EPA chief Pruitt faces congressional grilling on spending, ethics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt will face tough questions from lawmakers in congressional budget hearings on Thursday over a long list of alleged ethical missteps plaguing his tenure.
Johnson & Johnson wins appeal to overturn $151 million hip implant verdict
(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday secured a favorable U.S. appellate court ruling, overturning a verdict that had awarded $151 million to five people who blamed injuries they suffered on the company’s Pinnacle hip implant devices.
Ex-Minnesota policeman to argue self-defense in Australian woman’s shooting death-newspaper
(Reuters) – A former Minnesota police officer charged with murdering an unarmed Australian woman in July will argue that he acted in self-defense when he fired the fatal shot from his police car, a newspaper report on Wednesday said.
New York Times’ Weinstein investigation to be developed as film
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A behind-the-scenes dramatization on how the New York Times broke the story that accused powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of a pattern of sexual misconduct will be developed as a feature film, one of its backers said…
Migrant ‘caravan’ at U.S.-Mexico border prepares for mass crossing
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Hundreds of Central American migrants from a caravan that crossed Mexico reunited in Tijuana on Wednesday and planned to cross the border together this weekend in defiance of threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to repel t…
Ex-California policeman arrested in ‘Golden State’ serial killer case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – An elderly former policeman has been arrested and charged with eight murders attributed to the Golden State Killer, a serial criminal responsible for dozens of rapes and slayings that terrorized parts of California during…
Trump lawyer Cohen will invoke 5th Amendment rights in Stormy Daniels case
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen said on Wednesday he would assert his right under the U.S. Constitution to avoid self-incrimination in a lawsuit filed by adult-film star Stormy Daniels, who says she had an affair with Trump.
Liberals on top U.S. court ask if Trump travel waivers just ‘window dressing’
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices sought assurances on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s policy for granting medical or other exceptions to a ban on travelers from several Muslim-majority countries amounted …
Texas executes man convicted of killing two at birthday party
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas on Wednesday executed a man convicted of opening fire at a children’s birthday party in 2008, believing a rival gang member was present and fatally shooting a woman and her 5-year-old granddaughter in a spray of bullets….
Former California policeman arrested in ‘Golden State’ serial killer case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – An elderly ex-policeman has been arrested and charged with four murders attributed to the Golden State Killer, a serial criminal responsible for dozens of rapes and slayings that terrorized parts of California during the …
