Trump lawyer ignores porn star’s offer to return hush money
(Reuters) – A lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump ignored a suggested Tuesday noon deadline on an adult-film star’s offer to return $130,000 in hush money so that she can speak freely about an alleged affair with Trump, her attorney said.
Florida prosecutor seeks death penalty for accused school shooter
(Reuters) – Florida prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, the former student accused of carrying out the shooting spree last month at a Parkland high school in which 17 people were killed, according to a notice filed in court on Tue…
Microsoft women filed 238 discrimination and harassment complaints
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Women at Microsoft Corp working in U.S.-based technical jobs filed 238 internal complaints about gender discrimination or sexual harassment between 2010 and 2016, according to court filings made public on Monday.
Empty shoes, empty schools: U.S. gun law activists begin two days of theater
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tom Mauser came to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday dressed in gray Vans sneakers, the same ones his 15-year-old son Daniel wore when he was killed by two gunmen at Colorado’s Columbine High School in 1999 along with a dozen other peo…
Ex-aide to New York Governor Cuomo found guilty of taking bribes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was found guilty by a Manhattan jury on Tuesday of agreeing to take bribes from executives at two companies seeking to do business with the state government, federal prosecutors said….
Blizzard bears down on New England, knocking out power
BOSTON (Reuters) – Driving snow enveloped the U.S. Northeast on Tuesday in its third winter storm in two weeks, closing schools, canceling flights and knocking out power to about 140,000 homes and businesses.
Bus carrying students crashes in Alabama, killing at least one
(Reuters) – A bus carrying dozens of Texas high school students on a trip veered across the median separating two lanes of an interstate highway in Alabama and plunged into a ravine, killing at least one person and injuring several others, authorities …
American sentenced to 45 years prison for role in al Qaeda bomb attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Tuesday for supporting the militant group al Qaeda and helping to prepare a 2009 car bomb attack on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, less than the life sentence sought by pr…
Suspicious package reports surge after deadly Texas parcel bombs: police
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Police have received more than 150 calls about suspicious packages after three parcel bombs left outside homes in Austin, Texas, exploded this month in related attacks that killed two people and injured two others, officials s…
Brazil’s BRF sued in U.S. after ex-CEO arrest, food safety probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Brazil’s BRF SA has been sued in the United States by a shareholder who accused the world’s largest poultry exporter of concealing its involvement in food safety fraud, culminating in the arrest of a former chief executive officer….
