Massachusetts man convicted of fraud over ‘Kung Fu Panda’ drawings, lawsuit
(Reuters) – A Massachusetts man was found guilty by a federal jury on Friday of back-dating drawings he relied on as evidence in his lawsuit against DreamWorks Animation that claimed he had invented the title character in the 2008 film “Kung Fu Panda.”…
FBI, police search for newborn daughter of slain Kansas woman
(Reuters) – FBI agents have joined police in Wichita, Kansas, in the search for a week-old infant girl reported missing by her father when he arrived home to find the mother shot to death in their home and the baby gone, police said on Friday.
Illinois man sentenced for trying to join Islamic State
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A would-be Islamic State recruit who worked in a Chicago-area hardware store was sentenced on Friday to more than three years in prison for seeking to join the militant group, federal prosecutors said.
New York City says no permanent ban on traffic near Trump Tower
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City has no plans to close the Manhattan streets surrounding Trump Tower on a permanent basis even though President-elect Donald Trump is expected to spend much of his time there ahead of his inauguration, officials said o…
Pioneering U.S. heart surgeon, Denton Cooley, dies at 96
(Reuters) – Dr. Denton Cooley, who sparked controversy and a feud with another pioneering heart surgeon when he performed the world’s first artificial heart implant in 1969, died on Friday at the age of 96, the Texas Heart Institute said.
U.S. appeals court upholds local ‘right-to-work’ law in Kentucky
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court upheld a Kentucky county’s so-called right-to-work ordinance on Friday, clearing the way for local-level laws that restrict labor unions’ role in the workplace.
A surge in U.S. deportations could swamp an overtaxed system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to rapidly deport 2 to 3 million illegal immigrants with criminal records would further tax a system already stretched to its limits, current and former U.S. immigration officials say.
Trump agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump University lawsuits
NEW YORK/SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Donald Trump agreed on Friday to pay $25 million to settle fraud lawsuits over his Trump University real estate seminars, in what New York’s attorney general called a “stunning reversal” for the U.S. president-elect.
Navajo Nation settles trademark suit against Urban Outfitters
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American tribe, has settled a trademark suit brought against the apparel retail chain Urban Outfitters Inc over use of the tribe’s name in company merchandise, the two sides said on Friday.
NY judge dismisses toll hike lawsuit tied to World Trade Center
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by AAA, the automobile club, that challenged the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s 2011 decision to earmark increased toll revenue for the World Trade Center site instead of f…
