Zimbabwe court drops charges against hunter who helped kill Cecil the lion
HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court has thrown out charges against a local hunter accused of failing to stop the killing of the country’s most prized lion by an American dentist, his lawyer said on Friday.
Judge tells Trump University litigants they would be wise to settle
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The U.S. judge overseeing a lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump and his Trump University told both sides they would be wise to settle the case “given all else that’s involved.”
Trump and Obama set campaign rancor aside with White House meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump met on Thursday for the first time, setting aside the deep rancor that dominated the long campaign season to discuss the transition to the Republican’s inauguration on …
Mayors of NY and Los Angeles pledge to remain immigrant sanctuaries
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Officials in New York and Los Angeles on Thursday said they hoped President-elect Donald Trump would not follow through on a campaign promise to withhold federal funds from “sanctuary cities” that shield people who are …
U.S. debt collector gets five years in prison for fraud scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The owner of a Georgia-based debt collection company was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison for engaging in what prosecutors said was a scheme to shake down more than 6,000 financially-strapped consumers nationwide into …
How Hillary Clinton’s white voters melted away
BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – The unraveling of the coalition that was supposed to carry Hillary Clinton to the White House had a lot to do with voters like Jim McAndrew in counties like Northampton, Pennsylvania.
Rights group monitoring reports of attacks on U.S. minorities since Trump win
(Reuters) – A U.S. Muslim civil rights group said on Thursday it was monitoring reports of several incidents targeting Muslims in the United States since Republican Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday and called on the president-elect to denounce the att…
Brooklyn man ensnared in New York corruption probe pleads guilty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Brooklyn volunteer neighborhood safety patrol member pleaded guilty on Thursday to bribing police officers to expedite gun license applications, becoming the latest person to admit wrongdoing in a wide-ranging corruption probe in…
Cook County, home to Chicago, approves sugar tax in growing trend
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chicagoans and other residents of Cook County will see soft-drink prices rise after a new tax on sugary beverages was narrowly approved by county officials on Thursday, aimed at both addressing health issues linked to sugar consump…
U.S. charges Florida man in case linked to JPMorgan hacking probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Florida man is the latest individual to face criminal charges in connection with what U.S. prosecutors say was an illegal bitcoin exchange owned by an Israeli accused of being behind hacking attacks on companies including JPMorgan Chase & Co.
