Boston Verizon FiOS subscribers lose access to local Fox channel
(Reuters) – Boston-area Verizon customers found themselves cut off from one kind of Thanksgiving bird on Thursday: the Eagles football team.
Thankful to arrive on snowy U.S. holiday with power out, travel delays
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Millions of Americans were thankful just to arrive at their Thanksgiving feasts on Thursday after a snowstorm dumped up to 20 inches of snow on Eastern states, causing flight delays and power outages.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg released from hospital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the oldest member of the nine-justice court, was released from a Washington hospital on Thursday after undergoing a heart procedure, a court statement said.
Ridesharing firm Uber suspends operations in Nevada
(Reuters) – Ridesharing company Uber suspended its operations in the U.S. state of Nevada late on Wednesday in a setback that it said would cost nearly 1,000 jobs.
Australian extradited to U.S. in Silk Road online drugs bazaar case
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has extradited a man to the United States to face trial for alleged involvement in Silk Road, a website where people bought illegal drugs like heroin using digital currency bitcoin, a government official said on Thursday.
Fake doctor gets 23 years for sex assault on 9-year-old Colorado girl
(Reuters) – A Colorado man convicted of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl while posing as an immigration facility doctor to gain access to her family’s home was sentenced on Wednesday to 23 years to life in prison, prosecutors said.
FedEx Freight workers in Louisville vote against union membership
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Drivers at a Louisville facility of FedEx Corp’s trucking unit voted on Wednesday against union representation, dealing a blow to a concerted effort by the Teamsters to unionize the Memphis-based company.
U.S. judge puts Arizona’s ‘revenge porn’ bill on hold
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday put on hold enforcement of Arizona’s “revenge porn” law that made it a felony to post online nude images of others without their consent, after a rights group said the measure was too broad and state attorn…
San Diego State fraternities halt parties after anti-rape march fracas
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Fraternities and sororities at San Diego State University have suspended all social activities until their members undergo sexual assault prevention training after disturbances erupted during an anti-rape march, a university offic…
East Coast storm hampers Thanksgiving travel
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A blast of rain and snow along the East Coast snarled traffic and disrupted flights for millions of Americans at the start of the long Thanksgiving weekend, traditionally the busiest time of the year for U.S. travel.
