More looting, one arrest as Bay Area protests dwindle
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Police in Oakland, California, said demonstrators broke windows and looted stores and that there was one arrest for assaulting an officer in the latest U.S. protest over police violence.
Google to donate $2 million to San Francisco homeless groups
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc, which has been criticized for exacerbating income inequality in San Francisco, on Thursday said it will donate $2 million to help the city’s large homeless population.
Oil and gas tax declines hurt Alaska, North Dakota revenues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Declines in oil and gas severance taxes contributed to large drops in overall revenues for Alaska and North Dakota in the third quarter, a public policy research group reported on Thursday.
Arizona asks U.S. top court to OK immigrant driver’s licenses policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to allow the state to enforce a policy that denies driver’s licenses to recently legalized young immigrants, in a case that affects about 20,000 state residents…
Bob Jones University made victims feel to blame for sex abuse: report
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A Christian university in South Carolina discouraged some students who reported being sexually assaulted as children or on campus from going to the police and made them feel they were responsible for the abuse, a report rel…
Deals reached over Detroit bankruptcy fees: court mediators
(Reuters) – Law firms and consultants reached agreements with Detroit over fees they charged the city for work on its historic bankruptcy, federal court mediators said on Thursday.
New York man pleads guilty in drug case tied to ‘Electric Zoo’ death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An upstate New York man pleaded guilty on Thursday of conspiring to distribute the potent drug “molly” that was ultimately given to a 23-year-old man who died of an overdose at an electronic music festival last summer.
‘Birdman’ tests new heights with seven Golden Globe nods
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) – Surreal show business satire “Birdman,” a darling of critics because of its innovative storytelling, led the Golden Globe Awards film nominations on Thursday, with its seven nods making it a frontrunner early in the Ho…
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…
