Mistrial declared for Nevada rancher who led grazing rights revolt
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in the criminal case of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who led a 2014 armed standoff with U.S. government agents in a range-land dispute, and tentatively set a new trial date for Febr…
Burst tire may have caused deadly tourist bus crash in Mexico -police
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The driver of a tour bus that crashed on Tuesday on a quiet road in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, killing 12 people, may have lost control after one of the front tires exploded, the local police chief said.
Mistrial declared in case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in the criminal case of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who led a 2014 armed standoff with U.S. government agents in a range-land dispute, and set a new trial date of Feb. 26, 2018.
Chipotle restaurant under investigation after illness scare: Report
(Reuters) – Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc fell as much as 3.3 percent after a report that public health officials are investigating a possible illness outbreak in one of the company’s restaurants in Los Angeles.
United Therapeutics to pay $210 million to resolve U.S. kickback probe
BOSTON (Reuters) – United Therapeutics Corp will pay $210 million to resolve U.S. claims that the drugmaker used a charity as a conduit to illegally cover Medicare patients’ out-of-pocket drug costs in order to eliminate price sensitivity and to boost …
Stronger winds loom as crews make progress on California wildfire
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Crews battling Southern California’s sprawling wildfire made incremental progress in containing the two-week-old blaze but faced forecasts for stronger winds on Wednesday that threatened to make it the biggest in state history.
Turkish banker makes second bid for mistrial in U.S. sanctions case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for an executive at Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank who is accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions on Wednesday asked a U.S. federal judge to declare a mistrial as jurors were expected to begin deliberating.
U.S. citizens among dead in Mexican bus crash: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department confirmed on Wednesday that multiple American citizens had died when a tour bus rolled over on a trip to ancient ruins in Mexico.
Most of Amtrak train wreckage removed from Washington highway
(Reuters) – Workers had cleared most of the wreckage blocking a major West Coast highway by Wednesday morning, two days after an Amtrak train derailed in Washington state while speeding onto a bridge, state transportation officials said.
Disgraced Cardinal Law, byword for Catholic sexual abuse crisis, dies
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Cardinal Bernard Law, the former Archbishop of Boston who resigned in disgrace after covering up years of sexual abuse of children by priests and whose name became a byword for scandal in the Catholic Church, died on Wednesday….
