Suriname leader’s son’s ‘right hand’ gets prison in U.S. drug case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Surinamese man convicted of acting as the “right-hand man” to the son of the country’s president during a scheme to send large amounts of cocaine to the United States was sentenced on Tuesday to 11-1/4 years in a U.S. prison.
Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL player Rashaan Salaam dies at 42
DENVER (Reuters) – Rashaan Salaam, who won the Heisman Trophy, U.S. college football’s highest honor, and played in the National Football League, was found dead in a city park in Boulder, Colorado, authorities said on Tuesday.
U.S. courts look ahead to Trump as Obama cases fizzle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s legal defense of some key initiatives including his signature healthcare law is collapsing as courts put cases on hold until after President-elect Donald Trump, hostile to the policies, assumes office on …
Bahamian man gets five years in U.S. prison for hacking celebrities
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Bahamian man was sentenced to five years in U.S. prison on Tuesday for hacking into celebrities’ email accounts to steal unreleased film and television scripts, personal information and sexually explicit videos in order to sell t…
With Dakota Access in limbo, more Bakken crude to move on trains
HOUSTON (Reuters) – As oil prices recover and U.S. shale production picks up, energy companies that had planned to ship crude on the Dakota Access Pipeline will turn to rail, a transport method that poses its own risks to the environment and local comm…
U.S. fines Seattle ‘duck boat’ manufacturer in fatal crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department said on Tuesday the company that built a Seattle amphibious “duck boat” involved in a deadly 2015 collision between the vehicle and a charter bus that killed five international students has agre…
U.S. top court rules against State Farm in hurricane fraud case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to two whistleblower sisters by upholding a jury verdict that found State Farm defrauded the U.S. government when the insurance company assessed damage caused by Hurricane Katrina alo…
For drivers, drowsiness is as risky as drunkenness: U.S. study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Drivers who miss two or three hours of sleep in a day face the same risk of an accident as those who are legally drunk, according to a AAA study on the sometimes-deadly consequences of being drowsy behind the wheel.
Judge slashes SEC’s proposed fine for ex-Miami budget director
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge has rejected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s request for a record $450,000 penalty against a former Miami budget director found liable for misleading municipal bond investors, fining the man $15,000 in…
Georgia to execute man for 1990 murder of father-in-law
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia is scheduled to execute on Tuesday a man convicted of fatally shooting his father-in-law and kidnapping his estranged wife and her sister in 1990 who is set to become the ninth person put to death in the state this year.
