Ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort seeks to dismiss Virginia charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, asked a federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday to dismiss an indictment brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying the case falls outside the scope of Mue…
California to join probe of Sacramento police killing of unarmed black man
(Reuters) – Sacramento’s police chief said on Tuesday that California’s attorney general will investigate the recent killing of an unarmed black man in a barrage of police gunfire that sparked protests after videos of the incident were released.
U.S., West Palm Beach agree to settle ‘sanctuary city’ lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department and West Palm Beach agreed on Tuesday to settle a lawsuit over whether the Florida city was promoting “sanctuary city” policies to protect illegal immigrants from deportation, the department announced….
Uber beats Philadelphia cabbies’ antitrust appeal
(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday defeated an appeal by 80 Philadelphia taxicab companies accusing the ride-sharing company of trying to monopolize that city’s vehicle-for-hire market.
Trump’s travel ban imperils U.S. citizen with cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Maziar Hashemi, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Massachusetts, has been told by doctors that his best hope for surviving a rare form of blood cancer is a bone marrow transplant.
FBI sought iPhone order before exhausting options: U.S. inspector general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation did not exhaust possible solutions to unlock an iPhone connected to a gunman involved in a late-2015 shooting spree before seeking a court order to compel Apple Inc to help access the device, …
NTSB opens probe into fatal Tesla crash, fire in California
(Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is opening a field investigation of a fatal Tesla Inc crash and major vehicle fire near Mountain View, California, last week, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.
Louisiana will not charge police in Alton Sterling shooting
(Reuters) – Louisiana will not charge two white police officers who in 2016 fatally shot Alton Sterling, one of series of black men slain by police that sparked protests across the United States, because evidence showed their actions were justified, a …
Man arrested for wave of package bombs around Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Washington state man has been arrested for allegedly sending package bombs that did not explode to U.S. military sites and a CIA mail office in the Washington, D.C., area, the FBI said on Tuesday.
Turkish banker convicted in U.S. of helping Iran seeks lenient sentence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Turkish banker who was found guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions following a trial that featured accusations of corruption against top Turkish officials asked a U.S. judge on Monday to “temper justice with mercy” and impo…
