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…
White nationalist leader’s speech sparks protests at Texas university
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Reuters) – Texas A&M University students and activists protested against a speech on Tuesday by white nationalist Richard Spencer, who was filmed at a conference last month saying “Hail Trump”, drawing Nazi-like salutes from some spectators.
Georgia executes man for fatally shooting father-in-law: state
(Reuters) – Georgia executed on Tuesday a man convicted of fatally shooting his father-in-law and kidnapping his estranged wife and her sister in 1990, becoming the ninth person put to death in the state this year.
Authorities identify all but one of 36 Oakland fire victims
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Authorities in Oakland, California, said on Tuesday they had identified all but one of the 36 victims whose bodies were pulled from the debris of a fire that ripped through a dance party at a warehouse at the weekend.
Trump lays out non-interventionist U.S. military policy
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump laid out a U.S. military policy on Tuesday that would avoid interventions in foreign conflicts and instead focus heavily on defeating the Islamic State militancy.
Sheriff charges manslaughter in Louisiana death of ex-NFL player
(Reuters) – A man suspected of fatally shooting former National Football League player Joe McKnight in a road rage incident near New Orleans has been arrested and charged with manslaughter, a Louisiana sheriff said on Tuesday.
