Former Jefferies Group trader sentenced to two years for fraud
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Reuters) – A federal judge in Connecticut on Wednesday sentenced a former Jefferies Group bond trader to two years in prison and to pay a $2 million fine after he was found guilty earlier this year of defrauding customers on bond pric…
Massachusetts man found guilty of murdering ‘Whitey’ Bulger victim
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man was found guilty on Wednesday of murdering an extortion victim of former Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, a killing that drew considerable media attention because it occurred during the gangster’s high-profi…
U.S. chief justice alarmed at Trump administration immigration case stance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts took issue on Wednesday with the Trump administration’s stance in an immigration case, saying it could make it too easy for the government to strip people of citizenship for lying about minor infra…
Ann Coulter cancels speech at Berkeley amid safety dispute
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Conservative commentator Ann Coulter said she had scrapped plans to speak on Thursday at the University of California at Berkeley in defiance of campus officials, who had barred her original engagement this week out of conc…
Automakers want California to revise Volkswagen charging station plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Major automakers and other groups are raising objections to the way Volkswagen AG wants to spend $2 billion on electric vehicle infrastructure and projects, as part of the German automaker’s atonement for diesel emissions cheati…
Slimy salamander ‘Snot Otter’ aims to wow Bronx Zoo crowds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Eastern Hellbender, a slimy giant salamander creepy enough to be nicknamed “Snot Otter” and “Old Lasagna Sides,” is making its debut before animal lovers at the world-renowned Bronx Zoo.
Fox News anchor, others hit network with race bias claims
(Reuters) – Fox News faces renewed legal claims that it mistreated non-white employees, a week after network parent Twenty-First Century Fox Inc severed ties with its biggest star over unrelated sexual harassment complaints.
UBS must face ex-bond strategist’s whistleblower lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ordered UBS Group AG to face a lawsuit by a former bond strategist who said he was fired in retaliation for refusing to publish misleading research reports and complaining about being pressured to do so.
Trump orders review of national monuments to allow development
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to allow national monument designations to be rescinded or reduce the size of sites as the administration pushes to open up more federal land to drilling, mining and other…
Trump slams federal court ruling on funding for ‘sanctuary cities’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked a federal judge’s ruling that blocked his executive order seeking to withhold funds from “sanctuary cities” for illegal immigrants, vowing to appeal it to the U.S. Supreme Court.
