Honduras arrests Kentucky lawyer sought in $550-million disability fraud scheme
(Reuters) – Authorities in Honduras on Monday arrested a Kentucky attorney who had pleaded guilty to charges over his role in a more than $550 million disability fraud scheme, months after he fled U.S. law enforcement, Honduran officials said.
Trump outlines big cuts to Utah monuments, environmentalists sue
WASHINGTON/SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday shrank two wilderness national monuments in Utah by at least half in the biggest rollback of public land protection in U.S. history, drawing praise from pro-development lawmakers an…
Basketball player Trump helped to leave China after shoplifting arrest leaves UCLA
(Reuters) – A UCLA basketball player who was arrested for shoplifting in China and whose father later engaged in a public dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump will leave the university and prepare for the NBA draft next year, the player’s father to…
Shoplifter whose father clashed with Trump is leaving UCLA
(Reuters) – A UCLA basketball player who was arrested for shoplifting in China and whose father later engaged in a public dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump will leave the university and prepare for the NBA draft next year, the player’s father to…
Gold trader says he paid bribes to get out of Turkish jail after 2013 arrest
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader testifying at the trial of a Turkish bank executive in a New York federal court said Monday that he paid bribes to secure his release from jail in Turkey following his arrest in 2013.
Supreme Court lets Trump’s latest travel ban go into full effect
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect even as legal challenges continue in lower c…
NY attorney general asks for net neutrality vote to be put off
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general urged the Federal Communications Commission to delay a vote rolling back net neutrality rules because of the large number of fake comments submitted to the agency on the issue.
Former Florida congresswoman sentenced to five years for fraud
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Corrine Brown of Florida was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison for her role in helping raise more than $800,000 for a bogus charity that was used as a slush fund, federal court offi…
Gold trader says he paid bribes to get out of Turkish jail in 2013
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader testifying at the trial of a Turkish bank executive in a New York federal court said Monday that he paid bribes to secure his release from jail in Turkey in 2013.
Trump outlines big cuts to Utah monuments, tribes prepare to sue
WASHINGTON/SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday shrank two wilderness national monuments in Utah by at least half in the biggest rollback of public land protection in U.S. history, drawing praise from pro-development lawmakers an…
