Puerto Rico pension, highway agency join government in bankruptcy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s federal oversight board has sought bankruptcy protection for the island’s highway authority and largest public pension, making them the latest commonwealth entities to turn to a court to work out debt.
U.S. accuses Massachusetts hedge fund manager of fraud
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts hedge fund manager has been arrested and accused of misappropriating millions of dollars from investors and engaging in a Ponzi-like scheme, U.S. authorities said.
Trump administration wants Obamacare subsidy case put on hold, again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration asked on Monday that a major federal court case weighing the fate of the Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies be put on hold again, leaving billions of dollars in payments to insurers up in the air for 2017 a…
In U.S. presidential first, Trump prays at Jerusalem’s Western Wall
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Donald Trump made a historic visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Monday, standing before the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray and saying a few words before inserting a note between the monumental stones.
Billy Bush on Trump tape: didn’t have “strength” to change topic
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former NBC “Today” show host Billy Bush wishes he had changed the subject during a taped conversation with Donald Trump, in which the Apprentice star bragged about grabbing women by the genitals, Bush said in an interview with the …
Supreme Court rejects challenge to state retroactive tax changes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by several major corporations to a Michigan law that retroactively changed the way businesses are taxed in the state, leading to $1 billion extra for government coffer…
U.S. gender confirmation surgery up 19 percent in 2016, doctors say
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gender confirmation surgeries rose 19 percent in 2016 from the previous year, a survey of plastic surgeons said, an increase some doctors attribute to expanded Medicare coverage and greater social acceptance of transgender people.
Stabbing death of black U.S. Army officer probed as possible hate crime
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police have charged a white University of Maryland student with the on-campus stabbing death of a newly commissioned black U.S. Army lieutenant, and the FBI is investigating the case as a possible hate crime, authorities said on …
Warriors’ Pachulia receiving threats after Leonard injury
(Reuters) – Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia has received online threats directed at him and his family following a controversial injury to San Antonio Spurs’ Kawhi Leonard, according to a local media report.
Pentagon assesses readiness for transgender hires: memo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense is assessing its ability to recruit transgender people as soon as 1 July, according to a memo signed by a top Pentagon official and seen by Reuters.
