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…
Pentagon chief fires military assistant, cites misconduct allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter removed his senior military assistant, Lieutenant General Ron Lewis, from his position on Thursday over allegations of misconduct that Carter learned of this week.
Students across U.S. march over debt, free public college
(Reuters) – Students held demonstrations on university campuses across the United States on Thursday to protest ballooning student loan debt for higher education and rally for tuition-free public colleges.
U.S. veteran rescued on Veterans’ Day after 4 days in Oregon woods
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – A U.S. Army veteran who drank from puddles to survive while lost for four days in the Oregon woods was found on Veteran’s Day thanks to a hunter who heard his cries for help, and a rescuer who read about his plight online, au…
Secret Service officer arrested in child sexting sting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Secret Service officer assigned to the White House was arrested this week after he sent naked pictures of himself to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl, according to a criminal complaint.
Penn State’s Sandusky wins partial victory in bid for child-sex retrial
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A state judge on Thursday ordered Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane to turn over any documents she holds that might suggest the victims of convicted child sex offender Jerry Sandusky had a financial incentive to sh…
Pentagon chief fires military assistant, cites misconduct allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter removed his senior military assistant, Lieutenant General Ron Lewis, from his position on Thursday over allegations of misconduct that Carter said he learned of this week.
Crew spoke about weather before deadly Ohio jet crash: officials
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Thirty minutes of cockpit audio recording recovered from a business jet in Ohio revealed that crew members were discussing weather conditions and landing before a crash that killed all nine people on board, federal officials said …
