U.S. justices could allow Miami to sue banks over lending bias
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated it could allow Miami to pursue lawsuits accusing major banks of predatory mortgage lending to black and Hispanic home buyers resulting in loan defaults that drove down city tax revenues…
Orlando could make Pulse club a memorial to massacre victims
(Reuters) – The city of Orlando, Florida, may buy the Pulse nightclub where 49 people were killed in June, and officials hope to turn it into a memorial to the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the city’s mayor said on Tues…
Two Florida men sentenced in $46 million biodiesel fraud scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Florida men were each sentenced to more than a decade in prison in a more than $46 million biodiesel fraud scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of such cases involving the national biof…
Man dies at Russian consulate in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 63-year-old man was found dead with head trauma inside the Russian consulate in New York City on Tuesday without any indication of foul play, police said.
Accused UK ‘flash crash’ trader extradited to face U.S. charges
(Reuters) – A London-based trader has been extradited to the United States to face federal charges related to his alleged role in the 2010 Wall Street “flash crash,” the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
U.S. voters look to game election system by ‘trading’ ballots
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sophy Warner wanted to vote for third-party U.S. presidential candidate Jill Stein. But she worried that her ballot, cast in the swing state of Ohio, might help Republican Donald Trump capture the White House.
Jury awards $3 million in damages over Rolling Stone rape story
(Reuters) – A federal court jury awarded $3 million in damages on Monday to a University of Virginia administrator that was found last week to have been defamed by Rolling Stone magazine’s now-retracted story about a gang rape.
Robert Durst of ‘The Jinx’ pleads not guilty to murder in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Wealthy Manhattan real estate scion Robert Durst, whose ties to several slayings were chronicled in the chilling HBO documentary “The Jinx,” pleaded not guilty on Monday to murder in the fatal shooting of a close friend 16 years…
Exclusive: FedEx grounds one plane over GE engine part concern
(Reuters) – FedEx Corp is grounding one of its planes temporarily that has an engine General Electric Co flagged after a passenger jet erupted in flames last month, a spokesman for the cargo airline told Reuters on Monday.
Hate speech seeps into U.S. mainstream amid bitter campaign
KOKOMO, Indiana (Reuters) – The lettering is crude, scrawled in black spray paint on the sidewalk in front of Karen Peters’ neatly kept home in the quiet, working class neighborhood where she’s lived most of her life. But the contempt is clear.
