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Okla. university closes fraternity after racist video surfaces

The University of Oklahoma has closed a fraternity linked to a racist video where students are shown singing racial epithets and ordered its members to move out of the house, University President David Boren said on Monday.

 
Conn. teen ordered to undergo chemotherapy is in remission

A Connecticut teenager who was ordered by a state court to undergo chemotherapy against her wishes is in remission after several months of treatment, the state’s Department of Children and Families said on Sunday.

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Wisconsin marked by 3rd day of protests after police shooting

Activists protested for a third day in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sunday over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman, the latest in a string of killings that have intensified concerns of racial bias in U.S. law enforcement.

 
TV station airs rare interview with US terror plot suspect

In an unusual turn of events last week, a terror plot suspect’s desire to talk to local media put him at odds with his attorneys and landed a Cincinnati television station in federal court.

 
Emma Watson urges united fight for gender equality

The goodwill ambassador for U.N. Women used International Women’s Day to add impetus to the HeForShe campaign that was launched in September last year and encourages men and boys to join the fight for equal rights.

 
Thousands reenact Selma March in rememberance of ‘Bloody Sunday’

Some of those gathered in Selma also planned to set out Monday on a march to Montgomery along the route that Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers walked in the wake of Bloody Sunday, a march that helped spur the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

 
Search continues year after Malaysia plane went missing

An international team of investigators led by Malaysia released an interim report on Sunday on their inquiry into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH370 one year after it went missing.

 
Fisherman finds car in river, saves baby’s life

The angler waded into Spanish Fork River around noon, and noticed a car flipped upside down in the water, public safety officials said in a statement.