Jury selected for Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – Seven men and five women, including two black jurors, will determine comedian Bill Cosby’s fate at his upcoming sexual assault trial in Pennsylvania, after claims from his lawyers that race played a factor in their selection.
Five charged with insider trading involving U.S. health agency
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Five men, including a Washington, D.C. political consultant and a federal employee, were criminally charged on Wednesday with engaging in an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal healthcare agency.
Convicted spy Pollard loses bid to relax U.S. parole conditions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, to relax his parole conditions.
New York firms offer ‘Plan B’ to staff ahead of summer transit woes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Faced with this summer’s partial shutdown of New York’s Pennsylvania Station due to track repairs, some employers in the largest U.S. city are scrambling to come up with “Plan B” offerings to allow their suburb-dwelling staff to av…
Texas House approves new voter ID bill after setbacks in court
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas House of Representatives gave preliminary approval on Tuesday to a new bill on showing identification when voting after a previous voter ID law was struck down by U.S. courts which said it discriminated against black…
Connecticut proposes wage freeze, higher employee share for benefits
(Reuters) – Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy on Tuesday proposed a wage freeze and higher employee contributions to pension and healthcare while reducing the state’s share, in a framework for an agreement with labor unions that could save the state o…
Newark, N.J. airport reopens after United Airlines engine fire
(Reuters) – Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey reopened late on Tuesday after being shut down when 131 people were evacuated from a United Airlines flight over flames seen emerging from an aircraft engine.
North American leagues urge vigilance after Manchester attack
(Reuters) – North America’s major sports leagues have strict safety procedures at their arenas but have urged fans attending games to be vigilant following Monday’s suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester, England, officials said on Tuesday.
Trump budget cuts may stir backlash in rural America
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s proposals to slash federal aid to the poor, the sick and people living in rural areas reflect conservatives’ demands for a smaller federal government but target many of the very people who voted for him last November.
Woman arrested on charges of smuggling U.S. space technology to China
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California woman was arrested on Tuesday on federal charges of conspiring to procure and illegally export sensitive space communications technology to her native China, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.
