Mega Millions jackpot tops $500 million for only fourth time
(Reuters) – The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery has climbed to $502 million for Friday’s drawing, only the fourth time in the game’s history it has surpassed the half a billion dollar mark, the lottery said.
Jury set to resume deliberations in trial of Orlando gunman’s widow
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Jurors were scheduled to resume their deliberations on Friday in the trial of a Florida woman on charges that she did nothing to stop her husband from opening fire at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub in 2016, killing dozens of people…
Autopsy results for Stephon Clark to be announced: lawyer
(Reuters) – Autopsy results will be announced on Friday for Stephon Clark, a black man who was unarmed when he was shot and killed by police in Sacramento, California in his grandparent’s back yard, his family’s attorney said.
Appeals Court Judge Reinhardt, 87, known as the ‘liberal lion,’ dies: court
(Reuters) – U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt, a liberal icon who sat on the bench for 37 years, died on Thursday, the court said. He was 87.
Hawaii lawmakers approve medical aid in dying for terminally ill
(Reuters) – Hawaii would become the seventh U.S. state to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under legislation passed by the state Senate on Thursday and sent to the governor.
Sacramento protests resume after family buries Stephon Clark
(Reuters) – Black Lives Matter activists protested again in Sacramento on Thursday over the shooting of an unarmed black man by police, calling for criminal charges against the officers after an emotional funeral service for the 22-year-old father of t…
Puerto Rico board must bring creditors to table: U.S. lawmaker
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources censured Puerto Rico’s federally-appointed oversight board on Thursday over delays in the island’s debt restructuring, the latest sign of discord over how to fix the ban…
Jury yet to decide if Orlando gunman’s widow had role in Pulse attack
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Jurors in the trial of the woman whose husband killed dozens at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub in 2016 ended their second day of deliberations on Thursday with no decision about whether she helped him plan the rampage and then…
Iranian granted U.S. visa to aid brother with cancer despite travel ban
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department granted a visa to a man in Iran hoping to donate bone marrow to his U.S. citizen brother with blood cancer, obtaining a rare waiver to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, the family’s lawyer said on Thurs…
Arkansas sues opioid manufacturers for roles in epidemic
(Reuters) – Arkansas’ attorney general on Thursday joined the widening mass of litigation against opioid manufacturers, accusing three drugmakers of promoting addictive painkillers in ways that falsely denied or trivialized their risks.
