Baltimore lawyer told rape victim Trump would deport her: prosecutors
(Reuters) – A defense attorney was arrested in a Baltimore courthouse after he told an alleged rape victim she risked being deported by the Trump administration if she testified against his client, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
U.S. blacklists members of Mexican drug trafficking group: Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday blacklisted Mexican national Jose Luis Ruelas Torres for leading what the U.S. Treasury Department said is a family organization that smuggles heroin across the border for sale in cities across the …
Hundreds protest over minimum wage at McDonald’s stockholder meeting
OAK BROOK, Ill. (Reuters) – Hundreds of fast-food workers demanded wage increases as they marched outside McDonald’s Corp headquarters during the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday.
BNP Paribas pays $350 million to settle New York currency probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – French bank BNP Paribas on Wednesday agreed to pay $350 million to New York’s banking regulator to resolve a probe of misconduct in its foreign exchange business.
U.S. decision on expanded laptop ban not imminent: Homeland Security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Homeland Security Department said on Wednesday that no specific timeline had been set for a decision on whether to expand a ban on larger electronics as carry-on luggage for air travel.
Driver indicted in deadly Times Square attack, crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A grand jury has indicted the driver charged with killing a young woman and injuring 22 people when he careened through three blocks in New York City’s crowded Times Square, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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…
