Firearms cause sharp drop in life expectancy for black Americans: study
Guns caused the life expectancy of black Americans to drop by more than four years from 2000 to 2016, twice as much as the decline in life expectancy of white Americans during the same period, according to an academic study published on Tuesday.
Medtronic units to pay $31 million to resolve U.S. medical device probes
Two companies now owned by Medtronic Plc will pay $30.9 million to resolve claims they marketed a medical device meant to treat a vascular defect in the brain for unapproved purposes and paid kickbacks to hospitals to get them to use a second product.
U.S. charges four in ‘Panama Papers’ tax evasion scheme
U.S. prosecutors announced Tuesday that they have charged four people with taking part in a decades-long scheme to evade U.S. taxes that came to light after a massive leak of offshore financial data known as the “Panama Papers.”
Driver sobbed after learning he killed woman at Virginia rally
The white nationalist who drove a car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a Virginia rally last year began sobbing and whimpering after his arrest when police told him he had killed someone, according to video played at his trial on Tuesday.
New York D.A. won’t appeal state ruling on jury trials for noncitizens
The district attorney in New York City’s Bronx County decided not to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by the state’s highest court guaranteeing noncitizens in the city charged with minor crimes the right to jury trials when convictions c…
Lawmaker aims to get citizenship question removed from U.S. census
The likely incoming Democratic chairman of the congressional panel overseeing the U.S. census said on Tuesday he aims to pressure the Trump administration into removing a question about citizenship from the 2020 census questionnaire.
Pentagon extends Mexico border mission until end of January
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has approved a request to extend the deployment of troops to the U.S. border with Mexico until the end of January, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, a move that had been largely expected.
Ordinary Americans, dignitaries mourn Bush at U.S. Capitol
Ordinary Americans, generals and former Cabinet members paid respects at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to the late U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who died last week at the age of 94 after a life of service as a World War Two hero, head of the C…
U.S. ‘model soldier’ gets 25 years in prison for Islamic State support
A U.S. Army sergeant described by former colleagues as a one-time “model soldier” was sentenced to 25 years in prison at a federal court in Hawaii on Tuesday after pleading guilty to providing material support to the Islamic State militant group, a lo…
Driver sobbed after learning he had killed woman at Virginia rally
The white nationalist who drove a car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a Virginia rally last year began sobbing and whimpering after his arrest when police told him he had killed someone, according to video played at his trial on Tuesday.
