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By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina lawmakers were set to begin debate Monday on legislation to remove the Confederate battle flag that flies on the grounds of the state capitol in Columbia. The debate comes after numerous elected officials, such as Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican, called for the flag’s removal in light of the June 17 massacre of nine African-American members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal
A New York judge has thrown out the conviction of former Goldman Sachs Group Inc programmer Sergey Aleynikov, saying prosecutors failed to prove that he broke an “obscure” law by copying some of the bank’s high-frequency trading code. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Daniel Conviser issued his decision on Monday, overturning the verdict in May by a jury who found Aleynikov guilty of “unlawful use of secret scientific material,” a violation
(Reuters) – The Twitterverse lit up with references to the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor after the 5-2 U.S. victory over Japan in the Women’s World Cup championship match but other Twitter users called those comments offensive. “Hey Japan, that one was for Pearl Harbor. U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A,” Twitter user Cloyd Rivers wrote in a tweet that was “favorited” more than 15,000 times and retweeted 10,200 times.
The country’s future in Europe’s common currency is now uncertain.
Carli Lloyd.scored three times in the first half to vault the Americans to their third Women’s World Cup title on Sunday with a 5-2 victory over Japan at B.C. Place.
LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife, Kate, marked a milestone for their newborn baby Princess Charlotte on Sunday — a christening ceremony on Queen Elizabeth II’s country estate that was steeped in royal tradition.
Aetna Inc’s chief executive said Monday he was confident an antitrust review of the health insurer’s proposed purchase of smaller rival Humana Inc would allow the deal to close in the second half of 2016, seeking to allay investor concerns. Mark Bertolini said Aetna had already prepared for possible divestitures to address overlaps with Humana’s business in the largest-ever U.S. health insurance deal. The two sides announced the $37 billion
A molecule that accumulates in the blood with age may be linked to cognitive decline, said scientists Monday who mooted hopes of a memory-restoring treatment. The protein, dubbed B2M, is found in higher concentrations in the blood and cerebral spinal fluid of ageing humans, they said. “We are very excited about the findings because it indicates that there are two ways to potentially reverse age-related cognitive impairments,” study co-author Saul
By Jennifer Still for Thrive MarketThere’s nothing wrong with starting your day with a hot cup of coffee. But, if you absolutely can’t get out of bed without some java, chances are you’ve got a caffeine addiction on your hands.While harboring a love for a beverage-based buzz might seem harmless, it gets a bit scary when you consider that, if…
A Swiss organization that helps terminally ill people take their own lives and defends their right to refuse medical treatment said on Monday local authorities had allowed it to open another room for assisted suicides. Exit, which provides lethal drugs to help people die, said the Basel canton’s local building council had dismissed objections to its plan to convert part of its office in Binning, Switzerland, into an assisted suicide
