Exclusive: Nevada gambling regulator probes Las Vegas Sands over front gamblers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nevada’s state gambling regulator is investigating allegations that Las Vegas Sands Corp casinos allowed high-stakes Chinese players to bet millions of dollars in other people’s names, according to people directly familiar with t…
U.S. public opinion of police improving: surveys
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans’ opinion of the police has bounced back from last year’s historic lows, amid continuing national debate over police treatment of minorities, two polls released this week suggested.
U.S. Marshals join manhunt for Oklahoma man suspected of double murder
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The U.S. Marshals Service has joined the search for an Oklahoma man suspected of wounding two police officers in a shootout, stealing a police truck, killing his aunt and uncle and making social media posts of his escape, auth…
Two women convicted in U.S. of financing Somali group al Shabaab
(Reuters) – Two women who U.S. prosecutors say led an online group in raising money to support the Somali insurgent group al Shabaab were convicted by a federal judge on Tuesday following a trial in U.S. District Court in Virginia.
Ex-Oppenheimer adviser to plead guilty in U.S. to insider trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former investment adviser at an Oppenheimer Holdings Inc unit plans to plead guilty on Tuesday to charges that he traded on inside information supplied by a childhood friend working at Pfizer Inc, according to his lawyer.
New Jersey boys survive 100-foot fall with suicidal father
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two young boys survived a 100-foot (30-meter) fall after their father leaped off a New Jersey bridge with them in his arms, police said on Tuesday.
Most guns used in N.Y. crimes are from out of state: study
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Six out of seven handguns connected to recent crimes in New York state were brought in from elsewhere, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday in a report on suspected gun trafficking along the U.S. East Coast.
Judge sides with Planned Parenthood over Mississippi abortion law
(This version of the Oct. 20 story corrects name of court in paragraph 3 to 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, not 5th U.S. District Court of Appeals)
Bill Gates foundation gives $210 million to Seattle-based university
(Reuters) – Microsoft founder Bill Gates through his foundation has donated $210 million to an initiative based at the University of Washington in Seattle aimed at improving people’s health around the world, university officials said on Tuesday.
Clinton slams Trump for comments on offensive against Islamic State
MANCHESTER, N.H./ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton slammed rival Donald Trump on Monday for saying that the week-old effort to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the control of Islamic State was goi…
