In gun-friendly Vermont, lawmakers pass firearms control bill
(Reuters) – Vermont lawmakers gave final legislative approval on Friday to a bill that raises the legal age for buying firearms and expands background checks, becoming the latest state poised to tighten gun restrictions after last month’s Florida schoo…
Prominent Houston pastor indicted on charges of defrauding investors
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A prominent Houston megachurch pastor who counseled presidents and top executives was charged on Friday with selling investors more than $1 million in worthless Chinese bonds and using proceeds for his own benefit, federal authoriti…
Autopsy refutes police account of California shooting of black man -lawyer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – An autopsy on an unarmed black man killed by police officers in California’s capital last week shows that none of the eight bullets hit him in the front, contradicting the official version of events, a lawyer for the dece…
MIT scientist gets 15 months prison for insider trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A research scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in prison after admitting to insider trading on a mining company merger that his wife, a corporate lawyer, had been working on.
Widow of Florida nightclub gunman cleared of all charges
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The widow of the Pulse nightclub gunman walked free on Friday after a jury cleared her of charges related to the 2016 massacre that killed 49 people in Orlando, stunning survivors who had longed to hold someone accountable.
Jury clears widow of Pulse nightclub gunman of all charges
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – An Orlando jury on Friday cleared the widow of the Pulse nightclub gunman of all charges in the massacre that killed 49 people, finding her not guilty of misleading investigators and aiding her husband in the attack.
Prominent Houston pastor indicted on charges of defrauding parishioners
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A prominent Houston megachurch pastor who counseled presidents and top executives was charged on Friday with selling investors more than $1 million in worthless Chinese bonds and using proceeds for his own benefit, federal authoriti…
Widow of Pulse nightclub gunman cleared of all charges
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – An Orlando jury on Friday cleared the widow of the Pulse nightclub gunman of all charges in the massacre that killed 49 people, finding her not guilty of federal counts that she tried to mislead investigators and aided her hus…
U.S. visa applicants to be asked for social media history: State Department
(Reuters) – In a broad expansion of the information gathered from applicants for U.S. visas, the federal government is proposing to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the United States, according to a State Depart…
U.S. Appeals Court Judge Reinhardt known as the ‘liberal lion’, dies
(Reuters) – U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt has died after a 37-year career as a liberal icon on the bench during which he struck down California’s same-sex marriage ban and called President Donald Trump’s immigration policy inhumane.
