger dragged from plane; officer put on leave
NEW YORK (Reuters) – United Airlines sparked outrage on Monday for the treatment of a passenger who was physically dragged off a plane the airline had overbooked, and one of the security officers involved in the incident was placed on leave pending an…
Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzers for work on Trump, Putin
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Pulitzer Prizes on Monday honored The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and The New York Times for revealing Vladimir Putin’s covert power grab, praising their probing of powerfu…
Pentagon seeks at least 5 pct savings on Lockheed F-35 jet, sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Corp could shave at least 5 percent off the price of stealthy F-35 fighter jets in their upcoming annual purchase contract as the standard version of the plane heads toward a price of below $80 mi…
Illinois judge fatally shot outside Chicago home: police
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois judge was shot and killed outside his Chicago home on Monday morning and a woman was injured in the incident, police said.
Trump to meet U.S. business leaders on infrastructure, tax reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with about 20 chief executives on Tuesday as he works to gain support for a $1 trillion infrastructure program, tax reform and other administration priorities, said White House spokesman Sean…
Symantec attributes 40 cyber attacks to CIA-linked hacking tools
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Past cyber attacks on scores of organizations around the world were conducted with top-secret hacking tools that were exposed recently by the Web publisher Wikileaks, the security researcher Symantec Corp said on Monday.
Talks for Alabama governor to resign under way – lawmaker
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – Talks that could lead to Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s resignation were under way on Monday, as a legislative panel began impeachment proceedings on accusations stemming from his relationship with a former adviser, a st…
Charleston church shooter pleads guilty to state murder counts
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Dylann Roof, the white supremacist already sentenced to death in federal court for a 2015 massacre at a historic black church in South Carolina, pleaded guilty on Monday to separate state murder charges, sparing relatives o…
