Trump inauguration protest groups demand access to Washington sites
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A public interest group urged U.S. officials on Wednesday to free up Washington landmarks for thousands of people planning protests around the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Video company challenges Minnesota law on serving gay couples
(Reuters) – The husband-and-wife owners of a Christian video and film production company, whose goal is to “glorify God through top-quality media production,” have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Minnesota law requiring them to provide services f…
NY real estate brokers sell tough security at Trump Tower as amenity
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two New York real estate brokers marketing a condominium in Trump Tower have used the heavy presence of U.S. Secret Service agents who protect President-elect Donald Trump as a new selling point for the luxury apartment and office …
Ohio lawmakers pass ‘heartbeat’ abortion legislation
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio lawmakers approved a bill that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks after conception, clearing the way for one of the most stringent abortion restrictions in the United States if it beco…
Bus driver was speeding in deadly Baltimore crash: government report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A school bus involved in a crash that killed six people in Baltimore last month was traveling at nearly twice the speed limit, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.
Information glut no problem for most Americans: survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Most Americans do not see “information overload” as a problem for them despite the explosion of internet data and images, according to a Pew Research Center survey on Wednesday.
Ad company Interpublic Group confirms DoJ probe
(Reuters) – Advertising company Interpublic Group of Cos said on Wednesday that one of its standalone domestic agencies had been contacted by the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust division for documents regarding video production practices.
Sprint to partner with Pokemon Go developer
(Reuters) – Sprint Corp said on Wednesday it would partner with the developer of Pokemon Go, Niantic Inc, in a bid to pull fans of the wildly popular location-based game into more than 10,500 of its stores in the United States.
Discrimination against Latinos in United States has risen, study says
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most Latinos in the United States say they have suffered discrimination, more than twice as many who said so a decade earlier, according to research released on Tuesday.
Los Angeles metro system bomb threat not credible: FBI
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A threat to detonate a bomb at a subway station in Los Angeles was not credible, federal authorities said late on Tuesday after police spent the day searching commuters and leading bomb-sniffing dogs around stations across the m…
