FBI Director Comey to testify before House panel on Thursday
(Reuters) – FBI Director James Comey is set to testify before the U.S. House Oversight Committee on Thursday about the agency’s decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over her use of a personal email server while serving at the State…
U.S. to allocate $10 million to non-profits, colleges to fight extremism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will announce on Wednesday $10 million in grants for non-profit organizations and colleges to develop counseling programs and other services to turn people away from violent extremism, acc…
Tesla told regulators about Autopilot crash nine days after accident
SAN FRANCISCO/DETROIT (Reuters) – Tesla Motors alerted regulators to a fatality in one of its electric cars in partial self-driving Autopilot mode nine days after it crashed, the company said on Tuesday, defending its decision not to make the accident…
U.S. court to hear arguments in warrantless NSA spying case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court will weigh a constitutional challenge on Wednesday to a warrantless government surveillance program brought by an Oregon man found guilty of attempting to detonate a bomb in 2010 during a Christmas tree-light…
Low scrap metal prices hurting even U.S. garbage scavengers
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Erica spends four hours daily walking miles of Milwaukee streets and alleys, digging through garbage and stuffing her red plastic grocery cart with aluminum cans and other small metal items to sell to support her three children.
No Mega Millions winners on Tuesday, prize reaches $508 million
(Reuters) – The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery drawing rose to $508 million, the seventh largest in U.S. lottery history, after nobody won the grand prize on Tuesday, lottery officials said.
Clinton ‘extremely careless’ with emails, but FBI recommends no charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI recommended on Tuesday that no criminal charges be filed over Hillary Clinton’s use of private email servers while she was secretary of state, but rebuked the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate for “extremely careless…
University of Tennessee settles sex assault suit for almost $2.5 million
(Reuters) – The University of Tennessee has settled for $2.48 million a lawsuit involving eight women who argued the school allowed a hostile sexual culture to fester, which led to sexual assaults by student-athletes.
Prosecutors decline to charge Edsel Ford II after arrest
(Reuters) – Prosecutors on Tuesday declined to charge Edsel Ford II, a member of the board of directors of Ford Motor Co and the great grandson of company founder Henry Ford, after he was arrested earlier, city officials said.
U.S. Republicans push back on Democratic gun-control efforts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional Republicans on Tuesday resisted Democratic demands for a vote on gun-control measures and warned that some could face punishment for an unusual sit-in last month that tied up the House of Representatives for 25…
