U.S. lawsuit seeking $100 million from Lance Armstrong heads to trial
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a U.S. government lawsuit seeking nearly $100 million in damages from former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong to go to trial, court papers showed.
Trial date set for Wisconsin girl charged in Slenderman attack
(Reuters) – One of two Wisconsin girls accused of attacking a classmate to please a fictional character named Slenderman will head to trial in October outside Milwaukee after a judge denied a change of venue for the much publicized case, the Milwaukee …
Ex-Penn State coach Sandusky’s son charged with child sex abuse
(Reuters) – A 41-year-old adopted son of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State University assistant football coach convicted in 2012 of sexually abusing young boys, was charged in Pennsylvania on Monday with sexually abusing two teenage sisters.
Judge denies tribes’ request to block final link in Dakota pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Monday denied a request by Native American tribes seeking to halt construction of the final link in the Dakota Access Pipeline, the controversial project that has sparked months of protests by activists ai…
California lawmaker makes push for health warning labels on soda
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A California state senator is taking another stab at introducing a law that would require sugary drink manufacturers to put a warning label on their products, the latest effort in the “War on Sugar.”
Peruvian woman can be deported from U.S. for voting illegally: court
(Reuters) – A Peruvian woman who voted illegally in two U.S. elections in 2006 can be deported as a result, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, despite her claim that she registered to vote only after a motor vehicle department clerk said she was fre…
U.S. charges 12 over Puerto Rico cocaine smuggling operation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twelve people, including six current and former Transportation Security Administration agents in Puerto Rico, have been charged with smuggling some 20 tons of cocaine into the continental United States between 1998 and 2016, the …
Trump’s sons guests of honor at Dubai branded golf course opening
DUBAI (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are expected to visit Dubai this week to open a Trump-branded golf complex.
No rise yet in deportation of Mexicans from U.S.: foreign minister
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Monday there has not been a rise yet in the number of deportations of Mexicans from the United States under President Donald Trump, but that consulates were receiving more worried…
Boeing, machinists face off over union at South Carolina plant
NEW YORK/NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Boeing Co faces its first union vote on Wednesday at its aircraft factory in South Carolina, a high-profile test for organized labor in the nation’s most strongly anti-union state.
