U.S. Court curbs power of police to seize cellphones
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday limited the ability of police to seize cell phones from homes of people suspected of crimes, ruling the prevelance of mobile devices did not mean police could assume a suspect had one when requesting a search …
Insys agrees to pay $4.5 million to resolve Illinois opioid lawsuit
(Reuters) – Insys Therapeutics Inc has agreed to pay $4.5 million to resolve a lawsuit by Illinois’ attorney general claiming it deceptively marketed a highly addictive fentanyl-based cancer pain drug for off-label uses.
Big city biotechs decamp for suburbs as property costs rise
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The biotech industry is facing high rents and tight lab space in Boston, New York and San Francisco, forcing companies into the suburbs in a sign the “live, work and play” movement into big cities may have hit a roadblock.
Ranchers in parched U.S. Northern Plains welcome hay lottery
(Reuters) – Hundreds of livestock ranchers in the drought-stricken U.S. Northern Plains are embracing what organizers say is the first lottery designed to provide some much-needed relief to their operations.
SEC drops case against ex-JPMorgan traders over ‘London Whale’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The top U.S. securities regulator on Friday dropped its civil lawsuit accusing two former JPMorgan Chase & Co traders of trying to hide some of the bank’s $6.2 billion of losses tied to the 2012 “London Whale” scandal.
In Charlottesville, Germans sense echoes of their struggle with history
BERLIN/WEIMAR, Germany (Reuters) – For the past decade, the pupils of the Manfred von Ardenne school in Berlin have been visiting a local cemetery to tend the graves of victims of the Nazis.
Roadblocks, weapons bans as Boston braces for ‘Free Speech’ rally
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston officials are planning road blockades and even banning food vendors from the historic Boston Common as they step up security around a “Free Speech” rally on Saturday featuring right-wing speakers, aiming to avoid a repeat of l…
U.S. State Department hit by system-wide email outage: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department’s email systems have been hit by a broad outage, a State Department official said on Friday.
California man on delayed honeymoon among Barcelona victims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 43-year-old California man on a delayed honeymoon was among the 13 people killed when a van plowed through a popular pedestrian area in the Spanish city of Barcelona, his family said on Friday.
Nestle defends ‘Kit Kat’ campaign against Atari ‘Breakout’ lawsuit
(Reuters) – Nestle SA on Friday paddled back claims in a new lawsuit in which Atari SA accused the Swiss food company of pilfering its classic 1970s video game “Breakout” to help sell Kit Kat chocolate-covered wafer bars.
