The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, whose Los Angeles charter is supposed to give an award to disgraced Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, issued a statement saying that its unit president Leon Jenkins has stepped down to distance the civil rights group from the negative pressure in the wake of the racial discrimination scandal.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's subpoenas allegedly target trading exchanges to shed light on whether high-frequency trading violates insider trading laws, Bloomberg reported.
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki announced on Thursday that Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care facility director Sharon Helman, Associate Director Lance Robinson and an unidentified third employee had been placed on administrative leaves following reports that the facility keeps a secret waiting list, which is part of a scheme to explain the long wait time to provide medical care to US veterans, CNN reported.
Once Florida Governor Rick Scott signs House Bill 851 into law, The Associated Press said that children who had been brought into the US illegally can now avail in-state college tuition rates.
