Texas serial bombing victims appear not to be linked: authorities
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The victims of the Austin serial bombing attacks that killed two people last month do not appear to have been linked, a U.S. attorney said on Monday, adding that the bomber, who killed himself as police closed in, likely acted…
Flint school children to be screened for effects of lead after agreement
(Reuters) – School children in Flint, Michigan, will receive screening and in-depth health assessments to measure the effects of lead-tainted drinking water on their ability to learn, under a more than $4 million legal agreement reached on Monday.
Michigan State student sues, claims school ignored rape by basketball players
DETROIT (Reuters) – A Michigan State University journalism student who said she was raped by three basketball players sued the school on Monday, claiming that she was discouraged by counselors from reporting the 2015 attack to police.
FBI raids offices, home of Trump’s personal lawyer: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday raided the offices and home of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, law enforcement sources said, in a dramatic new development in a series of probes involving…
California’s air regulator says state could back some emissions rule changes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – California’s top clean air regulator told Reuters on Monday the state is willing to give automakers more flexibility to comply with vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions rules even as her agency prepares to fight the Trump administratio…
MS-13 gang leader in Massachusetts gets 19-year prison sentence
BOSTON (Reuters) – The leader of a Massachusetts-based affiliate of the notoriously violent MS-13 gang was sentenced on Monday to 19 years in prison after being convicted in the first trial to spill out of a 2016 crackdown that led to charges against 6…
Trump administration issues rule further watering down Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration took additional steps to weaken Obamacare on Monday, allowing U.S. states to relax the rules on what insurers must cover and giving states more power to regulate their individual insurance markets.
Trump University settlement now final as objector drops appeal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday signed off on a $25 million agreement to settle fraud claims arising from Trump University, the now-defunct education venture of U.S. President Donald Trump, after a former student agreed to drop further a…
Backpage.com founders, others indicted on prostitution-related charges
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Cosby paid accuser $3.4 million in civil suit, prosecutor tells jury
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault $3.38 million as part of a 2006 settlement of a civil lawsuit, prosecutors said on Monday in the opening of his retrial on criminal charges stemming from the…
