News Headlines - 15 December 2017

▽Window falls from U.S. Marine chopper onto Okinawa school - The Japan News

A window frame fell from a U.S. military aircraft on Wednesday onto the grounds of an elementary school in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, leaving one student slightly injured.

▽U.S. court removes creditor hurdle to a Westinghouse bankruptcy plan

Westinghouse can now begin negotiating with Toshiba to hammer out details of a plan to bring the company out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the coming months.
The company filed for bankruptcy in March after two nuclear power plants it had designed and was constructing in the U.S. Southeast had gone billions of dollars over their fixed-cost contracts.

▽First glimpse inside new ￡750,000,000 US embassy with views of London | Metro News

These are the first photos taken from inside the brand new ￡750 million American embassy in London. The new HQ on London’s South Bank isn’t set to open until January, but a glimpse inside the building shows state-of-the art open spaces complete with picturesque views of the capital’s skyline.

▽F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules - The New York Times

The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to dismantle rules regulating the businesses that connect consumers to the internet, granting broadband companies the power to potentially reshape Americans’ online experiences.
The agency scrapped the so-called net neutrality regulations that prohibited broadband providers from blocking websites or charging for higher-quality service or certain content. The federal government will also no longer regulate high-speed internet delivery as if it were a utility, like phone service.

▽At Least 6,700 Rohingya Died in Myanmar Crackdown, Aid Group Says - The New York Times

Doctors Without Borders estimated on Thursday that at least 6,700 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority, including 730 children below age 5, had met violent deaths there in the month after a military crackdown on their villages.