N.Y. politician extorted businesses to pay son: prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos used his official position to cajole companies into giving his son Adam consulting payments, a “no-show” job and a check all worth about $300,000 in exchange for his politica…
About 40 injured in school bus crash in Texas capital
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – About 40 people, 33 of them children, were injured in a school bus crash in Austin on Tuesday, emergency officials in the Texas capital said.
Denver policeman shot multiple times during traffic stop gun battle
DENVER (Reuters) – A Denver police officer was in critical but stable condition after he was shot multiple times during a traffic stop on Tuesday on the city’s northwest side that also left a suspect wounded and put area schools on lockdown, authoritie…
America’s Muslims object to Obama’s push for more self-surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s request to American Muslims that they must help “root out” extremists in their midst received an angry response inside mosques in a part of California where four men were recently arrested for conspi…
Pig’s head thrown at Philadelphia mosque, mayor decries bigotry
(Reuters) – U.S authorities are investigating an incident in which a pig’s head was thrown at a mosque in Philadelphia early on Monday morning, as worries grew over a rise in Islamophobia after a Muslim couple killed 14 people at a holiday party in Cal…
U.S. to propose major changes to vehicle crash ratings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Auto safety regulators on Tuesday called for a major overhaul to U.S. crash safety tests that will require automakers to add crash avoidance technologies to new vehicles if they want to gain the top, five-star ratings.
Justices skeptical of Texas ‘one person, one vote’ challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant on Tuesday to endorse a conservative challenge to the way Texas draws state legislative districts in a case that could shrink the political clout of Hispanics and boost the power of rural…
Guantanamo judge hears arguments on no-touch order for female guards
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A former Guantanamo Bay commander at a section of the U.S. prison that houses five alleged Sept. 11 conspirators defended in military court on Tuesday the right to use female guards amid objections that contact with the wome…
Yale University instructor tied to race protests resigns: school
(Reuters) – A Yale University instructor whose open letter suggesting that students had a right to wear even offensive Halloween costumes set off a wave of campus protests about racism has resigned, the school said.
Alphabet mulls expanding Fiber internet service to LA, Chicago
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc said it would consider bringing its Fiber internet service to Los Angeles and Chicago, the two biggest cities the tech giant has worked with so far for the super-fast web service.
