Las Vegas sports gambler to face trial on insider trading charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Las Vegas gambler William “Billy” Walters is expected to go to trial Monday on charges that he made more than $40 million through insider trading.
Republican plan to repeal Obamacare would leave millions uninsured: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fourteen million Americans would lose medical insurance by next year under a Republican plan to dismantle Obamacare that would also reduce the budget deficit, a nonpartisan congressional research office said on Monday, throwing P…
Blizzard takes aim at northeastern U.S., flights canceled
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – A fast-moving winter storm bringing up to two feet of snow was expected to hit the northeastern United States, forecasters warned on Monday, prompting airlines to cancel thousands of flights and some mayors to order schools …
Biden says would have liked to be the U.S. president who ended cancer
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former Democratic U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday in one of his first major speeches since leaving office this year that he would have liked to have been the U.S. president who ended cancer as we know it.
Seattle synagogue spray-painted with graffiti denying Holocaust
(Reuters) – Vandals scrawled graffiti claiming the Holocaust was “fake history” on an exterior wall of a Seattle synagogue, leading the rabbi to urge President Donald Trump to more forcefully denounce a wave of anti-Semitic incidents in recent months.
U.S. Northeast primes plows with blizzard bearing down
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Weather forecasters on Sunday put the U.S. East Coast from New York City to Boston on a blizzard watch, warning of the potential for 12 to 18 inches of snow and wind blasts in some areas from Monday night into Wednesday.
Sleepy Colorado town comes alive during ‘Frozen Dead Guy Days’
NEDERLAND, Colo. (Reuters) – Every March the cryogenically frozen corpse of a Norwegian man breathes fresh life into sleepy Nederland, Colorado, where throngs of fun-lovers fill the streets for “Frozen Dead Guy Days,” a festival in honor of the town’s most famous resident.
Hate daylight saving time? You may have a point, researchers say
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For most Americans, daylight saving time means only one thing: losing an hour’s sleep. So what is the point?
Defiant U.S. prosecutor fired by Trump administration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A prominent U.S. prosecutor said the Trump administration fired him on Saturday after he refused to step down, adding a discordant note to what is normally a routine changing of top attorneys when a new president takes office.
Puerto Rico governor ups revenue forecast in revised fiscal plan
(Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s governor said on Saturday he has delivered a revised fiscal turnaround plan to the U.S. territory’s financial oversight board that includes $262 million in additional revenue and changes to healthcare funding.
