University of Phoenix barred from recruiting military students
(Reuters) – For-profit college operator Apollo Education Group Inc said the U.S. Department of Defense has placed its University of Phoenix on probation, barring the unit from recruiting students on military bases or using federal money to fund tuition…
Atlanta Hawks’ Sefolosha found not guilty in night club arrest case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thabo Sefolosha, a forward for the Atlanta Hawks basketball team, was acquitted on Friday of all charges related to an April confrontation with New York City police outside a nightclub that left him with a broken leg.
U.S. court places hold on clean water rule nationwide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. court on Friday issued an order temporarily blocking the implementation of a federal water rule across the country, the latest in a series of legal setbacks for Obama administration environmental regulations.
Suspects in California yoga teacher’s death to be charged in second murder
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Three drifters – two men and a woman – arrested as suspects in this week’s killing of a yoga teacher on a hiking trail also will be charged in the shooting death of a Canadian woman in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park last wee…
Presidential candidate Sanders opposes Califf for FDA chief
(Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, on Friday said he will vote against Dr. Robert Califf as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, citing the nominee’s close ties to the p…
U.S. says CSX missed rail defect blamed for oil train derailment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fiery oil train derailment that forced the evacuation of hundreds of people in West Virginia last February was caused by a rail defect that railroad inspectors from CSX Corp missed twice in the preceding months, U.S. regulators…
South Carolina city to pay $6.5 million over police shooting of black man
(Reuters) – The family of an unarmed black man shot in the back by a white police officer will get a $6.5 million settlement from North Charleston in South Carolina, city officials said on Thursday.
Some areas in flooded South Carolina facing second deluge
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina’s governor warned on Thursday that several coastal areas were about to be hit by a second round of major flooding, while residents inland hauled soaked furniture and appliances from homes left in ruins by unpre…
Six injured in explosion at Washington state dam
(Reuters) – Six workers were injured in an explosion at a Washington state dam on Thursday, officials said, though the structural integrity of the dam was not threatened.
Bid to repeal California school vaccination law falls short
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A plan to ask voters to repeal a new California law tightening vaccination requirements for school-age children has fallen short of signatures needed to put the referendum on the ballot, state data showed on Thursday.
