Fox settles sexual harassment lawsuit for $20 million on Ailes’ behalf
(Reuters) – Fox News will pay $20 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit by former anchor Gretchen Carlson, whose allegations led to the resignation of network chief Roger Ailes in July, a source familiar with the agreement said on Tuesday.
Man who brandished gun near White House enters guilty plea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to brandishing a gun near the White House in May before a Secret Service guard shot him, prosecutors said.
Fire guts U.S. Agriculture Department shed in Maryland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fire on Tuesday gutted a storage shed at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) complex in Maryland that was closed last week because of threats, a fire official said.
Lower Manhattan rebounds 15 years after Sept. 11 attacks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lower Manhattan’s population has more than doubled and the number of children living there has tripled since just before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks hit the financial district, a report on the neighborhood’s rebirth showed.
Ex-Air China employee pleads not guilty to U.S. smuggling charge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Air China Ltd employee linked to defendants in a U.N. bribery case pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to U.S. charges that she helped military personnel at China’s mission to the United Nations smuggle packages out of the Unite…
Starbucks to serve stevia-based sweetener in select cafes
(Reuters) – Starbucks Corp, the world’s largest coffee chain, said it would serve its first stevia-based, zero-calorie sweetener at select cafes in the U.S. and Canada.
ITT to shut institutes, thousands of students to be affected
(Reuters) – ITT Educational Services Inc said it would shut its flagship ITT Technical Institutes, following a U.S. Department of Education order, affecting thousands of students and employees.
Hermine lingers off U.S. East Coast, high winds and rain expected
(Reuters) – Hermine, a storm that raked Florida with hurricane-force winds last week, lingered on Tuesday off the U.S. East Coast where it was expected to produce heavy gusts and rain over the next two days.
Ex-Stanford swimmer registers as sex offender in Ohio after assault
(Reuters) – Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner has registered as a sex offender in his home state of Ohio, following his conviction for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015 and public outrage over his six-month jail sentence.
U.S. conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly dead at 92
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Phyllis Schlafly, who became a “founding mother” of the modern U.S. conservative movement by battling feminists in the 1970s and working tirelessly to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment, died on Monday at the age of 92, her Eagle …
