US university chief quits in race row
Craig TaylorUniversity of Missouri President Tim Wolfe resigns amid criticism of his handling of racial issues. BBC News – US & Canada
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Missile over LA spooks Californians
A mysterious bright light in the sky over Los Angeles sends Californians into panic – only for it to be explained as an offshore missile test. BBC News – US & Canada
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline
US President Barack Obama rejects an application to build the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada because it will not help the economy, he says. BBC News – US & Canada
Bush Sr critical of Rumsfeld and Cheney
Former US President George HW Bush publicly criticises Dick Cheney and Donald H Rumsfeld, in a biography due out next week. BBC News – US & Canada
Ohio rejects marijuana legalisation
Voters in the US state of Ohio reject plans to make marijuana legal, according to local media projections. BBC News – US & Canada
US top court hears white jury case
The US Supreme Court is determining whether racism played a role when an all-white jury put a black man convicted of murder on death row in 1986. BBC News – US & Canada