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.
Anthem to pare back Obamacare offerings in Nevada and Georgia
(Reuters) – U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc said on Monday it will no longer offer Obamacare plans in Nevada’s state exchange and will stop offering the plans in nearly half of Georgia’s counties next year.
Chicago sues Trump administration over sanctuary city plan
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago on Monday sued to prevent the Trump administration from enforcing new policies that would withhold money from so-called sanctuary cities that deny U.S. immigration officials access to local jails.
‘Top Chef’ host Lakshmi testifies in Teamsters extortion trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – “Top Chef” TV show host Padma Lakshmi appeared in federal court in Boston on Monday, and testified she was “terrified” after a member of the Teamsters union, accused of extorting the show’s production company for jobs, appeared to th…
New York mayor wants more taxes from rich for crumbling subway
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday proposed raising taxes for the wealthiest New Yorkers to increase funding for the city’s deteriorating subway system.
