Billionaire Rennert files malpractice lawsuit over $213 million judgment
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Billionaire Ira Rennert has filed a $214 million malpractice lawsuit against his former law firm, after a jury found him liable for looting his magnesium company to build a huge mansion in New York’s Hamptons.
Trump to order mental health aid to prevent suicide among military veterans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday was set to sign an executive order that will direct government departments to try to prevent suicide among military veterans by treating mental health problems before they become more serious.
FBI chief calls unbreakable encryption ‘urgent public safety issue’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The inability of law enforcement authorities to access data from electronic devices due to powerful encryption is an “urgent public safety issue,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday as he sought to renew a contentious d…
Thousands in California flee homes ahead of possible mudslides
(Reuters) – Thousands of Southern Californians fled their homes on Monday as a powerful rain storm that could cause flash floods and trigger mudslides soaked steep slopes where a series of intense wildfires burned off vegetation last month.
U.S. spy satellite believed destroyed after failing to reach orbit: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. spy satellite that was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a SpaceX rocket on Sunday failed to reach orbit and is assumed to be a total loss, two U.S. officials briefed on the mission said on Monday.
Four sentenced to prison, college fraternity banned for hazing death
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania court on Monday sentenced four members of a national college fraternity to a maximum of two years in prison and banned the group from operating in the state for 10 years because of the 2013 death of a student…
No free pass for Massachusetts pot businesses from feds-prosecutor
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor will not rule out prosecuting businesses dealing in marijuana, he said on Monday, days after the Trump administration rescinded an Obama-era policy easing enforcement in states that legalized the…
New York City traffic deaths fall to record low under safety program
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Led by a sharp drop in pedestrian deaths, overall traffic fatalities in New York City fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2017 to their lowest on record, thanks at least in part to an ongoing safety improvement program, city of…
Bannon’s ‘treasonous’ comment directed at Trump Jr., not Manafort: author
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s comment that a meeting between Trump campaign officials and a group of Russians was “treasonous” focused on President Donald Trump’s son and not his former campaign manager, as Bannon now main…
Massachusetts federal prosecutor will not rule out busting pot businesses
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor will not rule out prosecuting businesses dealing in marijuana, he said on Monday, less than a week after the Trump administration rescinded an Obama-era policy easing enforcement in states that l…
