Higher spend on essentials, online bargains hit U.S. department stores
(Reuters) – Slumping same-store sales at upscale U.S. department store operator Nordstrom Inc could point to more than a glut in retailers’ inventories, not just a longer-than-usual spell of warm weather and fewer spendthrift tourists.
Special Report: Trump’s art of the deal – Dispute your bills
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump has a message for anyone who agrees to do a job for him: If I don’t like your work or I think you’re trying to rip me off, don’t expect to be paid in full.
Many Americans lukewarm on Obama Keystone pipeline rejection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Many Americans are lukewarm on President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, with more than a third saying they didn’t care either way, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
El Nino sends rare tropical visitors to California waters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – El Nino’s warm currents have brought fish in an unexpected spectrum of shapes and colors from Mexican waters to the ocean off California’s coast, thrilling scientists with the sight of bright tropical species and giving anglers …
Alaska man charged with assault after holding woman captive: reports
(Reuters) – A man has been arrested in Alaska on charges of kidnapping a woman, holding her captive in a remote cabin for weeks, and repeatedly sexually assaulting her, local media reported on Friday, citing state police.
California college dean resigns after students protest bias
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As college students across the United States protested racial bias on campus on Thursday, the dean of a prestigious Los Angeles-area liberal arts college resigned under pressure, the school said.
Utah family agency seeks to keep foster child with lesbian couple
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Utah’s child welfare agency on Thursday urged a juvenile court judge to reverse a controversial decision ordering a married lesbian couple to relinquish custody of their infant foster daughter because of their sexual orientat…
Pennsylvania college cancels play after author objects to white actors
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A small, state college in northern Pennsylvania has canceled a musical about a week before it was scheduled to open after the playwright objected to the use of white actors for South Asian characters.
Three Missouri teens charged with making terrorist threats
COLUMBIA, Mo. (Reuters) – Three 19-year-old Missouri men have been charged with making terrorist threats on social media about shooting people at college campuses in the state, and two of them talked about targeting black people.
Lawsuits filed over Northern California balcony collapse
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Attorneys for victims of a balcony collapse in the California city of Berkeley in June that left six people dead filed lawsuits on Thursday alleging negligence by the building’s construction firm and property managers, the law…
