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boston

Uber can be sued over driver assaults, judge rules

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge says two women who allege that Uber drivers assaulted them, one in Boston and the other in South Carolina, can sue the ride-hailing company. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco says the women showed the possibility that the drivers were Uber

Donald Trump

Trump made ‘textbook’ racist remark about judge, Ryan says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's comments about a U.S.-born judge of Mexican heritage are the "textbook definition of a racist comment," U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday. Later in the day, Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said his remarks have

Donald Trump

Florida AG sought Trump donation before nixing fraud case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida's attorney general personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump around the same time her office deliberated joining a New York-led investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University and its affiliates. The new disclosure on Monday provides additional details around the unusual circumstances of Trump&

Massachusetts

‘Bathroom bill’ foes ask House lawmakers to protect privacy

BOSTON – Opponents hit Beacon Hill Tuesday to rally against proposals that would mandate access to public bathrooms or changing rooms for individuals based on the gender of their choice, two weeks after the state Senate overwhelmingly passed a so-called bathroom bill and in anticipation of a vote as soon as

Harvard University

Harvard upstarts fall short in Board of Overseers vote

CAMBRIDGE – Five candidates for Harvard University's Board of Overseers who campaigned on a platform calling for free tuition and making admissions more transparent have come up short. On Monday, Harvard announced the five winning candidates who emerged from a field of 13. The new members include the president

new hampshire

NH moves a step closer to claiming $236M from Exxon

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – New Hampshire is a big step closer to getting a $236 million judgment after the U.S. Supreme Court said this week it wouldn't hear Exxon Mobil's appeal regarding its use of a gasoline additive that contaminated groundwater in the state. The

climate change

Subpoena in Exxon case may be dropped against nonprofit

U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker told a libertarian think tank in Washington that he would withdraw a subpoena slapped on the organization in April as part of a broader investigation into ExxonMobil's stance on global warming — and in the same email threatened more legal actions

Massachusetts

NC, Justice Department exchange legal fire over ‘bathroom’ law

RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, facing a Monday ultimatum from President Barack Obama's Justice Department over enforcing a law requiring citizens to use bathrooms and changing rooms that correspond with their biological sex, responded by suing the department. Later that afternoon, the Justice Department punched