LED-lit pigeons illuminate New York skies in art exhibit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thousands of pigeons with tiny LED lights strapped to their legs swooped through the darkening skies in a jaw-dropping display of beauty, but savvy New Yorkers gazing up at the performance art knew enough to keep their mouths shut….
Harvard to ban members of single-sex clubs from leadership roles
BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard University will prohibit members of single-sex clubs, fraternities and sororities, from serving in leadership roles beginning in the fall of 2017 in an effort to discourage sexual discrimination on campus, officials said on F…
New York man found in bay wearing cement shoes was asphyxiated
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man whose face was wrapped in duct tape and feet encased in concrete when his body washed ashore in New York City this week was killed by asphyxia, the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office said on Friday.
Florida mom, shot by four-year-old, won’t face charges over gun
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida mother agreed to store her gun more safely and take other steps to avoid criminal charges after her four-year-old son picked up the gun she kept in her car and accidentally shot her in the back, state prosecutors said …
U.S. anti-hunger group uses playful campaign to fool and educate
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Full-page advertisements are popping up in major U.S. newspapers offering to pick up Americans’ dinner leftovers and deliver them to the needy, a farcical campaign designed to raise awareness of hunger, its organ…
Mother charged for abusing toddlers who were found tied up in Texas backyard
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The mother of two children, aged 2 and 3, who were found chained in the backyard of a neighbor’s home in San Antonio last week was charged with child abuse on Friday after investigators said they believed she severely beat her…
Escapee from New Jersey psychiatric hospital still eludes manhunt
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The manhunt for an inmate who escaped from the prison wing of a New Jersey psychiatric hospital entered its fourth day on Friday, but officials say the convict is no longer in the town where he was spotted earlier in the week.
SpaceX rocket launches satellite, then lands on ship at sea
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Friday to put a communications satellite into orbit, then made a swift return landing on an ocean platform, a live webcast showed.
JC Penney cuts employee hours after ‘expense challenge’: NY Post
(Reuters) – Department store operator J.C. Penney Co Inc faced “an expense challenge” in April and in response cut payroll, froze overtime for its employees and took other cost-cutting measures, the New York Post reported, citing an internal memo.
Repair shutdowns expected to be announced for Washington DC subway
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington’s troubled Metro subway system, the second-busiest in the United States, is expected on Friday to announce extensive track work that will include partial shutdowns and slower service.
