South Carolina military college refuses request to wear hijab
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A Muslim student will not be allowed to wear a hijab with her uniform at the Citadel military college in South Carolina should she decide to enroll this fall, the school’s president said on Tuesday.
Prosecutor asks for sentences below the maximum in LuxLeaks trial
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Luxembourg’s prosecutor asked on Tuesday for penalties well below the maximum for two former accounting firm employees who leaked data about its tax deals with large corporations in the so-called “LuxLeaks” affair.
Uber drivers, if employees, owed $730 million more: U.S. court papers
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Drivers who worked for ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] in California and Massachusetts over the past seven years would have been entitled to an estimated $730 million in expense reimbursements had they been employees rathe…
U.S. investigates security of mobile devices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission have asked mobile phone carriers and manufacturers to explain how they release security updates amid mounting concerns over security vulnerabilities, the U.S. age…
Kansas City detective dies after being shot during carjacking
(Reuters) – A Kansas City police detective died on Monday after he was shot while trying to prevent a carjacking near the Kansas Speedway racetrack, authorities said.
Large tornado hits south of Oklahoma City, two dead
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A large and violent tornado hit an area south of Oklahoma City on Monday, causing at least two deaths and reducing at least three homes to splinters, authorities said.
U.S. government and North Carolina escalate legal fight over transgender law
WASHINGTON/WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A fight between the Obama administration and North Carolina over a state law limiting public bathroom access for transgender people escalated on Monday as both sides sued each other, trading accusations of civ…
Bison officially designated as national mammal of U.S.
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – North America’s bison, a living emblem of the Western frontier that roamed the continent by the millions before being hunted to near extinction in the late 1800s, was officially designated on Monday as the national mammal of t…
Lawsuit accuses Flint mayor of trying to redirect water crisis donors to campaign fund
(Reuters) – A former administrator in Flint, Michigan, charged in a federal lawsuit on Monday that she was fired for seeking a probe into allegations the mayor tried to redirect donations to her personal campaign fund from a charity meant to help famil…
New lawsuit alleges paid informants, pricey escort at Redstone mansion
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Even as a Los Angeles judge dismissed one case brought by a former girlfriend of media mogul Sumner Redstone, she filed a new lawsuit that threatens to keep salacious allegations about the 92-year-old’s lifestyle alive.
