Princeton suspends men’s swim team over vulgar messages
(Reuters) – New Jersey’s Princeton University has suspended its men’s swim team over offensive content on a team message service, marking the third such action against an Ivy League athletic squad since November.
Omnicom gets DoJ subpoena over video production practices
(Reuters) – Advertising company Omnicom Group Inc said on Friday two subsidiaries had received subpoenas from the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division related to an examination of video production and post-production practices in the ad indu…
U.S. tax reform proposal on border trade faces growing opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A sweeping tax reform proposal meant to boost U.S. manufacturing faces mounting pressure from industries that rely heavily on imported goods as President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans work to finalize new tax l…
Coalition of 24 states urges Trump to kill Obama’s carbon emission plan
(Reuters) – Officials in 24 states have urged U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to kill the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s strategy to combat climate change and shut down coal-fired power plants.
Texas judge allows ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ poster to go back up
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas judge ordered a school district to allow for the display of a poster inspired by the animated holiday television cartoon “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” that the district had banned because it had a Christian message, sta…
Milwaukee ex-cop charged with black man’s shooting death
(Reuters) – A former Milwaukee police officer was charged on Thursday in the fatal shooting of a black man that sparked riots in the Wisconsin city for two nights in August.
Family of black man killed by Washington police files lawsuit
(Reuters) – The family of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a District of Columbia police officer in September filed a lawsuit against the department on Thursday, alleging the victim posed no threat to the officer.
Driver in deadly Tennessee bus crash was speeding, holding phone
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – The driver of a school bus that crashed in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last month, killing six children, was speeding and holding a cellphone while he drove, police said on Thursday.
White supremacist found guilty on all counts in Charleston church massacre
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The jury in avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof’s federal hate crimes trial found him guilty on all counts on Thursday for gunning down nine black parishioners at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, last year….
North Carolina Republicans try to strip powers from incoming Democratic governor
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina’s Republican-dominated legislature is moving to strip powers from the state’s incoming governor, Democrat Roy Cooper, three weeks before he is to succeed a Republican in the executive mansion.
