Bryant University basketball coach comes out as gay in first-person essay
BOSTON (Reuters) – An assistant basketball coach at Bryant University came out as gay in a first-person essay published by Outsports.com late Wednesday, making him the first coach of a top-level U.S. college program to do so, according to U.S. media.
Flint will return to Detroit water system due to lead concerns
DETROIT (Reuters) – Flint will resume getting water from Detroit, officials said on Thursday, a week after the Michigan city confirmed that children were showing elevated levels of lead since it began using water from a nearby river.
Suspect in custody after crash at Maryland’s Fort Meade: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man who stole a car and crashed into a gate at the U.S. Army’s Fort Meade in Maryland, home to the National Security Agency, was taken into custody on Thursday after being found trying to hide in nearby woods, authorities said….
Donald Trump takes Scottish windfarm fight to UK’s top court
LONDON (Reuters) – Billionaire U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took his long battle against windfarms near his Scottish golf course to the UK Supreme Court on Thursday.
Indiana University suspends fraternity over suspected sexual hazing
(Reuters) – A fraternity at Indiana University has been suspended due to a hazing incident caught on video in which new male chapter members were encouraged to perform sex acts on women in front of other fraternity members, the school and the national …
Meal delivery start-up Munchery hires former Starbucks executive
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Meal delivery service Munchery on Thursday said it hired Pascal Rigo, a former Starbucks executive, as its chief customer experience officer.
California commission to vote on SeaWorld’s orca tank expansion
(Reuters) – The California Coastal Commission was set on Thursday to vote on a proposal by SeaWorld San Diego to build larger tanks for its killer whales in a plan that has drawn opposition from tens of thousands of people who want to see the orcas rel…
Exclusive: Uber checks connections between hacker and Lyft
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Eight months after disclosing a major data breach, ride service Uber [UBER.UL] is focusing its legal efforts on learning more about an internet address that it has persuaded a court could lead to identifying the hacker. That a…
Bob Dylan and the supremes – Ginsburg and Scalia, that is
ZURICH (Reuters) – On the evening after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld same-sex marriage, liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was entertained by her conservative colleague Antonin Scalia singing a Bob Dylan song.
Lew rules out letting Congress extract ‘unacceptable’ policies to lift U.S. debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urged Congress to act soon to raise the debt limit but said the Obama administration would not let lawmakers use the pending deadline to extract “unacceptable” policy commitments.
