Fox scores highest NFL rating this season for Cowboys-Steelers game
(Reuters) – With TV ratings down 14 percent across all National Football League games this season, the first NFL weekend since the U.S. presidential election provided a noticeable uptick for its two big national games on Sunday, according to Fox and NB…
UPS air maintenance workers vote 98 percent to authorize strike
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Air maintenance workers at United Parcel Service Inc have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against the world’s largest package delivery company as contract talks remained deadlocked over health-care benefits, the workers’…
Chelsea Manning asks Obama to commute sentence to time served: NYT
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning, who is serving 35 years in prison for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, has asked the Obama administration to commute her remaining sentence to the time she has already served, The New York Times …
North Dakota sheriff investigates report of attack on pipeline protester
(Reuters) – North Dakota authorities are investigating a weekend incident in which pipeline protesters said a woman was struck by a man driving a truck who drove over her feet and fired shots into the air.
Federal agents to investigate fire at South Carolina black business organization
(Reuters) – Federal agents will investigate a fire that broke out over the weekend at an African-American business organization’s headquarters in South Carolina, officials said on Sunday.
Trump hires Republican insider, conservative firebrand for White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday picked Reince Priebus, a Washington insider who heads the Republican National Committee, as White House chief of staff, signaling a willingness to work with Congress to advance his agenda wh…
U.S. protesters march against Trump presidency for fifth day
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Demonstrators in major U.S. cities took to the streets on Sunday for a fifth straight day to protest President-elect Donald Trump, whose campaign manager said President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton should do more to su…
For-profit colleges could prosper under Trump: Barron’s
(Reuters) – For-profit education stocks have surged on expectations that President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican Congress may ease regulations imposed on the industry by the Obama administration, Barron’s said in a report.
Zuckerberg again rejects claims of Facebook impact on U.S. election
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook Inc chief executive Mark Zuckerberg again rejected the idea that the social network affected the U.S. presidential election, saying late Saturday it is “extremely unlikely” news hoaxes changed the outcome.
Trump University asks for trial delay until after inauguration
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has requested that a trial over a lawsuit by former students of his now-defunct Trump University be put on hold until after the presidential inauguration, according to a motion filed by his lawyer l…
