Spirit Airlines asks FAA for ground stop for all its flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Spirit Airlines Inc asked the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Friday for a ground stop for all its flights systemwide due to company computer issues, FAA said in a tweet.
Gunman takes hostages after shots fired at California veterans home
(Reuters) – A gunman entered a party at a California home for disabled veterans on Friday, fired shots and took at least three hostages, local media and authorities reported, but there were no reports of injuries as police surrounded the facility.
Walgreen must face lawsuit over U.S. generic drug pricing
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday ordered Walgreen Co to face most of a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the drugstore chain of fraudulently overcharging customers for a decade when they bought generic drugs through private insurance, Medicar…
Pennsylvania Republicans make case for scrapping new Congress map
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A panel of three federal judges heard arguments on Friday in the latest attempt by Pennsylvania Republicans to block a court-imposed map of voting districts that could boost Democrats’ chances of winning control of the U.S. …
Doctor in Insys opioid kickback scheme gets four years in prison
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) – A Rhode Island doctor was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison after admitting he took kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc to prescribe its fentanyl-based cancer pain drug to people who did not suffer fro…
New York governor requests to exclude state from offshore drilling program
(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he had formally asked for the state to be excluded from a federal offshore drilling program that he said would threaten its ocean resources and endanger efforts toward a cleaner energy economy.
Florida governor signs gun-safety bill into law after school shooting
(Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott, a staunch ally of the National Rifle Association (NRA), signed into law on Friday a bill imposing a 21-year-old legal age requirement and three-day waiting period on all gun purchases and allowing the arming of …
Detained immigrants separated from children in U.S. sue Trump administration
(Reuters) – Migrants separated from their children after they were detained for illegally entering the United States filed a class action lawsuit on Friday, claiming there are “hundreds” of parents in the same situation, and that the Trump administrati…
Kentucky man pleads guilty to attacking Senator Rand Paul
(Reuters) – A Kentucky man who attacked U.S. Senator Rand Paul outside his home in November, breaking several of his ribs, pleaded guilty on Friday to assaulting a member of Congress resulting in personal injury, according to court officials.
Doctor in Insys opioid kickback scheme gets more than four years in prison
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) – A Rhode Island doctor was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison after admitting he took kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc to prescribe its fentanyl-based cancer pain drug to people who did not suffer fro…
