Judge denies motion to drop case against widow of Orlando gunman
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A judge on Monday denied a defense motion to dismiss charges against the widow of the gunman in the 2016 massacre at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, saying that the gunman’s father’s work an FBI informant was not relevant to the ca…
Hartford pushes deal for Connecticut to pay city’s debt
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hartford, Connecticut’s fiscally distressed capital city, would get a much-needed lifeline on Monday if its city council approves a deal to have the state pay its debt.
U.S. jury orders AbbVie to pay $3 million in AndroGel retrial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Monday ordered AbbVie Inc to pay more than $3 million to a man who claimed the company misrepresented the risks of its testosterone replacement drug AndroGel, causing him to suffer a heart attack, though the jury did…
Emergency fuel shutoff was tripped before NY helicopter fatal crash: pilot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An emergency fuel shut-off switch had been accidentally tripped moments before a fatal crash of a helicopter in New York’s East River on March 11, a pilot told the National Transportation Safety Board in a preliminary report rele…
White House disparages porn star’s story of Trump affair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday cast aspersions on adult-film star Stormy Daniels over a much-watched TV interview in which she said she was threatened with violence to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in …
Family plans autopsy for black man shot by Sacramento police
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – An independent autopsy is planned of the unarmed black man fatally shot by police officers in the backyard of his grandparents’ house in Sacramento, California, the family’s attorney said on Monday.
Wisconsin teens take anti-gun march to House Speaker Ryan’s hometown
(Reuters) – About 40 high schoolers from Wisconsin are using the start of their spring break vacation to bring the weekend’s national wave of gun control marches to the hometown of Republican U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Orlando nightclub shooter’s father was FBI informant: widow’s defense
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A widow on trial for aiding her late husband, the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, should have a mistrial declared, defense lawyers said, arguing that prosecutors withheld access to important evidence…
Trump lawyer tells porn star ‘cease and desist’ after interview: letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, demanded Stormy Daniels “cease and desist” after the adult-film star said in a “60 Minutes” TV interview that she was threatened with violence to stay silent about an alleg…
Porn star Stormy Daniels says she was threatened to keep silence on Trump: TV interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An adult-film actress who claims she had sex with Donald Trump before he was president said on Sunday she had been threatened in 2011 while in a parking lot with her infant daughter to discourage her from discussing the relations…
