Two arrested on charges of illegal exports to Russia get time served
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Russian nationals arrested in the United States last October on charges of conspiring to export sensitive military technology from the United States to Russia were sentenced to time served on Friday, a spokesman for U.S. prosec…
Florida eye doctor found guilty of scamming Medicare
(Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Friday found a Florida eye doctor guilty of defrauding Medicare by as much as $105 million by using false claims, including charging for eye tests of blind patients, according to a federal court document.
Indiana man pleads guilty in murder spree referencing the movie ‘The Purge’
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Indiana man pleaded guilty to killing three people during a four-day crime spree during which he referred to “The Purge,” a movie about a day where all crimes are legal, prosecutors said on Friday.
Judge tosses Chicago school lawsuit over Illinois funding inequities
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois judge dealt a blow to Chicago’s cash-strapped school system on Friday by dismissing its lawsuit that argued the state’s school-funding formula discriminates against minority students.
State Department OKS $1.46 billion aircraft sale to New Zealand: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $1.46 billion sale to New Zealand of four P-8A maritime surveillance aircraft and associated support, a Pentagon agency said on Friday.
Trump pledges fealty to NRA gun lobby
ATLANTA (Reuters) – President Donald Trump pledged to uphold Americans’ right to possess guns on Friday in a speech that he used to revisit some 2016 election campaign themes from his vow to build a border wall to dismissing a Democratic senator as “Po…
Coughing, convulsing and calls for probe after Arkansas execution
(Reuters) – A lawyer for an executed Arkansas death row inmate asked the state on Friday to investigate why his client coughed and convulsed on a death chamber gurney, saying a lethal injection drug may have been the cause.
‘Shaving Cats!!??’ Virginia police probe seven pet abductions
(Reuters) – Police and townsfolk in Waynesboro, Virginia, are trying to figure out why someone is abducting pet cats and returning them with hairless underbellies.
Apple, Tesla ask California to change its proposed policies on self-driving car testing
(Reuters) – Apple Inc has asked the state of California to make changes in its proposed policies on self-driving cars, the latest sign the technology giant is pursuing driverless car technology.
U.S. spy agency abandons controversial surveillance technique
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency said on Friday it had stopped a form of surveillance that allowed it to collect without a warrant the digital communications of Americans who mentioned a foreign intelligence target in their mess…
