Russian operatives compromised election systems in seven states in 2016: NBC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence had evidence that voter registration systems or websites in seven states – Alaska, Arizona, California, Illinois, Texas, Florida and Wisconsin – were compromised by Russian-backed operatives before the 2016 elec…
Kushner loses access to top intelligence briefing: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued U.S. intelligence report, the President’s Daily Brief, as the White House imposes greater discipline on access to secre…
‘It’s a lifestyle’: Teens at Florida shooting club defend guns
SUNRISE, Fla. (Reuters) – Reanna Frauens, a lifelong gun enthusiast and a proud member of the Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club, is about the same age as many of the 17 victims killed by a shooter with an assault rifle at a Florida high school about a dozen miles away.
Tyson Foods sentenced after September guilty plea
(Reuters) – Tyson Foods Inc’s poultry unit was sentenced in federal court in Missouri on Tuesday after pleading guilty in September to two criminal charges stemming from discharged feed supplement at a company facility, the U.S. Justice Department said…
Three taken to hospital after letter opened at Virginia military base
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Eleven people fell ill and three were transported to a hospital on Tuesday after a letter was opened at a U.S. military base in Arlington, Virginia, the fire department and a base spokeswoman said.
California man arrested for trying to join Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A California man has been charged with trying to travel to Libya to join Islamic State, New York federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Ex-proxy adviser employee says he leaked information in return for sports, concert tickets
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former employee at proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services testified on Tuesday that he leaked details about how its investor clients voted on shareholder proposals to get tickets to sporting events and U2 and Jay-Z conce…
U.S. to seek reimbursement from opioid makers, distributors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal government, backing litigation by states and cities, will seek reimbursement from major drug companies and distributors to recover costs it has borne from the opioid epidemic, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesd…
Suspect arrested in killing of North Carolina man on Facebook Live
(Reuters) – Police in North Carolina on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a 55-year-old man who had just informed him that they were on Facebook Live video, according to officials and media reports.
Trump son-in-law, adviser Kushner loses access to top intelligence briefing: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued U.S. intelligence report, the President’s Daily Brief, as the White House imposes greater discipline on access to secre…
