First gorilla born in captivity, age 59, returns to Ohio zoo after surgery
(Reuters) – The first gorilla born in captivity has returned to her enclosure at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio after recovering from successful surgery last week to remove a malignant tumor, the zoo said.
U.S. slated to sell $375 million of emergency reserve oil this winter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is slated to sell $375 million worth of crude oil from the country’s emergency reserve this winter after Congress passed a temporary spending bill on Friday that contained a measure authorizing the sale.
Wisconsin judge rejects bid to stop election recount
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Wisconsin on Friday rejected a request by President-elect Donald Trump supporters to stop a recount of election votes while the Michigan Supreme Court denied an appeal by Green Party candidate Jill Stein to restart the state…
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…
