U.S. appeals court upholds trader’s spoofing conviction
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld the conviction of a former New Jersey-based high-speed trader who was found guilty in the first U.S. criminal trial involving the manipulative trading practice known as spoofing.
Son of Mexico cartel leader arraigned in U.S. on drug charges
(Reuters) – The son of a leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel was arraigned in a federal court in California on Monday on drug trafficking charges after he surrendered to U.S. law enforcement authorities in July, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Arizona woman sentenced to death for murder of 10-year-old cousin
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona woman was sentenced to death on Monday for killing her 10-year-old cousin, who was locked inside a small storage bin as punishment for taking a Popsicle without permission.
IBM to appeal judge’s order to pay $78 million to Indiana
(Reuters) – International Business Machines Corp said on Monday it will appeal an Indiana judge’s ruling that calls for the technology company to pay more than $78 million in damages to the state for failing to modernize the government’s welfare system…
Former FrontPoint manager, out of jail, wants to run prison ministry
(Reuters) – A former manager at defunct hedge fund FrontPoint Partners who served more than three years in prison for insider trading on Monday asked a U.S. judge to end his supervised release early so he can help a run a Christian ministry aimed at pr…
U.S. to relax rules protecting sage grouse, in win for oil drillers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department on Monday launched an overhaul to an Obama-era plan to protect sage grouse that it says aims to both preserve the species of bird while expanding opportunities for oil development in western states wh…
Military can destroy drones over domestic U.S. bases: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon has given more than 130 U.S. military bases across the United States the green light to shoot down private and commercial drones that could endanger aviation safety or pose other threats.
Third Boy Scout dies after sailboat hits power line in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – An 11-year-old Boy Scout died on Monday from injuries suffered aboard a sailboat that hit an overhead power line and killed two other boys on an east Texas lake over the weekend, a state official said.
Check your math, central banker says: less immigration equals less growth
(Reuters) – Less than week after a U.S. President Donald Trump embraced legislation to reduce immigration, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari urged residents of South Dakota to embrace newcomers instead.
No more private massages for convicted Macau billionaire: U.S. judge
(Reuters) – Private massages are one indulgence that Macau real estate developer Ng Lap Seng must forgo as a condition of staying in his luxury Manhattan apartment after being convicted of bribing United Nations officials, a U.S. judge ruled on Monday.
