Portland woman sues restaurant over treatment during solo Valentine’s dinner
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – A Portland woman is suing a local restaurant owner and business manager for $100,000, saying she was booted out of the establishment on Valentine’s Day because of her race and for dining alone, the woman said on Thursday. 
Authorities seek to charge Georgia police chief who shot wife in bed
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia prosecutor will seek a misdemeanor charge against a suburban Atlanta police chief who accidentally shot his wife in bed on New Year’s Day, leaving her partially paralyzed.
Snowstorm cancels flights, strands motorists in eastern U.S
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A treacherous winter storm reaching from Texas to New England closed schools, canceled more than 4,000 flights and stranded hundreds of drivers overnight in Kentucky, where as much as 23 inches (58 cm) of snow fell.
Jodi Arias escapes death penalty after Arizona jury deadlocks
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona jury failed to reach a verdict on Thursday in the sentencing retrial of Jodi Arias after a lone juror refused to back the death penalty, a development that spared the former waitress from execution for murdering her forme…
FBI to open field office in North Dakota’s oil capital
WILLISTON, N.D. (Reuters) – The FBI said on Thursday it will open a field office in Williston, North Dakota, capital of the state’s oil patch and an area grappling with a rise in drug use and sex trafficking.
Exxon settles New Jersey environmental lawsuit for $225 million
(Reuters) – ExxonMobil has agreed to pay New Jersey $225 million to settle a long-standing lawsuit over environmental damage from its refinery operations and service stations, state officials said on Thursday.
All-women’s college Wellesley to accept transgender women
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ Wellesley College has revised its admissions policy to formally allow applications from transgender women, making it the latest all-women’s colleges to do so.
Slain Missouri 18-year-old’s parents plan wrongful death suit
(Reuters) – Michael Brown’s parents will file a wrongful death civil lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri and the white police officer who shot dead the unarmed 18-year-old black man last August in the St. Louis suburb, a family attorney said on Thursday…
Senate Democrats step up pressure for vote on attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Democrats on Thursday wrote a formal letter to Republicans urging them to hold a vote to confirm Loretta Lynch as the next U.S. attorney general.
Review of Hillary Clinton emails to take months: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A growing controversy over Democrat Hillary Clinton’s use of personal email for work while she was U.S. secretary of State could drag on for months, threatening to cloud the expected launch of her 2016 presidential campaign.
