Nephews of Venezuela’s first lady sentenced to 18 years in U.S. drug case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady were sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday following their convictions in New York on U.S. drug trafficking charges.
Firefighter killed battling massive California blaze
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A firefighter was killed on Thursday while battling a mammoth California wildfire as crews sought to protect coastal cities and towns in the path of flames that have destroyed more than 700 homes.
Leadership of New York Times passes to next-generation Sulzberger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Times on Thursday named a new publisher in 37-year-old A.G. Sulzberger, a fifth-generation descendant of Times leaders whose internal report on innovation has guided a newspaper known as “The Gray Lady” into the digita…
Homegrown attacks rising worry in U.S. as Islamic State weakens abroad
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The online video’s message was clear: Supporters of Islamic State who could not travel overseas to join the militant group should carry out attacks wherever they were in the United States or Europe.
U.S. states sue Trump administration for not granting student-loan relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration is breaking the law in not granting loan relief to students defrauded by Corinthian Colleges and other defunct for-profit schools, according to four U.S. state attorneys general who sued th…
U.S. regulators ditch net neutrality rules as legal battles loom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape…
Federal Communications Commission repeals net neutrality rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines on Thursday to repeal landmark 2015 rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, setting up a court fight over a move that could recast the digital landscape…
Turkish banker expected to testify in Iran sanctions trial in New York
(Reuters) – Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a Turkish banker accused of taking part in a scheme to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions, plans to testify in his own defense at his trial in New York, his lawyers said Thursday.
Sulzberger Jr to retire as NYT publisher by end of December
(Reuters) – Arthur Sulzberger Jr. will retire as publisher of the New York Times by the end of December and will be replaced by his son A.G. Sulzberger, the New York Times Co said on Thursday.
EPA seeks input to rework rule on lead in drinking water
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it will seek input from state and local officials as it considers how to rework a 1991 rule meant to protect people from lead and copper contamination in drinking water.
