News of the Day From Across the Nation
1 Solar plane: A solar-powered airplane that landed in Tulsa, Okla., last week was headed to Ohio on Saturday on the latest leg of its around-the-world journey.
Lawyers for ailing media mogul Sumner Redstone are seeking to remove two members of the board of the trust that will eventually control his media empire, which includes CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. Viacom Chief executive Philippe Dauman and George Abrams, a member of Viacom’s board, were informed that they had been removed from the trust that will control Redstone’s companies after he dies or is declared incompetent.
[...] Viacom, based in New York City, released a statement Saturday attacking the actions as inconsistent with Redstone’s wishes and contended they were being driven by Redstone’s daughter, Shari Redstone.
“It is clear that Shari Redstone has isolated her father and put his residence on lockdown, which provides clear evidence of her exercise of undue influence,” the Viacom statement said.
Police in Simpsonville, S.C., say 54 people have been arrested in a prostitution bust dubbed “Operation Good Time.”
Robusto is accused of performing injections at a clinic that only had a license to give massages but advertised on Facebook that it had certified plastic surgeons.
The clash happened just before midnight Friday after the officer stopped a man riding a bicycle.