Trump acknowledges thanks from UCLA players released from China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday acknowledged the thanks he received from three UCLA basketball players who had been detained in China for shoplifting and were released after he raised the case with his Chinese counterpart…
Rights groups pressure IBM to renounce interest in Trump’s ‘extreme vetting’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A coalition of rights groups launched an online petition on Thursday urging IBM Corp to renounce a Trump administration proposal to use technology to identify people for visa denial and deportation from the United States.
Billionaire founder of Insys to plead not guilty to opioid bribe scheme
BOSTON (Reuters) – The billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc was expected to appear in federal court in Boston on Thursday to plead not guilty to charges that he participated in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe a fentanyl-based cancer pai…
Convicted mass killer Charles Manson hospitalized in California: report
(Reuters) – Charles Manson, the cult leader who sent followers known as the “Manson Family” out to commit gruesome murders, shattering the peace-and-love ethos of the 1960s hippie era in California, has been hospitalized, the Los Angeles Times reported…
Record number of Americans forecast to travel over Thanksgiving weekend: AAA
(Reuters) – Travelers will hit the roads, rails and skies this Thanksgiving holiday in their largest numbers in more than a decade, lured by cheap plane tickets and a growing economy, the nation’s largest motor advocacy group said.
Origins of 2014 militia showdown with U.S. agents recounted in Nevada court
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Nevada cattleman Cliven Bundy repeatedly rebuffed overtures to settle a range-land dispute with the U.S. government that festered for years, leading to the armed standoff that landed him in jail, a prosecution witness testified on…
Two more women accuse Senate candidate Moore of sexual misconduct
(Reuters) – Two more women came forward on Wednesday with allegations of sexual misconduct against Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, one accusing him of groping her and the other of forcing a kiss on her when he was 30 and she was about 18.
Federal judge limits St. Louis police conduct during protests
(Reuters) – A federal judge ruled Wednesday that St. Louis police cannot shut down non-violent demonstrations and employ chemical agents to punish protesters, dealing a victory to a civil liberties group that challenged the police response to protests….
Da Vinci portrait of Christ sells for record $450.3 million in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Christ, “Salvator Mundi”, sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million on Wednesday at Christie’s, more than double the old price for any work of art at auction.
Sixth woman accuses U.S. Senate candidate Moore of sexual misconduct
(Reuters) – A sixth woman came forward on Wednesday with allegations of sexual misconduct against embattled Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, accusing him of groping her while she was in his Alabama law office on legal business in 1991, when …
