Reuters: Google Inc. is developing a new UK headquarters which could be worth as much as 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) when finished, the latest overseas property deal for the cash-rich U.S. Internet group.
Washington Post: Facebook’s Messenger app now allows U.S. users place free voice calls over WiFi.
The New York Times: Regulators around the globe on Thursday ordered the grounding of Boeing 787s until they could determine what caused a new type of battery to fail on two planes in recent days, resulting in an emergency landing Wednesday and a fire last week.
The Los Angeles Times: The Algerian news agency reported Thursday that as many as 45 hostages, including Americans, had escaped from a natural gas complex a day after Islamic militants seized the installation in retaliation for French airstrikes against Islamist rebels in neighboring Mali.
Reuters: Most Americans remain opposed to overturning the controversial Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, which 40 years ago legalized abortion.
PhiladelphiaEagles.com: University of Oregon head football coach Chip Kelly was chosen to be the new head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.
New York Times: The National Rifle Association published a web video calling President Obama an “elitist” and a “hypocrite.”
The New York Times: The rich shale oil formation deep below the rolling pastures in Williston, N.D., has attracted droves of young men to work the labor-intensive jobs that get the wells flowing and often generate six-figure salaries. What the oil boom has not brought, however, are enough single women. It has made for an unsafe environment for women.
ABC News: As the flu epidemic rages on in many parts of the country, experts say the best defense against the virus is getting a seasonal flu shot. That’s why it was particularly troubling that only about a third of people got vaccinated early in the season this year, according to a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Reuters: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed into law one of the nation’s toughest gun-control measures.