Cantor Fitzgerald affiliate pays $16.5 million to end U.S. gambling probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An affiliate of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald has agreed to pay $16.5 million to resolve a criminal investigation into its past involvement with illegal gambling and money laundering schemes, U.S. prosecutors said on Mo…
Ohio to resume executions in January after three-year pause
(Reuters) – Ohio prison officials plan to resume execution of condemned inmates starting in January 2017, ending a three-year pause in carrying out death sentences, state prison officials said on Monday.
U.S. pro-marijuana campaigners launch TV ads ahead of November votes
BOSTON (Reuters) – Campaigns to legalize recreational marijuana use in Massachusetts and Maine launched their first television ads on Monday, hoping to boost public awareness and support ahead of November votes on the issue.
Shootings at U.S. colleges deadlier and more frequent, report finds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shootings on college campuses over the last five years have more than doubled since a similar period a decade earlier, according to a report released on Monday by a criminal justice reform organization.
Jury chosen in Georgia hot-car child death trial
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A jury was seated on Monday and opening statements were set to begin in the trial of a Georgia man accused of intentionally leaving his toddler son in a hot car to die while he exchanged nude photos with women online in June 2014.
Tenet Healthcare to pay more than $513 million over fraud scheme: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. hospital chain Tenet Healthcare Corp and two of its Atlanta-area units will pay over $513 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a scheme to defraud the United States and to pay kickbacks in exchang…
U.S. opens safety probes into 642,000 SUVs, cars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they are opening two new preliminary investigations into 642,000 Ford sport utility vehicles and cars over door latch warning light and steering issues.
U.S. justices refuse to hear college athlete compensation cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the contentious issue of pay for college athletes, leaving in place a lower court’s decision finding that rules by the governing body for collegiate sports limiting compensatio…
Supreme Court rejects Taser excessive force case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court’s ruling that police use of a Taser amounted to unconstitutional excessive force in a case involving a mentally ill man who died after being stunned with the electrical wea…
Supreme Court rejects Boston gangster ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s appeal
BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear former Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger’s appeal of his 2013 conviction for committing or ordering the murders of 11 people, leaving the 87-year-old to spend the rest of his life…
