Ex-Platinum executive, NYC union chief face trial for bribe charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York federal jury is scheduled to hear opening statements on Tuesday in a bribery trial of the former head of New York City’s correction officers’ union and a former executive at the now-defunct hedge fund firm Platinum Partn…
Two followers of renegade Nevada rancher plead guilty over armed standoff
(Reuters) – Two supporters of renegade Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy each pleaded guilty on Monday to obstructing a U.S. court order for their role in a 2014 showdown between armed militia members and federal agents who had seized Bundy’s cattle.
Body found, likely Texas girl, 3, sent outside as punishment: police
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The body of a toddler found in a culvert beneath a Texas road was likely that of a 3-year-old girl reported missing after her father said he punished her for not drinking her milk by making her stand alone outside at night, po…
Top U.S. military officer seeks to address criticism of fatal Niger operation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. military officer sought on Monday to tamp down criticism the Pentagon had not been forthcoming about the death of four U.S. soldiers in an ambush in Niger, providing a timeline of the incident and acknowledging unans…
Honduras man living in Miami charged with trying to bomb a mall
(Reuters) – A Honduras citizen with sympathies to ISIS and residing in Miami appeared in federal court on Monday on a charge of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in a planned attack on a crowded Miami shopping mall, the U.S. Justice Depart…
Iowa pulls request to opt out of Obamacare requirements
(Reuters) – Iowa on Monday withdrew a request to waive some Obamacare rules to help shore up its struggling healthcare insurance market, marking a setback in efforts by Republican-governed states to sidestep requirements of the Obama-era law.
Politically charged murder trial of Mexican immigrant starts in San Francisco
(Reuters) – The trial of a Mexican man accused of murdering a woman while illegally in the United States began in San Francisco on Monday, a case that President Donald Trump has cited as an example of the dangers posed by lax border security.
Trader pleads guilty in fraudulent fuel credits scheme: U.S. Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The owner of a company that buys and sells renewable fuel and fuel credits pleaded guilty to conspiracy for his role in a scheme that generated more than $47 million in fraudulent renewable fuels credits from the Environmental P…
Iowa murder trial to open in gender identity case flagged by Sessions
(Reuters) – A man charged in the murder of an Iowa teenager who identified as both male and female is scheduled to go on trial on Tuesday in a case that led U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to dispatch a federal civil rights prosecutor.
U.S. lawmakers ask DOJ if terrorism law covers pipeline activists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. representatives from both parties asked the Department of Justice on Monday whether the domestic terrorism law would cover actions by protesters that shut oil pipelines last year, a move that could potentially increase polit…
