Survivors of Texas truck where 10 immigrants died seek to trade testimony for visas
AUSTIN, Texas/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some of the illegal immigrants who survived a deadly human-smuggling journey into Texas are seeking visas to stay in the United States in exchange for testimony against those responsible for an operation that killed 1…
Adviser charged with insider trading on Pfizer-King deal pleads guilty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Long Island, New York, investment adviser accused of engaging in insider trading after being tipped off about Pfizer Inc’s $3.6 billion acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals Inc pleaded guilty on Tuesday, federal prosecutors said.
Sessions sets limits on U.S. federal funding for sanctuary cities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday released a memo restricting Justice Department grants from going to so-called sanctuary cities that do not cooperate with federal immigration agents.
Warrant in Minnesota police shooting says woman slapped squad car
(Reuters) – A woman slapped the back of police squad car just before the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Australian woman in Minneapolis, according to newly released court documents.
Trump speech to Boy Scouts raises ire of parents, former Scouts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s campaign-style address to the Boy Scouts of America touched off a firestorm of criticism on Tuesday as parents and former Scouts decried a speech peppered with partisan attacks and ridicule of “fake media.”…
Massachusetts ex-priest convicted in abuse scandal to leave prison
BOSTON (Reuters) – A defrocked U.S. Roman Catholic priest who was one of the first to be convicted when the church’s worldwide sex abuse scandal was first exposed more than a decade ago is due to be released from prison, a Massachusetts prosecutor said…
California governor signs climate policy extension into law
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on Tuesday a package of bills intended to use market forces to cut greenhouse gas emissions, extending by a decade the state’s signature plan to combat climate change.
Two members of missing Burundi robotics team found, U.S. police say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two members of a teenage robotics team from Burundi who went missing after a competition in Washington last week have been located and are safe, the city’s Metropolitan Police Department said on Tuesday.
Frank Sinatra’s fourth wife Barbara dies at age 90
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Barbara Sinatra, the fourth wife of singer Frank Sinatra, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, her representative said.
‘Pharma bro’ Shkreli stirs mixed feelings in his ancestral Albanian village
SHKREL, Albania (Reuters) – Dubbed the “most hated man in America” by the U.S. press, pharmaceutical entrepreneur Martin Shkreli has brought both pride and shame to his home village in Albania from which he takes his name.
