Michigan loses court case to stop home water deliveries due to lead
(Reuters) – Michigan must deliver bottled water or provide in-home filtration to all qualified residents in the city of Flint, where lead contamination sparked a public health crisis, a U.S. appellate panel ruled on Friday upholding a lower-court order…
South Carolina church gunman’s two death penalty trials a rarity
(Reuters) – White supremacist Dylann Roof’s conviction on federal hate crimes in the Charleston church massacre sets him up to be the first person to face back-to-back federal and state death sentences since the United States reinstated the death penal…
FBI agent leaked insider trading probe involving gambler, pro golfer: U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors said on Friday that an FBI agent had confessed to being a “significant source” of leaks to journalists covering an insider trading probe involving a famed Las Vegas sports gambler as well as professional golfer Phi…
New York’s anti-Trump sticky notes head for museum preservation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A historical group on Friday began preserving thousands of sticky notes placed on the walls of a busy New York subway station over the past month to lament the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president.
Transgender Ohio child may continue to use girl’s restroom: appeals court
(Reuters) – An 11-year-old transgender Ohio child must be allowed to continue to use the girls’ restroom while her school district appeals a court ruling in her favor, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday.
U.S. lawmakers press Heritage Pharma on high prices for antibiotic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. lawmakers are questioning whether Heritage Pharmaceuticals misled them in response to a 2014 congressional inquiry about the rising price a common antibiotic, after 20 U.S. states this week accused the company of price f…
FBI kept tabs on Muhammad Ali in 1966 during Nation of Islam probe
(Reuters) – The FBI kept a close watch on the activities of Muhammad Ali in 1966, with a particular focus on his links to the Nation of Islam, a black movement that the agency viewed as subversive, according to archival documents posted on the FBI webs…
University of Minnesota football team to boycott over suspensions
(Reuters) – The University of Minnesota football team said they will boycott all squad activities, including a bowl game in San Diego this month, after 10 players were suspended in connection with a sexual assault investigation.
Mylan launches EpiPen generic at $300 per two-pack
(Reuters) – Mylan NV, which has come under fire for its drug pricing, said on Friday it would start selling a generic version of its life-saving EpiPen allergy treatment for $300 per two-pack, a more than 50 percent discount.
U.S. indicts three Romanians over $4 million cyber fraud: Justice Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have indicted three Romanians in a case of cyber fraud that allegedly netted at least $4 million and infected at least 60,000 computers, mostly in the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.
