Following the
Obama Administration's pledge of additional Special Operations troops to
Iraq, several members of Iraq’s ruling alliance state that only the
Iraqi Parliament can authorize the action, and political associates of Iraqi
Prime MinisterHaider al-Abadi report such a troop expansion would be unacceptable. Several members of
Iraqi militias have also decried a deployment of more U.S. troops. During the pull out from Iraq, president Obama promised there would be no more "boots on the ground" in Iraq again.
(Reuters)
Harvard Law School officials are reviewing the use of the school’s
seal that includes three bushels of wheat, which also appears on
Isaac Royall's family coat of arms. Royall, a slaveholder whose father was known to be a cruel owner, left part of his estate to help found the law school.
(MSNBC),
(The Boston Globe)
Business and economy
Samsung concedes to surrender
$548 million to
Apple Inc. over previously court-held ruling in patent dispute over copying the look of the
iPhone.
(Reuters)
The Swedish government wants to be able to close the
Øresund Bridge connecting
Sweden to
Denmark if the country's record refugee influx continues.
(The Local)
U.S. Attorney GeneralLoretta Lynch announces criminal corruption charges against 16
FIFA officials in an indictment that expands
Justice's May filing that indicted 14 officials associated with FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and related sports marketing companies. At U.S. authorities request,
Swiss police arrest two
South AmericanFIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) officials at the
five-starBaur au Lac hotel in
Zürich, on suspicion of accepting "millions of dollars" in
bribes. In addition, eight of the defendants indicted in May have
pleaded guilty.
(CNN),
(The New York Daily News)
Following the
Obama Administration's pledge of additional Special Operations troops to
Iraq, several members of Iraq’s ruling alliance state that only the
Iraqi Parliament can authorize the action, and political associates of Iraqi
Prime MinisterHaider al-Abadi report such a troop expansion would be unacceptable. Several members of
Iraqi militias have also decried a deployment of more U.S. troops. During the pull out from Iraq, president Obama promised there would be no more "boots on the ground" in Iraq again.
(Reuters)
Harvard Law School officials are reviewing the use of the school’s
seal that includes three bushels of wheat, which also appears on
Isaac Royall's family coat of arms. Royall, a slaveholder whose father was known to be a cruel owner, left part of his estate to help found the law school.
(MSNBC),
(The Boston Globe)
Business and economy
Samsung concedes to surrender
$548 million to
Apple Inc. over previously court-held ruling in patent dispute over copying the look of the
iPhone.
(Reuters)
The Swedish government wants to be able to close the
Øresund Bridge connecting
Sweden to
Denmark if the country's record refugee influx continues.
(The Local)
U.S. Attorney GeneralLoretta Lynch announces criminal corruption charges against 16
FIFA officials in an indictment that expands
Justice's May filing that indicted 14 officials associated with FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and related sports marketing companies. At U.S. authorities request,
Swiss police arrest two
South AmericanFIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) officials at the
five-starBaur au Lac hotel in
Zürich, on suspicion of accepting "millions of dollars" in
bribes. In addition, eight of the defendants indicted in May have
pleaded guilty.
(CNN),
(The New York Daily News)