Ex-Deerfield partners get prison in case over U.S. agency leaks
Two former partners of the hedge fund Deerfield Management were sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of taking part in what prosecutors have described as an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal hea…
U.S. to reconsider asylum for separated immigrant families
President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to reconsider the asylum claims of some 1,000 immigrant parents and children who were separated at the U.S. border as part of a deal to settle lawsuits over his “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.
No role for NYC tenants’ groups to oversee public housing cleanup: judge
A federal judge in Manhattan said two tenants’ rights groups deserved no formal role in a landmark settlement between New York City’s housing authority and the U.S. government to address years of health hazards, indifference and mismanagement plaguing …
Hurricane Florence’s winds slap Carolina coast, flooding threat looms
Hurricane Florence’s winds began whipping coastal North Carolina on Thursday as the slow-moving tempest began to unleash fierce rains that forecasters warned would cause catastrophic flooding across a wide swath of the U.S. southeast.
U.S. reaches agreement over separated immigrant families
The Trump administration has reached a settlement stemming from the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the U.S. border that lets some 1,000 people affected by the policy apply again for U.S. asylum after previously being turned down…
U.S. foreign-born population swells to highest in over a century
The number of foreign-born people in the United States grew last year to its highest share in over a century, according to Census Bureau data published on Thursday.
As storm nears, FEMA chief says he will cooperate with separate probe
The head of FEMA said he would never intentionally break government rules following a report that his use of official vehicles was under scrutiny, but that right now, he was focused on a major hurricane approaching the U.S. Southeast coast.
North Carolina coast feels Florence’s first blast of wind, rain
Hurricane Florence’s winds began whipping coastal North Carolina on Thursday as the slow-moving tempest began to unleash fierce rains that forecasters warned would cause catastrophic flooding across a wide swath of the U.S. southeast.
Pope orders inquiry into bishop as U.S. Church leaders discuss abuse crisis
Pope Francis has ordered an investigation of an American bishop accused of sexual misconduct with adults and accepted his resignation, deepening a worldwide clerical abuse scandal.
House Speaker Ryan doesn’t dispute Puerto Rico death toll
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday he had “no reason” to dispute Puerto Rico’s official death toll of 3,000 from last year’s Hurricane Maria, speaking after his fellow Republican President Donald Trump accused Democrats of inflating the deat…
