No replay in Oklahoma high school football playoff game, judge rules
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A high school football playoff game taken into court after a disputed penalty erased a late-game touchdown will not be replayed, an Oklahoma district judge ruled on Thursday, saying athletic contests should not be decided by “…
Cleveland mayor disagrees with DOJ report on city’s police
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The mayor of Cleveland said on Thursday he did not agree with all of the U.S. Department of Justice’s findings in a scathing report on the widespread use of excessive force by the city’s police, saying it will take time to agree o…
Virginia town could lose city hall, police station amid default
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A small Virginia city could lose its city hall and police station after its dream to use a municipal golf course as an economic driver went bust.
New York orders insurers to cover gender reassignment surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Insurers can no longer deny coverage of gender reassignment surgery or other sex change treatment for transgender New Yorkers, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday.
California cities recovering from recession but unevenly, report says
(Reuters) – Cities in California as a whole are largely recovering from the recession but not all with the same vigor.
U.S. FCC raises schools’ Internet subsidy amid net neutrality protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. communications regulators on Thursday held the year’s last public meeting, where they voted to increase the largest U.S. education technology subsidy and protesters interrupted with calls for stricter regulations for Interne…
Demonstrations aside, it’s not 1960s Berkeley any more
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Gray-haired activists still hand out leaflets on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, but the California university town that has seen violent protests over police killings of unarmed black men is a far cry from the leftist hotbed…
Surf’s up! Chile start-up turns fishing nets into skateboards
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A Chile-based start-up venture that collects discarded fishing nets from the country’s long coastline and turns them into skateboards for U.S. teenagers is garnering attention from investors as sales ramp up.
American nurse exposed to Ebola to be admitted to NIH center
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An American nurse who was exposed to Ebola while volunteering in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone will be admitted to the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Maryland on Thursday, NIH announced.
Chicago proposes chokehold ban in wake of U.S. protests
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago city council members have proposed a ban on the use of chokeholds by police officers working within city limits in an expansive proposal coming in the wake of the chokehold death of an unarmed black man being arrested in New…
