FEMA chief questions agency’s role, urges more local response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday said the wave of recent U.S. disasters, from multiple storms to raging wildfires, must redefine the agency’s role and that localities must be more prepared to should…
U.S. military indefinitely delays ban on cluster bombs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon will indefinitely delay a ban on the use of older types of cluster bombs due to take effect on Jan. 1, 2019, U.S. officials tell Reuters, saying safety improvements in munitions technology failed to advance enough t…
Ex-priest took confession, then murdered Texas beauty queen: prosecutors
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A former Roman Catholic priest took the confession of a Texas beauty queen, then lured her to a church rectory and killed her, prosecutors said on Thursday to start a trial for a 1960 murder that has been one of state’s most n…
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ratifies administrative law judges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it had ratified the prior appointment of its administrative law judges.
Turkish gold trader implicates Erdogan in Iran money laundering
(Reuters) – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader on Thursday told jurors in a New York federal court that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally authorized a transaction in a scheme to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions.
Music producer Russell Simmons steps down after sex assault claim
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Music producer Russell Simmons said on Thursday he was stepping down from his fashion and production businesses after a screenwriter said in a column in the Hollywood Reporter that Simmons sexually assaulted her in 1991.
More than 400 U.S. troops leaving Syria: coalition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 400 U.S. Marines and their artillery are leaving Syria after helping to capture the city of Raqqa from Islamic State, the U.S.-led coalition fighting the militant group said on Thursday.
Securities and Exchange Commission ratifies administrative law judges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that it had ratified the prior appointment of its administrative law judges.
Turkish gold trader says he discussed Iran scheme with Indian company
(Reuters) – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader on Thursday told jurors in a federal court in Manhattan that he met with representatives of an Indian company in 2012 to discuss moving Iranian funds out of India, a new development in a case that has so far ce…
Matt Lauer apologizes after ‘Today’ firing as more women come forward
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Longtime “Today” show host Matt Lauer apologized for what he called his “troubling flaws” in a statement read out on the NBC morning show on Thursday, a day after the network fired him for inappropriate sexual behavior.
