More family members of woman killed in Uber self-driving car crash hire lawyer
PHOENIX (Reuters) – More family members of a woman killed by an Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] self-driving vehicle have hired legal counsel, indicating the ride services firm’s legal problems may not be over in the first fatality caused by an autonom…
White Baton Rouge policeman fired over shooting of black man
(Reuters) – A white Louisiana police officer was fired on Friday and a second suspended for the killing of Alton Sterling, a black man shot in a 2016 incident that inflamed the U.S. debate on racial bias in law enforcement, a police official said.
In gun-friendly Vermont, lawmakers pass firearms control bill
(Reuters) – Vermont lawmakers gave final legislative approval on Friday to a bill that raises the legal age for buying firearms and expands background checks, becoming the latest state poised to tighten gun restrictions after last month’s Florida schoo…
Prominent Houston pastor indicted on charges of defrauding investors
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A prominent Houston megachurch pastor who counseled presidents and top executives was charged on Friday with selling investors more than $1 million in worthless Chinese bonds and using proceeds for his own benefit, federal authoriti…
Autopsy refutes police account of California shooting of black man -lawyer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – An autopsy on an unarmed black man killed by police officers in California’s capital last week shows that none of the eight bullets hit him in the front, contradicting the official version of events, a lawyer for the dece…
MIT scientist gets 15 months prison for insider trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A research scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in prison after admitting to insider trading on a mining company merger that his wife, a corporate lawyer, had been working on.
Widow of Florida nightclub gunman cleared of all charges
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The widow of the Pulse nightclub gunman walked free on Friday after a jury cleared her of charges related to the 2016 massacre that killed 49 people in Orlando, stunning survivors who had longed to hold someone accountable.
Jury clears widow of Pulse nightclub gunman of all charges
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – An Orlando jury on Friday cleared the widow of the Pulse nightclub gunman of all charges in the massacre that killed 49 people, finding her not guilty of misleading investigators and aiding her husband in the attack.
Prominent Houston pastor indicted on charges of defrauding parishioners
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A prominent Houston megachurch pastor who counseled presidents and top executives was charged on Friday with selling investors more than $1 million in worthless Chinese bonds and using proceeds for his own benefit, federal authoriti…
Widow of Pulse nightclub gunman cleared of all charges
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – An Orlando jury on Friday cleared the widow of the Pulse nightclub gunman of all charges in the massacre that killed 49 people, finding her not guilty of federal counts that she tried to mislead investigators and aided her hus…
