Lottery fever: U.S. Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots top $1 billion
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. lottery players on Friday and Saturday night will get two shots at record Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots that together topped $1 billion after going months without a winner.
Court voids Baltimore law requiring ‘no abortion’ disclaimers at clinics
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a Baltimore law requiring pregnancy clinics that do not offer or refer women for abortions to post signs disclosing that fact in their waiting rooms.
FBI agent describes grisly warehouse in start of body broker’s trial
DETROIT (Reuters) – The warehouse of a Michigan man who sold donated body parts to researchers was littered with dead flies, dog bowls and human remains “frozen together in flesh-on-flesh chunks,” a federal agent testified Friday.
Drug charity halts patient aid after U.S. health agency pulls approval
BOSTON (Reuters) – One of the largest patient assistance charities in the United States said it will not provide financial aid in 2018 after the government revoked its approval to do so because of concerns that drugmakers had improper influence over th…
Ex-U.N. chief Ban’s nephew pleads guilty to U.S. corruption charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A nephew of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pleaded guilty on Friday to U.S. charges that he took part in a scheme to bribe an official at a sovereign wealth fund in order to sell a building complex in Vietnam.
NSA chief to leave, expects successor this month: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers has announced plans to retire this spring and has said he expected a successor to be nominated and approved by the U.S. Senate this month, according to a report on Friday.
Author of Trump book contradicts president, says aides see him as a ‘child’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The author of a deeply critical book about Donald Trump’s first year in office said on Friday he had spoken with the president while working on it, contradicting Trump’s assertion that he had never talked to the writer for the bo…
In blizzard’s icy wake, intense cold grips U.S. Northeast
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Street crews dug out snow-clogged roads across the U.S. Northeast on Friday after a powerful blizzard, as temperatures plunged during a brutal cold spell that has already killed at least 18 people.
Author of Trump book contradicts president, says he interviewed him
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The author of a deeply critical book about Donald Trump’s first year in office said on Friday he had spoken with the president while working on it, contradicting Trump’s assertion that he had never talked to the writer for the bo…
Trump book author Michael Wolff contradicts president, says he interviewed him
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The author of a deeply critical book about Donald Trump’s first year in office said on Friday he had spoken with the president while working on it, contradicting Trump’s assertion that he had never talked to the writer for the bo…
