Harvard, UNC sued over use of race in admissions decisions
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – A nonprofit legal defense group sued Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, alleging the schools’ admission practices discriminate against Asian-American and white applicants.
GM ignition-switch claims deadline extended to January 31
(Reuters) – The deadline to file claims under General Motors Co’s faulty ignition-switch compensation program has been extended by one month to Jan. 31, said Kenneth Feinberg, the program’s administrator.
Futuristic island park in Hudson River proposed for Manhattan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A futuristic park known as Pier55 will likely rise soon over the water off Manhattan’s Lower West Side, largely funded by a billionaire neighbor, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday.
F-35 completes first round of tests on U.S. Navy ship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy version of Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet met 100 percent of the threshold requirements set for a first round of sea-based testing aboard the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, Navy and Pentagon officials said on…
Second man gets life term for killing two USC grad students from China
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The second of two men convicted of murder in the 2012 shooting deaths of two University of Southern California graduate students from China was sentenced on Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Sierra Leone doctor dies of Ebola at Nebraska hospital
(Reuters) – A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone died early on Monday of the disease at a Nebraska hospital, medical officials said, the second death from the virus out of 10 known cases treated in the United States.
St. Louis awaits grand jury’s decision on shooting of unarmed black teen
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – Residents of Ferguson, Missouri, faced another day on Monday of waiting for a grand jury to decide if it will bring criminal charges against a white policeman who fatally shot an unarmed black teen in August, sparking weeks of …
Top aide to New York City’s first lady takes leave amid family woes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A top aide to the wife of Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday she is taking an unpaid leave of absence amid controversy over the legal troubles of her boyfriend and teenage son.
FCC chief proposes hiking schools’ Internet subsidy by 62 percent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. communications regulators are expected to vote Dec. 11 on whether to boost funding for the largest U.S. educational technology subsidy program, E-Rate, by 62 percent to help connect more schools and libraries to high-speed I…
Skull-fetching retriever helps solve Texas escaped prisoner case
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – The case of a convicted sexual predator who was one of the most wanted men in America after escaping from a federal detention facility in Texas has been solved with the help of a 15-year-old Labrador retriever who discovered th…
