U.S. businessman, philanthropist Jon Huntsman Sr. dead at 80
(Reuters) – Jon Huntsman Sr., a billionaire U.S. industrialist who invented the “clamshell” fast-food container and gave away much of his fortune for cancer research, died on Friday at age 80, the corporation he founded said.
No progress on ‘Dreamers’ as another U.S. shutdown looms
STERLING, Va./ WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress made no notable progress this week toward a deal on the status of 700,000 “Dreamer” immigrants, with President Donald Trump saying on Friday that one “could very well not happen…
‘Chelsea Bomber’ doesn’t deserve multiple life sentences, his lawyer says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New Jersey man convicted of planting bombs in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood does not deserve multiple life sentences and should be able to further his education and see his family while spending the rest of his life in priso…
U.S. immigration deal by deadline ‘could very well not happen’: Trump
STERLING, Va./ WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday a deal on the status of 700,000 “Dreamer” immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children “could very well not happen” by March 5, when a program protecting them from deportation expires.
Indiana to impose Medicaid work requirements
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Indiana said on Friday it will require its Medicaid recipients work or do some other form of community engagement, becoming the second state to make this fundamental change to the 50-year-old health insurance program for the poor.
Father of molested girls charges disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor in court
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U.S. mulls allowing more wind, solar projects on federal lands
(Reuters) – The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is considering changes to a California desert plan that had set aside areas for renewable energy development, a move it says would promote more wind and solar projects on federal lands.
New York man charged with defrauding investors out of $5.3 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a New York man with bilking investors out of $5.3 million by misrepresenting himself as a successful fund manager linked to the family behind the former Genovese drug store chain
U.S. judge orders Russian-owned company to pay $6 million settlement
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday ordered a Russian-owned corporation to pay a $5.9 million settlement it reached last year with U.S. prosecutors over allegations that it laundered proceeds of a $230 million tax fraud.
Anonymous bitcoin philanthropist donates $5 million to medicine foundation
LONDON (Reuters) – An anonymous benefactor has donated $5 million in bitcoin to the California-based Open Medicine Foundation, the non-profit research organization said on Friday.
