Exclusive: U.S. CEOs threaten to pull tacit Obamacare support over ‘wellness’ spat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leading U.S. CEOs, angered by the Obama administration’s challenge to certain “workplace wellness” programs, are threatening to side with anti-Obamacare forces unless the government backs off, according to people familiar with the …
Man shoots girlfriend, kills self in Chicago Nordstrom store
(Reuters) – A man shot his girlfriend before fatally shooting himself inside a Chicago Nordstrom on Friday, police said, sending black Friday shoppers scattering from the store.
Washington state woman shoots man trying to enter home: TV station
(Reuters) – A woman shot a 22-year-old man trying to barge into her home early on Thanksgiving morning in a Seattle suburb, and he may have been drinking and gone to the home by mistake, a television station reported.
U.S. Black Friday shopping marked by thinner crowds, protests
WEST HARTFORD, Conn./CHICAGO (Reuters) – Mall crowds were relatively thin on Black Friday in a sign of what has become the new normal in U.S. holiday shopping: the mad rush is happening the night of Thanksgiving and more consumers are picking up deals …
Arizona man hospitalized over Ebola concerns tests negative
(Reuters) – A Phoenix man who became ill after returning this week from Sierra Leone, one of the three West African nations hardest hit by an Ebola outbreak, on Friday was taken to a hospital where he tested negative for the virus, officials said.
Lawsuit accuses Wells Fargo of biased lending in Chicago area
(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co was sued on Friday by Cook County, Illinois, which accused the largest U.S. mortgage lender of targeting black, Hispanic and female borrowers with predatory and discriminatory lending in the Chicago area.
St. Louis-area mall closes on Black Friday as Ferguson protests spread
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – Demonstrators shut down a shopping mall near Ferguson, Missouri, at the start of the holiday shopping season on Friday as protests over the killing of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer turned against some retaile…
U.S. Black Friday shopping marked by thinner crowds, protests
WEST HARTFORD, Conn./CHICAGO (Reuters) – Mall crowds were relatively thin on Black Friday in a sign of what has become the new normal in U.S. holiday shopping: the mad rush is happening the night of Thanksgiving and more consumers are picking up deals …
Man dies after shooting at Mexican consulate, other sites in Texas capital
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A man apparently upset about U.S. immigration policy was fatally shot on Friday after firing more than 100 rounds of ammunition at buildings including the Mexican consulate, a U.S. courthouse and police headquarters in the Tex…
Lawsuit accuses Wells Fargo of biased lending in Chicago area
(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co was sued on Friday by Cook County, Illinois, which accused the largest U.S. mortgage lender of targeting black, Hispanic and female borrowers with predatory and discriminatory lending in the Chicago area.
