Professor behind ‘white genocide’ tweet says he has university support
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Drexel University professor, whose tweet that he wanted “white genocide” for Christmas sparked a firestorm of criticism from the school and social media, said on Tuesday that administrators supported his right to take part in p…
Holiday weekend provides no respite from Chicago’s violence
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago’s holiday weekend was marred by bouts of gunfire and a dozen killings, continuing a yearlong surge in violence in the third largest U.S. city that has pushed the number of murders to a nearly two-decade high.
U.S. regulators open investigation on 2007-2009 Ford Fusion
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators are investigating Ford Motor Co’s Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans from the 2007 to 2009 model years for brakes that may fail in certain conditions, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on T…
SEC says it charges lawyer with stealing investor money in EB-5 offerings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged a California lawyer on Tuesday with defrauding people who signed up for an immigrant investor program aimed at creating jobs for Americans.
County can seize drunk driver’s Ferrari: New York appeals court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday overturned a $95,000 jury award to a driver who said Suffolk County should compensate him for seizing and auctioning his Ferrari sports car following his May 2009 drunk driving arrest….
West Virginia official who called Michelle Obama ‘ape in heels’ fired
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The director of a West Virginia nonprofit agency who called first lady Michelle Obama “an ape in heels” in a Facebook post has been fired and the institution put under outside management, state officials said on Tuesday.
Panasonic to invest over $256 million in Tesla’s U.S. plant for solar cells
TOKYO (Reuters) – Panasonic Corp will invest more than 30 billion yen ($256 million) in a New York production facility of Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors to make photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, deepening a partnership of the two companies.
Fights, disturbances shut down malls across U.S.
(Reuters) – Fights, disturbances and false reports of gunfire caused chaotic scenes and shut down several malls across the United States on Monday during the typically busy post-Christmas shopping day.
Blizzard in U.S. Northern Plains to head east, ease grip
(Reuters) – A winter storm that threatened the U.S. Northern Great Plains with icy roads, power outages and high winds is expected to ease its grip late on Monday as it moves east into the Great Lakes and New England, forecasters said.
Vera Rubin, pioneering U.S. dark matter astronomer, dies at 88
(Reuters) – Vera Rubin, a U.S. astronomer who pioneered work on invisible dark matter in the universe and who some colleagues felt was overlooked for a Nobel Prize, has died at 88, her son said on Monday.
