Harvard dining hall workers expected to end three-week strike
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – Hundreds of workers at Harvard University’s dining halls voted on Wednesday on a contract proposal that could end a three-week-long strike, the university’s first in more than three decades.
Case dropped against New York limo driver in deadly winery crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York judge on Wednesday threw out all charges against a limousine driver accused of negligent homicide in a crash that killed four women on a Long Island wine-tasting tour last year.
American Paul Beatty’s race satire wins Man Booker Prize
LONDON (Reuters) – Paul Beatty was on Tuesday named as the first American to win the prestigious Man Booker fiction prize, for “The Sellout”, a biting satire on race relations in the United States.
Potential juror bias weighed in conspiracy trial of Oregon militants
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – The integrity of a federal court jury was called into question on Tuesday as the panel deliberated for a third day in the trial of seven people charged with conspiracy in the armed takeover of a U.S. wildlife center in Oregon…
Marine pilot ejects from plane, suffers minor injuries – media
(Reuters) – A U.S. Marine Corps fighter jet pilot suffered minor injuries when he ejected from his aircraft at the end of a training flight in southern California on Tuesday, local media reported.
Inmates, officer injured during fights at jail in Chicago
(Reuters) – Eight inmates and an officer were taken to hospital on Tuesday after they were injured during several fights at a jail in Chicago, fire and jail officials said.
Redstone sues ex-girlfriends, says had to borrow from National Amusements
(Reuters) – Media mogul Sumner Redstone on Tuesday sued two ex-girlfriends for civil claims including elder abuse, alleging he was forced to borrow $100 million from the private company that holds his voting shares of CBS Corp and Viacom Inc to cover t…
Judge orders criminal contempt trial for Arizona sheriff Arpaio
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio to stand trial in December on a criminal contempt charge of violating the terms of a court ruling against the controversial sheriff in a 2007 racial profiling case.
U.S. Catholic health group hit with complaint over sterilization ban
(Reuters) – The largest Roman Catholic health organization in the United States was accused in a federal complaint on Tuesday of failing to provide appropriate care by refusing on religious grounds to allow a pregnant woman with a brain tumor to be ste…
Utah boy, 16, shot outside school, 14-year-old arrested: police
(Reuters) – A 16-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded during an argument outside a middle school in Sandy, Utah, on Tuesday, and a 14-year-old boy was taken into custody, police said.
