University of Oklahoma says racist song began with national fraternity
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A racist song chanted by members of a University of Oklahoma fraternity was learned at a national Sigma Alpha Epsilon leadership cruise four years ago and became a part of the chapter’s culture, school President David Boren sa…
California Governor Brown signs $1 billion emergency drought package
(Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown signed emergency legislation on Friday that fast-tracks over $1 billion in funding for drought relief and water infrastructure within the parched state.
Deal reached over insurance money for missing Utah mother Susan Powell
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The family of Susan Powell, a Utah woman who vanished in 2009 and whose husband later killed himself and the couple’s two young sons, has reached a settlement with her husband’s family over the couple’s estate and life insurance mon…
Detroit children found in freezer died by trauma, burns
DETROIT (Reuters) – The deaths of two children whose bodies were found in a freezer in their mother’s Detroit apartment were the result of homicides, a county medical examiner said on Friday.
U.S. regulator proposes to let Delta keep Seattle-Haneda route
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday proposed to let Delta Air lines keep a route between Seattle and Haneda Airport in Tokyo, but only if the carrier maintained a daily service year-round.
Texas taxidermist pleads guilty to illegal rhino horn trade
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas taxidermist faces up to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to participating in the illegal sales of rhino horns, prosecutors said on Friday.
Shopping center near Pentagon given ‘all-clear’ over bomb threat: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Arlington County Police said in a tweet on Friday they gave the “all-clear” to a shopping center near the headquarters of the U.S. Defense Department, with business returning to normal and roads re-opening after bomb-sniffing dog…
Police seek two people unaccounted for after New York explosion
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two people remained unaccounted for on Friday in the wake of an apparent gas explosion that destroyed four New York City apartment buildings and injured 19 people, police said.
N.Y. broker-dealer execs get prison time for Venezuelan bribe scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two former executives of a defunct Wall Street broker-dealer were sentenced to prison on Friday for participating in a scheme to pay $5 million in bribes to an official at a Venezuelan state economic development bank in exchange fo…
Colorado lawmaker says attack on pregnant woman ‘curse of God’
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado lawmaker who said an attack on a woman whose unborn child was cut from her womb was a “curse of God” caused by U.S. policy on abortion was criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike on Thursday.
