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The article presents finance-related news briefs on several topics including expansion plans by hotel company Marriott International Inc., the resignation of president Todd Larsen from publisher Dow Jones & Co., and the nomination of four directors to the board of drug company Forest Laboratories Inc. by activist investor Carl Icahn.

The article states that forces of the militant organization Islamic State fled the center of Ramadi, Iraq, on December 27, 2015, as a result of offensives from Iraqi forces and their allies.

The article states that gunman Chris Harper Mercer opened fire on the Roseburg, Oregon, campus of Umpqua Community College on October 1, 2015, and killed at least nine people and wounded seven. According to the article, Mercer was killed during a gunfight with law enforcement personnel. The article states that U.S. president Barack Obama called for gun legislation. The article presents comments from Douglas County, Oregon, sheriff John Hanlin.

The article discusses the felt need among police departments in the U.S. to revise policies regarding the use of force following the police killings of unarmed suspects Eric Garner in New York City and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Some departments including those in Los Angeles, California and Milwaukee, Wisconsin are examining how best to de-escalate confrontations with suspects before they lead to violence.

The article discusses developments concerning Ebola in the U.S. A nurse who treated Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan, Amber Joy Vinson, traveled on commercial flights shortly before being diagnosed herself with the disease. U.S. President Barack Obama promised a review of the federal response to Ebola cases thus far. In Texas Dallas Country Judge Clay Jenkins said he would issue orders mandating that those being monitored for possible Ebola not use public transportation.

The article presents U.S. news briefs as of April 9, 2014, on topics including a potential deal between Detroit, Michigan, and bond insurers, suspended California state Senator Leland Yee's not-guilty plea to bribery and gun charges, and the killing of a Marine by another at a North Carolina base.

The article discusses U.S. Army Spc. Ivan A. Lopez, the man believed to have shot to death three people and wounded 16 others before killing himself at Fort Hood in Texas on April 2, 2014. Although Lopez's service record shows he had seen no combat, Lt. Gen. Mark Milley said there was evidence Lopez had psychiatric or psychological problems. Army Secretary John McHugh said Lopez had been taking medication for depression and anxiety.

The article discusses safety concerns in U.S. cities about the growing number of railroad cars passing through them containing crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken shale. Over a seven-month period trains carrying Bakken shale oil have been involved in three major accidents, including one in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec that killed 47 people. Cities are concerned about the preparedness for accidents of local emergency responders.

The article reports that U.S. federal investigators are looking into the possibility that impurities in crude oil may have been a contributing factor in explosions during 2013 involving rail cars carrying oil from North Dakota's Bakken Shale. The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration are conducting joint probe into the matter.

The article reports on the preparation of the military forces of Iraq to destroy explosives that were planted by the Islamic State militants outside the city of Ramadi, Iraq.

The article reports on the search for the clues of the motives behind the mass shooting by the 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer who also died after being confronted by police at the Umpqua Community College in Oregon on October 1, 2015.

The article discusses the religious pastors, revolutionaries, and protesters from cities such as New York, New York and Miami, Florida who have reportedly traveled to Ferguson, Missouri to take part in demonstrations over alleged police brutality and claims dealing with police-related murder.

The article discusses U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to nominate executive Robert McDonald for a position as the head of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in 2014, focusing on McDonald's reported development of corporate skills at the Proctor & Gamble Co. consumer goods firm.

The article discusses the National Collegiate Athletic Association, U.S. National Labor Relations Board member Peter Ohr, and his determination in 2014 that Northwestern University scholarship football players are employees of the school and are eligible to form the first college athletes' union.

The article offers U.S.-related news briefs as of August 6, 2013, which includes Detroit, Michigan's hiring of the estate appraisal company Christie's to appraise the city's art collection, the impact of decreasing unemployment in the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to reduce bond purchasing, and stoppage of the San Francisco, California transit strike.

The article looks at the July 2013 crash of an Asiana Airlines passenger plane during its landing at San Francisco International Airport in California, focusing on the survival of nearly all of the passengers and crew despite the severity of the accident. It discusses mandated changes in airplane construction and flight crew training that it says contributed to the low number of fatalities. The rescue of passengers by flight attendant Jiyeon Kim is also cited.

The article reports that U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota will not seek re-election in 2014, with information on a federal investigation into her 2012 presidential campaign, her narrow victory in the 2012 election for representative, and her role in the Tea Party movement.

The article discusses the response of the Cleveland, Ohio police department to complaints related to Ariel Castro during the ten years Castro is alleged to have held three women prisoner in his home before their rescue in May 2013.

The article reports that Ariel Castro of Cleveland, Ohio has been charged with kidnapping in rape in connection with his alleged abduction and ten-year imprisonment of three women including Amanda Berry, Michele Knight, and Gina DeJesus, and provides information about their confinement. INSET: Three Young Lives-Before They Were Interrupted.

The article discusses circumstances surrounding Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight, three women kidnapped who were rescued from a house in Cleveland, Ohio in May 2013 after having spent years in captivity. Police have arrested the owner of the house, Ariel Castro, as well as his two brothers Pedro and Onil.