FLOTUS on the track: Michelle Obama makes rap video for college campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Striding out of the White House in slow motion, sporting oversized sunglasses, Michelle Obama lays down a rap track aimed at raising the star power of math majors and engineering students.
Wal-Mart enters mobile payment with launch of Walmart Pay
(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would launch ‘Walmart Pay,’ to become the first U.S. retailer to offer its own payment feature to expand consumer payment options and increase the speed of checkouts.
California police open hate crime probe in vandalization of Sikh temple
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police in Southern California have opened a hate crime investigation into the vandalization of a Sikh house of worship in Orange County that was defaced with Islamaphobic and gang graffiti, the New York Times reported on Thursda…
Two New Jersey cities top November U.S. metro foreclosure rates
(Reuters) – Two New Jersey metropolitan areas, Atlantic City and Trenton, had the highest U.S. metro foreclosure rates in November, RealtyTrac data showed on Thursday.
Minnesota man charged with planning to join Islamic State
(Reuters) – A Minnesota man was charged on Wednesday as the tenth person in an alleged conspiracy that encouraged young Somali-American men to travel overseas to join militant group Islamic State and he planned to make the trip himself, court papers sh…
Chicago mayor apologizes, protesters demand his resignation
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, under heavy criticism for his handling of the fatal police shooting of a black teen, gave an emotional apology on Wednesday, but angry crowds closed city streets to demand his resignation hours later.
California couple indicted for smuggling sea turtles into U.S.
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A Southern California couple has been indicted in San Diego federal court on charges of smuggling sea turtle eggs into the United States from Mexico, officials said on Wednesday, a first for prosecutors in the border region.
Liberty University’s Falwell says guns to be allowed at dorms: report
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – The president of Christian-based Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, told students on Wednesday that he will reverse a longstanding policy and permit guns in student dorms, according to a local media.
California shooters discussed martyrdom before meeting: FBI
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The couple who massacred 14 people at a California holiday party were discussing jihad and martyrdom online a year before they met in person, but there is no evidence Islamic militants arranged their marriage to facilitate an att…
Kentucky teacher’s pension liabilities skyrocket under new rules
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The unfunded liability at Kentucky’s troubled public pension fund for teachers leapt by more than $10 billion last fiscal year under new accounting rules intended to provide a more realistic picture of the worst funded public pensi…
