UT Austin president influenced ‘handful’ of admissions: report
DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) – University of Texas at Austin president Bill Powers used his influence to admit a “select handful” of applicants who would otherwise have been rejected by the admission’s office, according to an independent report released Thu…
Jamaican extradited to U.S. on lottery fraud charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Jamaican man accused of cheating elderly Americans in a lottery scheme was extradited to the United States on Thursday, the first such action by Jamaica in a crackdown on global fraud, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Commuter infected with measles is San Francisco LinkedIn employee
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Northern California commuter who health officials say may have exposed tens of thousands of people to measles while riding San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit system while infectious is an employee of LinkedIn Corp, the s…
Two shot in South Dakota industrial park, gunman at large
(Reuters) – Two people were shot on Thursday in an industrial park in southeast South Dakota, where a gunman remained at large, authorities said.
Alabama official ordered to issue marriage licenses to gay couples
MOBILE, Ala. (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday ordered an Alabama official to comply with her earlier ruling striking down the state’s ban on same-sex matrimony by beginning to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
Former SEC commissioner Harvey Goldschmid dead at 74
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission member and prominent Columbia University law professor Harvey Goldschmid died on Thursday at the age of 74, the law school said.
Sandy Hook panel issues final draft report on Newtown massacre
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – A Connecticut panel charged with finding ways to reduce school violence after the 2012 Sandy Hook School massacre issued a final draft of recommendations on Thursday that includes calls for tougher gun control, improved…
Colorado police officer who shot victim in back pleads not guilty to murder
DENVER (Reuters) – A former police officer in a small Colorado farming town accused of fatally shooting a man in the back while on duty pleaded not guilty on Thursday to second-degree murder, authorities said.
Venezuelan gets jail time for threats after Sandy Hook massacre
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – A Venezuelan national who made dozens of threatening phone calls to residents of Newtown, Connecticut, in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook School massacre there was sentenced on Thursday to a year in prison, followed by …
West Coast ports undergo partial shutdown
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The 29 ports on the U.S. West Coast were effectively closed to cargo freighters for the second time in less than a week on Thursday under a partial shutdown imposed by shipping lines and terminal operators in an escalating labor…
