Rhode Island doctor in Insys opioid kickback probe faces sentencing
(Reuters) – A Rhode Island doctor is to be sentenced on Friday after admitting that he took kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc in exchange for prescribing a fentanyl-based cancer pain drug produced by the company.
U.S. court to weigh Republican challenge to Pennsylvania voter redistricting
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A panel of federal judges on Friday will weigh Republicans’ latest attempt to block new Pennsylvania district boundaries for voters in congressional elections that could boost Democrats’ chances of winning control of Congres…
Second inmate in a week walks out of federal prison camp in California
(Reuters) – An inmate convicted of selling drugs walked out of a federal minimum security prison camp in California on Thursday, the second prisoner to flee the facility this week and at least the 10th over the last two years, police and local media re…
Fox News settles gender discrimination suit with female reporter: lawyer
(Reuters) – Journalist Diana Falzone has settled a gender discrimination lawsuit she filed against Fox News and left the company, her lawyer said on Thursday.
Barack Obama in talks to create shows for Netflix: New York Times
(Reuters) – Former U.S. president Barack Obama is in advanced talks with Netflix Inc to produce a series of high-profile shows, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
‘Play dead’ a mom tells daughter in Florida school shooting – 911 call
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – “If he shoots, play dead,” the mother of a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student told her daughter during the Florida mass shooting last month that left 17 dead, according to a recording of an emergency 911 call…
U.S. bans government employees from travel to Mexican beach resort
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Citing a new security threat in Mexico’s Caribbean beach resort of Playa del Carmen, the U.S. government is prohibiting its employees from traveling there, marking another blow to the battered reputations of the country’s most p…
States’ rights rancher Ryan Bundy to run for Nevada governor
(Reuters) – Ryan Bundy, who was at the forefront of two armed confrontations between right-wing militia activists and the U.S. government over the past four years, said on Thursday he planned to run for Nevada governor on a states’ rights platform.
Second man pleads guilty in Texas death of 10 immigrants in truck
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – A second man pleaded guilty on Thursday to arranging the transport of dozens of immigrants across Texas last year that ended with 10 of them dead or dying in a sweltering tractor-trailer in a San Antonio parking lot.
Trump discusses video game violence with ‘Doom’ maker, other execs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump met on Thursday with the makers of popular video games “Grand Theft Auto” and “Doom” to discuss what the president believes is a link between video games and violent acts like last month’s school shoot…
