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.
Self-sufficient eclipse chasers hit the road to ‘totality’
(Reuters) – Michael Zeiler packed his portable toilet then headed out on a 10-hour drive from New Mexico to Wyoming where, on Monday, he intends to mark the ninth time he has seen the moon pass in front of the sun in a total solar eclipse.
Mayor says Lee statue must go as debate over U.S. slave past rages
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – The mayor of Charlottesville called on Friday for a special session of Virginia’s legislature to let localities decide the fate of Confederate monuments like the statue at the center of a far-right rally last week that turned …
Trump’s attacks could leave him friendless if impeachment comes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks on Republican senators, an approach he may regret if he is someday impeached and the Senate has to weigh charges against him stemming from an investigation into Russian meddling i…
