Obama administration seeks to bolster gender wage gap fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration announced plans to expand wage reporting requirements for private businesses on Friday, bolstering its efforts to narrow the longstanding U.S. gender wage gap.
Dozens said to be linked to El Salvador gang indicted in Boston area
(Reuters) – Dozens of Boston-area residents linked to the Central American-based MS-13 street gang were being rounded up by law enforcement authorities on Friday after their indictments on racketeering conspiracy charges related to murders and other cr…
Seven email chains from Clinton server contain ‘top secret’ material: AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seven email chains from the private server Hillary Clinton used when she was U.S. secretary of state are being withheld from public release for containing “top secret” material, the Associated Press reported on Friday, without ci…
‘Affluenza’ teen left in juvenile detention in Texas, for now
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas judge ruled on Friday that America’s so-called “affluenza” teenager should remain in custody for now at a juvenile detention center in Fort Worth, where he has been held since he was deported from Mexico on Thursda…
Iconic Chicago Ferris wheel rolling to the Missouri Ozarks
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An iconic 15-story Ferris wheel, which had been part of the Chicago skyline for 20 years, will be trucked across the Mississippi River and rebuilt like a “big Erector Set” at a Missouri amusement park, officials said on Friday.
Judge rejects challenge in FBI child porn website probe
(Reuters) – A Washington state school administrator has lost a high-profile bid to suppress evidence against him secured by the FBI during an operation in which it secretly ran one of the Internet’s largest child pornography websites in order to catch …
U.S. says Americans traveling to Iran risk arrest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. citizens traveling to Iran, particularly Iranian-Americans, risk arrest and detention in the Islamic republic, the U.S. State Department said in a travel warning on Friday.
Chicago announces new police training for dealing with mentally ill
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, facing sharp criticism over police shootings of civilians, announced reforms on Friday to address how police and other emergency workers respond to the mentally ill, including new crisis training for offi…
South Korea court jails American for 20 years for Burger King murder
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court jailed an American for 20 years on Friday for the murder of a South Korean student at a Burger King restaurant in 1997, after he was extradited from the United States following the acquittal of another American.
Labor Department moves forward on retirement advice proposal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Labor Department on Friday took the next step toward requiring brokers who provide retirement advice to follow a “fiduciary” standard of putting clients’ interests first, a move that could roil the financial services ind…
