Kawasaki dumps ‘Apprentice’ over Trump’s continued involvement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Japanese motoring company Kawasaki said on Wednesday it was ending its association with reality TV show “The New Celebrity Apprentice” because of President-elect Donald Trump’s continued involvement as an executive producer.
Famed OJ lawyer, Delaware justice clash over translation firm sale
DOVER, Del. (Reuters) – Famed attorney Alan Dershowitz and a rare protest outside Delaware’s Supreme Court fueled an unusually heated hearing on Wednesday, in a battle between the warring co-founders of TransPerfect Global Inc, a leading translation fi…
Boston entrepreneur gets 20 months in prison for insider trading
(Reuters) – A Boston-area real estate entrepreneur was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 months in prison after being convicted of engaging in insider trading in connection with Apollo Tyres Ltd’s attempt to buy Cooper Tire & Rubber Co in 2013.
Florida man accused of online threat to kill Trump
(Reuters) – A Florida man was being held in jail on Wednesday after police said he threatened in a video message on Twitter to kill President-elect Donald Trump.
Obama says reducing leaker Chelsea Manning’s prison term serves justice
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning had served a tough prison term and his decision to commute her 35-year sentence to about seven years served would not signal lenie…
EPA nominee will review vehicle emissions rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Wednesday he will review the Obama administration’s recent decision to lock in fuel efficienc…
U.S. Supreme Court justices fret over offensive trademarks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices walked a tightrope on Wednesday over government approval of offensive trademarks, expressing concern about endorsing racial slurs in brands and slogans while also worrying about protecting only positive wor…
Ex-president George H.W. Bush moved to intensive care; wife hospitalized
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush has been moved to an intensive-care unit at a Houston hospital with pneumonia and was stable and resting comfortably after doctors performed a procedure to clear his airway, his office said on Wednesda…
Wife of Florida nightclub gunman pleads not guilty to aiding attack
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – The wife of the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges she assisted him ahead of the fatal shooting of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida and later mislea…
EPA ‘water transfers’ rule revived by U.S. appeals court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived an Environmental Protection Agency rule permitting government agencies to transfer water between different bodies, such as rivers and lakes, without needing to safeguard for polluti…
