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4 coaches, Adidas executive charged in college bribe scheme  

In one of the biggest crackdowns on the corrupting role of money in college basketball, 10 men — including a top Adidas executive and four assistant coaches — were charged Tuesday with using hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to influence star athletes’ choice of schools, shoe sponsors, agents, even tailors. Some of the most explosive allegations appeared to involve Louisville, one of college basketball’s biggest powerhouses, which is already on NCAA probation over a sex scandal. Federal prosecutors said at least three top high school recruits were promised Read More  

               

Google disables offensive ad keywords found by BuzzFeed

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said it had disabled a “majority” of the offensive keywords that BuzzFeed found could be used by advertisers to target people searching for racist and anti-Semitic topics. Google, the world’s biggest advertising platform, not only allowed advertisers to target searches such as “Why do Jews ruin everything” but also suggested the user to run ads next to searches such as “the evil jew” and “jewish control of banks”, a campaign by BuzzFeed discovered. (bzfd.it/2x2HX4H) The ads were visible when such keywords were searched for and Read More

               

Trump ends ‘Dreamer’ immigration program, places onus on Congress  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped an Obama-era program that protects from deportation immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children, delaying implementation until March and giving a gridlocked Congress six months to decide the fate of almost 800,000 young people. As the so-called Dreamers who have benefited from the five-year-old program were plunged into uncertainty, business and religious leaders, mayors, governors, Democratic lawmakers, unions, civil liberties advocates and former Democratic President Barack Obama all condemned Trump’s move. The action was announced not by Trump but Read More  

               

Brazil to sell Eletrobras control in boldest privatization yet

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Mines and Energy Ministry will propose President Michel Temer to exit control of power holding company Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA, the boldest move yet by a government struggling to close a swelling budget deficit and heed calls to fight widespread corruption. In a Monday statement, the ministry said it told Eletrobras of the plan, which will be sent to Temer’s council for state asset sales. While both the privatization model and terms are yet to be decided, the Brazilian government will keep a right to Read More

               

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow on the making of her new film, ‘Detroit’ Video – Abc news headlines  

Now Playing: John Boyega on ‘Detroit,’ ‘Star Wars’ and living the single life Now Playing: Kathryn Bigelow on ‘ZDT’ Torture Now Playing: Oscar-winning director on making of her new film ‘Detroit’ Now Playing: Demi Lovato performs her hit song ‘No Promises’ live on ‘GMA’ Now Playing: Demi Lovato rocks out in Central Park to her hit ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ Now Playing: Demi Lovato dishes on the making of ‘Instruction’ and ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ music videos Now Playing: Demi Lovato rocks out to ‘Instruction’ live on ‘GMA’ Now Playing: Katy Perry Read More  

               

U.S. forecaster says 40 percent chance of cyclone east of Lesser Antilles – world news headlines from reuters  

(Reuters) – A low pressure system about 800 miles east of the Lesser Antilles has a 40 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. The low is expected to move westward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean, crossing into the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the Miami-based weather forecaster said. A gradual development for another area of low pressure located about 800 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands is possible with the system having a 40 percent chance of developing into Read More