Chicago police officer guilty of murder in 2014 shooting of black teen
White Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder on Friday for the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald, touching off celebratory street demonstrations in a case that had laid bare tensions between the bla…
‘Jersey Shore’ star Sorrentino sentenced to eight months for tax evasion
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, star of the reality television show “The Jersey Shore,” was sentenced to eight months in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to tax evasion.
Factbox: Trials of U.S. police officers charged with killing black men
A Chicago jury on Friday found a white police officer guilty of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of a black teenager, making him the first law enforcement officer in decades to be convicted of murder while on duty in the third-largest U.S. cit…
Chicago police officer guilty of murder in 2014 shooting of black teen
White Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder on Friday for the 2014 shooting of black teen Laquan McDonald, a case that laid bare tensions between the black community and the police department in the third-larges…
Puerto Rico creditors end opposition to bank debt restructuring
Puerto Rico’s unsecured creditors will drop their opposition to a deal to restructure roughly $4 billion of debt issued by the U.S. commonwealth’s defunct Government Development Bank (GDB), under an agreement revealed on Friday.
Man who helped run online drug market pleads guilty to U.S. charge
An Irish national on Friday pleaded guilty to U.S. charges that he helped run the now-defunct Silk Road, an online black market where illegal drugs and other goods were bought and sold.
Republican Senator Collins says will vote to confirm Kavanaugh
Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Friday she will vote to confirm the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, strongly increasing his chances of confirmation.
Jury convicts Chicago police officer of murder in 2014 shooting of black teen
White Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder on Friday for the 2014 shooting of black teen Laquan McDonald, a case that laid bare tensions between the black community and the police department in the third-larges…
Exclusive: U.S. Commerce head Ross sees wage increases for steel workers
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Friday that wage increases are a likely outcome of the current contract talks between U.S. steel companies and the United Steelworkers union, and said that they would be a bellwether for the broader U.S. labo…
Supreme Court sidesteps dispute over Ross questioning in census suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to halt an order compelling Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to answer questions by lawyers for a group of states suing over a Trump administration decision to ask respondents to the 2020 census whether they are …
