Bill Cosby bows out as Temple University trustee
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby has resigned from the board of trustees of Temple University, his alma mater said in a statement on Monday, after the entertainer was hit with a wave of sexual assault accusations.
Once-lost letter of Beat era, found in California, to be sold at auction
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An 18-page letter written by Beat-era icon Neal Cassady that transformed Jack Kerouac’s writing style will be auctioned off this month as the highlight of a collection of work that could fetch about $500,000 (£317,863).
Police find more than 10 dead horses on Mississippi ranch
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – Authorities found at least 10 dead horses on a Mississippi ranch after receiving a report that more than 170 of the animals, many of them malnourished, were on the property, officials said on Monday. 
Obama vows to address ‘simmering distrust’ between police, minorities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama made a forceful pledge on Monday to use his last two years in office to address the “simmering distrust” between police and minority communities as he requested $263 million for the federal response to the …
Albuquerque policeman who shot woman fired over camera lapse
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) – An Albuquerque police officer who shot and killed a 19-year-old woman in April was fired from the police force on Monday for failing to follow an order to turn on his uniform camera during all citizen contacts, police said…
U.S. officials asking Qatar to allow couple to leave country
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. officials have been in contact with Qatar’s government to ask them to allow a Los Angeles couple to return home after an appeals court threw out convictions linked to the death of their African-born adopted daughter, a Stat…
Lawyers for Boston bomb suspect again seek trial out of state
BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday requested, for the second time, that his trial be moved out of state because of the risk that intense local media coverage will bias a jury against him.
Congress deals blow to plan to shut Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers dealt a blow to President Barack Obama’s five-year-long effort to close the prison camp at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba by omitting a plan to shut the facility from an annual defense authorization bill.
Back from holidays, students walk out over Ferguson decision
(Reuters) – High school and college students, back from the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, ditched classes on Monday in several cities to protest against a decision not to indict a Missouri police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen in A…
Six teens arrested in beating death of California homeless man
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Six San Diego-area teenagers, including one under 18, have been arrested and charged with murder in the beating of two homeless men that left one of the transients dead and the other injured, county sheriff’s deputies said on Mond…
