Former Mexican drug cartel leader extradited to U.S.: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An alleged former leader of a Mexican drug cartel has been extradited to the United States to face drug conspiracy charges, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement on Tuesday.
Tax bill could undermine Puerto Rico’s recovery, governor says
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello on Tuesday urged the U.S. Congress to address issues in the Republican tax bill that he said would harm the island’s economy, which is already reeling from the devastation of Hurri…
Physicians groups resolve U.S. patient referral probe for over $33 million
(Reuters) – Two physicians groups including one operated by Envision Healthcare Corp will pay over $33 million to resolve claims they received illegal inducements to refer patients to a hospital operator’s facilities, the U.S. Justice Department said o…
Democrat wins by one vote in Virginia legislative election recount
(Reuters) – Virginia Democrat Shelly Simonds won a seat in the House of Delegates by one vote, changing the power balance in the state legislature and extending a tide of Democratic victories beginning with November’s capture of the governorship and se…
American Honda says ruptured Takata airbag led to death in Louisiana
(Reuters) – Honda Motor Co’s North American unit and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed on Tuesday that a ruptured airbag inflator of Takata Corp used in a Honda Civic caused the death of the driver on July 10.
Final arguments in Turkish banker’s U.S. trial hinge on gold trader
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday urged a New York jury to find Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive at Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank, guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, while Atilla’s lawyers said he was a “blameless paw…
U.S. investigators seeking to interview crew members in fatal derailment
DUPONT, Wash. (Reuters) – Safety investigators hope the engineer of an Amtrak passenger train that careened off a bridge onto a highway in Washington state can explain why his locomotive was traveling more than twice the speed limit when the deadly der…
South Carolina capital could be first U.S. city to ban gun bump stocks
(Reuters) – South Carolina’s capital on Tuesday could become the first U.S. city to ban the use of bump stocks, a gun accessory that has drawn national scrutiny after being found among the Las Vegas mass shooter’s arsenal of weapons in the October ramp…
Bill could make Congress members liable for harassment payouts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers of both parties are working on legislation that would make members of Congress liable for settlements of sexual harassment claims against them, as new data shows public funds have been used to settle nearly a dozen case…
Green groups sue Trump administration over delay of methane rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A coalition of nearly 20 environmental and Native American tribal groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, challenging its delay of a rule limiting emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane from oil and gas drillin…
