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…
Michigan lawmakers issue report into MSU handling of Larry Nassar abuse
(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.
California pension system presses Facebook on data protection
BOSTON (Reuters) – The California State Teachers’ Retirement System will ask Facebook Inc about the controls the social media company has in place to protect user data, the system said in a statement on Thursday.
Chanting ‘One day stronger,’ Oklahoma teachers push for revenue bills
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Thousands of Oklahoma teachers packed the state Capitol on Thursday to lobby lawmakers in the cash-strapped state for quick approval of a revenue package they say could end a walkout that has closed public schools for most of …
