Puerto Rico GDB amends wind-down deal to help storm-battered towns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank, the island’s insolvent former fiscal agent now in wind-down mode, has tweaked its $5 billion debt restructuring deal to help keep small towns afloat six months after Hurricane Maria.
Ex-university dean tied to U.S. gymnastics scandal charged
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan prosecutors on Tuesday charged a former state university dean who supervised the doctor at the center of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal with criminal sexual conduct and other crimes.
Ex-U.S. Supreme Court justice calls for repealing Second Amendment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A retired U.S. Supreme Court justice on Tuesday called for the repeal of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gives Americans the right to keep and bear firearms, days after mass protests nationwide demanding stro…
Ex-Comverse CEO to be released from prison after Israel cuts sentence
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The former chief executive officer of software company Comverse Technology Inc will be released from prison on Tuesday, a prison official said, after his sentence was cut short following his extradition from the United States.
Texas to execute ‘suitcase killer’ for prostitute’s murder
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas is scheduled on Tuesday to execute a man convicted of murder for suffocating a prostitute, placing her lifeless body in a suitcase and tossing it into a garbage dumpster in 2005.
Former Michigan State dean faces charges stemming from Nassar scandal
DETROIT (Reuters) – Charges will be announced on Tuesday against a former Michigan State University dean who supervised ex-USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar before Nassar was convicted of sexually abusing female athletes, a county sheriff said.
Maryland school gunman died of self-inflicted gunshot, police say
(Reuters) – A self-inflicted gunshot wound, not a bullet fired by a sheriff’s deputy, killed a 17-year-old who had just shot another student at a Maryland high school last week, authorities have said.
U.S. to add citizenship question in 2020 Census: Commerce Dept
(Reuters) – A question about citizenship status will be included on the 2020 Census to help enforce the Voting Rights Act, federal officials said on Monday, but California sued to block the move arguing that it would discourage immigrants from particip…
Police arrest former university boss of convicted ex-USA Gymnastics doctor
(Reuters) – Police have arrested a former Michigan State University dean who supervised ex-USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar before the sports doctor was arrested and convicted of sexually abusing female athletes, the county sheriff said on Monday….
U.S. will reinstate question about citizenship in 2020 Census: Commerce Dept
(Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department announced on Monday that a question about citizenship status will be reinstated on the 2020 Census to help enforce the Voting Rights Act.
