Goldman Sachs vice president charged with insider trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors charged a vice president at Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday with making more than $130,000 through illegal trades using inside information about companies advised by the investment bank.
Trump to pardon pundit D’Souza for breaking campaign laws
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he will grant a full pardon on Thursday to conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to federal campaign finance law violations.
U.S. spelling bee champ to win crown from field of 41 finalists
OXON HILL, Md. (Reuters) – For one young spelling ace aiming for the $40,000 top prize in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday will be a day of winning. For 40 others, it will mean losing and learning to move on.
Trump says will pardon conservative commentator D’Souza
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he will grant a full pardon on Thursday to conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who was sentenced in 2014 to five years of probation for federal campaign law violations.
Exclusive: U.S. EPA grants refiners biofuel credits to remedy Obama-era waiver denials
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded tens of millions of dollars worth of biofuel blending credits for this year to refiners HollyFrontier and Sinclair Oil after they argued the agency had wrongly denied them waiver…
Two dead in North Carolina landslide as Alberto no longer a storm
(Reuters) – Two people were killed after floods triggered a landslide in North Carolina, as Alberto was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone with diminished rainfall by the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) on Thursday.
Romania and Lithuania knowingly hosted secret CIA jails, European court rules
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania and Romania hosted secret CIA prisons a decade ago and their authorities were aware that detainees were held there illegally, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday.
Workers to vote on ‘micro union’ at Boeing South Carolina plant
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A small group of workers at Boeing Co’s South Carolina jetliner factory is voting on Thursday on whether to form a “micro union,” despite efforts by Boeing to challenge the election.
Texas ‘hero’ eyes Harvey’s devastation, awaits new hurricane season
ROCKPORT, Texas (Reuters) – Destroyed houses still dot Zachary Dearing’s neighborhood in the Texas coastal city of Rockport, a reminder of last year’s devastation from Hurricane Harvey and a warning about what could lie ahead for such communities in th…
Ahead of November election, old voting machines stir concerns among U.S. officials
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – U.S. election officials responsible for managing more than a dozen close races this November share a fear: Outdated voting machines in their districts could undermine confidence in election results that will determi…
