McGregor surrenders to NY police after media day chaos
NEW YORK (Reuters) – UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor surrendered on Thursday, a police spokesman said, after he was accused of attacking a bus carrying fighters leaving a media event ahead of UFC223 this weekend.
New York judge awards Nazi-looted artworks to Holocaust victim’s heirs in key test case
(Reuters) – A New York judge on Thursday awarded title of two Nazi-looted drawings by noted Austrian painter Egon Schiele to a Holocaust victim’s heirs in what art experts viewed as a key test case of a U.S. law designed to ease the recovery of such st…
Muslims given say as New York City drafts surveillance guidelines
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City has pledged to listen to suggestions by Muslim groups when it drafts new policies for investigating political activity, part of a settlement over police surveillance conducted after the 2001 World Trade Center attack….
Atlanta takes down water department website two weeks after cyber attack
(Reuters) – Atlanta took down its water department website indefinitely on Thursday, two weeks after a ransomware cyber attack tore through the city’s computer systems in one of the most disruptive hacks ever to strike a U.S. local government.
New York attorney general probing Brooklyn police shooting death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York State attorney general’s office said on Thursday it would investigate the fatal shooting by police of an unarmed black man in Brooklyn after he pointed a metal pipe at officers that they believed was a gun.
Thousands of Massachusetts cases tied to drug chemist get dismissed
BOSTON (Reuters) – A justice on Massachusetts’ top court on Thursday ordered the dismissal of 7,690 drug cases because of their link to a former forensic chemist who authorities said for eight years stole drug evidence and worked in a state lab under t…
Michigan lawmakers issue report into MSU handling of abuse by Nassar
(Reuters) – Michigan state lawmakers on Thursday released the results of an inquiry into Michigan State University’s handling of the Larry Nassar sexual assault case, criticizing school officials for failing to protect the victims.
J&J loses trial over claims linking cancer to asbestos in talc
(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson suffered its first trial loss in a lawsuit claiming its talc-based products including Johnson’s Baby Powder contain cancer-causing asbestos, with a New Jersey jury on Thursday ordering J&J and another company to pay $37 million in damages.
Trump fundraiser suffers setback in suit against Qatar over emails
(Reuters) – A U.S. District Court judge in California refused to issue an order blocking Qatar and one of its lobbyists from disseminating emails and other documents that top Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy has alleged in a lawsuit were stolen in …
Trump wants National Guard on Mexican border until wall built
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would probably station a few thousand National Guard troops at the 2,000-mile-long (3,200-km) Mexican border until the wall he wants to build there to keep out illegal imm…
