Legislation to fund US gov’t through April clears procedural hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill to fund the U.S. government cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate on Friday and appeared poised to pass the chamber, averting a government shutdown.
Child porn suspect on ‘most wanted’ list arrested in Alaska
(Reuters) – A man who was on a federal law enforcement agency’s top 10 “most wanted list” after being indicted on charges of distributing child pornography was arrested in Alaska, officials said on Friday.
Ex-Cantor Fitzgerald mortgage bond trader indicted in U.S. for fraud
(Reuters) – A former Cantor Fitzgerald trader has been indicted on charges that he defrauded investors by lying about the price of mortgage bond transactions he handled for them after the financial crisis, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday.
Deadly New York crane collapse in February was operator error: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A crane collapse in February that killed one person, injured three pedestrians and flattened parked cars along a busy street in New York City was the result of operator error, a city report concluded on Friday.
Oakland city workers visited warehouse, did not flag fire hazard
(This story published on Dec. 8 corrects paragraph 3 and 27 to remove the “neighbor” reference as Danielle Boudreaux was not a neighbor)
Dallas pension fund halts payments following mayor’s lawsuit
(Reuters) – The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System’s board has halted withdrawals from a deferred retirement plan following a lawsuit by the city’s mayor, who claimed withdrawals were accelerating the $2.7 billion pension system’s descent into insol…
California county settles with family of killed inmate for $3.6 million
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A county in the San Francisco Bay area has reached a $3.6 million settlement with the family of a mentally ill inmate who authorities said was beaten to death by jail guards last year, attorneys and county officials said on Fr…
Chicago schools’ new debt deal tops U.S. muni sales next week
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The financially struggling Chicago Board of Education next week will sell a new type of debt, armed with an investment grade rating from Fitch Ratings based on the bonds’ ability to withstand a bankruptcy filing.
Inmate coughs, heaves during Alabama execution raising ire over drug
(Reuters) – A man executed by Alabama on Thursday night heaved and coughed for 13 minutes before dying, and critics of capital punishment said his reaction was caused by a drug that should be banned because it does not render a prisoner sufficiently un…
Actor T.J. Miller arrested after altercation with Uber driver
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Office Christmas Party” actor T.J. Miller was arrested in Los Angeles early on Friday because of an altercation with his Uber driver over President-elect Donald Trump, according to police and media.
