Turkish banker says U.S. prosecutors withheld evidence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for a banker at Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank who is charged with scheming to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran accused U.S. prosecutors of withholding evidence that might help exculpate their client. They said this inclu…
U.S. judge orders oil-spill response plan for Dakota Access Pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge ordered Energy Transfer Partners LP to coordinate with local tribes and the Army Corps of Engineers to create an oil-spill response plan for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline by next April, a decision he sa…
Massachusetts Senate president steps aside as husband faces probe
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg is taking a temporary leave of absence as his husband faces allegations that he used his political connections to sexually harass men.
U.S. justices lean toward allowing sports betting in New Jersey case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday signaled a willingness to let New Jersey and potentially other states legalize sports betting, a lucrative source of revenue for state coffers that has been barred in most places.
Former U.S. Rep. Brown of Florida sentenced to five years for fraud: report
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Corrine Brown of Florida was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison for her role in helping raise more than $800,000 for a bogus charity that was used as a slush fund, a Jacksonville tel…
Conservative U.S. justices lean toward New Jersey in sports betting case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday indicated they may be willing to allow New Jersey to legalize sports betting in a case that could pave the way for other states to do the same thing.
Top court leaves in place Texas ruling questioning gay spousal benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Houston’s appeal of a lower court ruling that threw into doubt the city’s spousal benefits to gay married municipal employees, allowing a case that tests the reach of the landmark …
Judge to decide fate of South Carolina ex-policeman who killed black man
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday will begin hearing evidence on whether a former South Carolina policeman caught on video shooting an unarmed black man in the back should spend the rest of his life in prison for a crime that many say…
Trump to shrink Utah monuments, riling tribes and environmentalists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Utah on Monday to announce big cuts to the state’s sprawling wilderness national monuments, a move that is likely to trigger legal challenges from tribes and environmental groups.
U.S. appeals courts to consider legality of Trump’s latest travel ban
(Reuters) – Federal appeals courts in the states of Washington and Virginia are set to hear arguments this week on the legality of President Donald Trump’s most recent travel ban, which sharply limits visitors and immigrants from eight countries, six o…
