Ex-proxy adviser employee says he leaked information in return for sports, concert tickets
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former employee at proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services testified on Tuesday that he leaked details about how its investor clients voted on shareholder proposals to get tickets to sporting events and U2 and Jay-Z conce…
U.S. to seek reimbursement from opioid makers, distributors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal government, backing litigation by states and cities, will seek reimbursement from major drug companies and distributors to recover costs it has borne from the opioid epidemic, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesd…
Suspect arrested in killing of North Carolina man on Facebook Live
(Reuters) – Police in North Carolina on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a 55-year-old man who had just informed him that they were on Facebook Live video, according to officials and media reports.
Trump son-in-law, adviser Kushner loses access to top intelligence briefing: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued U.S. intelligence report, the President’s Daily Brief, as the White House imposes greater discipline on access to secre…
White House lays out its priorities for prison reform legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday urged lawmakers to craft legislation that would help former prisoners by expanding access to prison work programs and focusing on measures that have been proven to help reduce recidivism, an administrat…
Delta is sued by Port Authority over 2015 skid at New York’s LaGuardia Airport
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc was sued on Tuesday by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for damage caused when a jet skidded off a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport during a March 5, 2015, snowstorm.
U.S. judge rejects lawsuit seeking to stop Trump border wall
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday sided with President Donald Trump’s administration and rejected an attempt by the state of California and environmental groups to stop the government from building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico….
Republicans in Congress reject new gun limits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican leaders of the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday that they would not raise the minimum age for gun buyers, in a sign that one of President Donald Trump’s proposals likely will not get far on Capitol Hill after a deadly Fl…
Trump son-in-law Kushner loses access to coveted intelligence briefing: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued U.S. intelligence report, the President’s Daily Brief, as the White House moves to impose greater discipline on access to secrets, two U….
Anti-Semitic incidents rose 57 percent in U.S. last year: group
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States surged by 57 percent last year, according to a tally by the Anti-Defamation League, an increase the advocacy group’s chief executive blamed in part on President Donald Trump…
