Category: National
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Top US CEOs rethink the meaning of shareholder value
The “shareholder comes first” has for years been the mantra of the Business Roundtable, a group that represents the most powerful CEOs in America and their thinking.
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Planned Parenthood leaves federal family planning program
NEW YORK (AP) — Planned Parenthood said Monday it’s pulling out of the federal family planning program rather than abide by a new Trump administration rule prohibiting clinics from referring women for abortions.
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NYPD fires officer for 2014 death of Eric Garner
NEW YORK (AP) — After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the black man whose dying gasps of “I can’t breathe” gave voice to a national debate over race and police use of force.
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Another first for Clemson: No. 1 in AP preseason Top 25
Cross off another milestone for Clemson, college football’s newest superpower.
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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner’s chokehold death
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Naval Academy professor returns, but not to class
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — As a civilian tenured English professor, Bruce Fleming believes he has made important contributions to the U.S. Naval Academy during his 30 years on staff, providing views from outside the military while teaching writing, literature and critical thinking skills to future Navy and Marine officers.
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Omar: Go to Israel, see ‘cruel reality of the occupation’
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib sharply criticized Israel on Monday for denying them entry to the Jewish state and called on fellow members of Congress to visit while they cannot.
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Where’d all the stocks go? Nasdaq’s CEO on shrinking market
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is a much less crowded party than it used to be.
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US extends 90 days limited reprieve on Huawei technology ban
NEW YORK (AP) — The United States will extend by 90 days a limited reprieve on U.S. technology sales to Huawei.
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Florida’s iconic palm trees threatened by invasive disease
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s iconic palm trees are under attack from a fatal disease that turns them to dried crisps in months, with no chance for recovery once they become ill.