Scores arrested in first ‘Fight for $15’ protest since Trump win
LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Scores of demonstrators were arrested on Tuesday as U.S. fast-food and airport workers led nationwide ‘Fight for $15’ protests calling for higher pay and union rights in their first major action since Donald Trump was el…
‘America’s Subway’ in Washington highlights infrastructure woes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hailed as “America’s Subway” when it began operating 40 years ago, Washington’s Metro transit system now could serve as Exhibit A for the U.S infrastructure woes President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to fix.
Ohio State assault by immigrant raises fears in Somali community
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – Immigrants in Columbus, Ohio’s Somali community fear a backlash after a young immigrant injured 11 people in an attack at Ohio State University, the second attack by an African immigrant in the area this year.
Judge lets Wisconsin officials decide how to perform presidential vote recount
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Local officials in Wisconsin will decide for themselves how to carry out a presidential election recount after a state judge on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit by former Green Party candidate Jill Stein to have the ballots counted by h…
North Dakota officials hope to quell pipeline protests with fines
CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – North Dakota officials on Tuesday moved to block supplies from reaching oil pipeline protesters at a camp near the construction site, threatening to use hefty fines to keep demonstrators from receiving food, building mater…
Federal judges order North Carolina to redraw legislative districts
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A U.S. federal court on Tuesday set a March 15 deadline for North Carolina state lawmakers to redraw legislative districts found to be racially “gerrymandered,” and ordered a new round of elections by next November for t…
Dowling becomes rare nonprofit college to file for bankruptcy
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – Dowling College became a rare nonprofit college to file for bankruptcy on Tuesday after the liberal arts school near New York lost its academic accreditation in August and closed its doors after 48 years.
Carrier to keep about 1,000 U.S. factory jobs in deal with Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United Technologies Corp has reached a deal with President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to keep close to 1,000 jobs at its Carrier Corp air conditioner plant in Indianapolis, roughly halving the number …
White ex-South Carolina officer defends shooting of unarmed black man
(Reuters) – A white former South Carolina policeman testified in his murder trial on Tuesday that he felt fear before fatally shooting an unarmed black man last year in an incident that intensified debate about racial bias in law enforcement.
Ohio judge assigned case in police killing of black man after three others recuse themselves
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – The expected retrial of a white former University of Cincinnati police officer who killed a black motorist during a traffic stop last year hit a series of snags this week as three judges recused themselves before a fourth was ass…
