Soda taxes may spread if voters check ballots in California, Colorado
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As Americans vote for a new president on Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of voters in California’s Bay Area and Boulder, Colorado, will also decide whether they want levies on sugary drinks, another step toward making soda taxes a n…
Samsung recalls 2.8 million washing machines in U.S. over injury risk
(Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , already reeling from a global recall of its Note 7 smartphones, said on Friday it would recall about 2.8 million top-load washing machines in the United States following reports of injuries.
Ex-Boston mobster to plead guilty to lying about 1993 killing
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former Boston mobster is due to plead guilty on Friday to charges that he lied to investigators about the 1993 killing of a former nightclub manager whose body was found earlier this year.
Harvard cancels men’s soccer season over lewd rankings of women players
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – Harvard University canceled its men’s soccer season after discovering that its players had for years maintained lewd rankings of incoming women players.
Investors smell profit in marijuana ballot measures
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – With marijuana legalization measures on the ballot in nine states Tuesday, investment opportunities are attracting money from Wall Street, Silicon Valley and publicly traded companies.
Battle over bathrooms looms large in North Carolina governor’s race
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – In a year of police shooting protests, historic hurricane flooding and voting rights clashes in North Carolina, it is the battle over bathrooms that could prove pivotal in the Tar Heel state’s gubernatorial race.
Boy seen in shower with Penn State’s Sandusky to testify in retrial bid
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A man who says he was the unidentified boy seen in 2001 in a shower with convicted sexual predator Jerry Sandusky is expected to tell a hearing on Friday that the former Penn State assistant football coach was a father figur…
Supreme Court puts Alabama execution on hold for seventh time
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a last-minute hold on the Alabama execution of Thomas Douglas Arthur, the seventh time he has avoided capital punishment for the 1982 murder of his girlfriend’s husband.
More U.S. middle school students dying of suicide than car crashes
(Reuters) – The suicide rate among U.S. middle school students doubled from 2007 to 2014, surpassing for the first time the incidence of youngsters aged 10 to 14 who died in car crashes, a federal report released on Thursday said.
Marijuana investor Privateer raises $40 million on eve of U.S. elections
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Marijuana private equity investor Privateer Holdings has raised $40 million in convertible debt ahead of next week’s elections, with pot legalization on the ballot in nine U.S. states.
