McCain vows to block proposed separation of NSA, cyber command
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain said on Tuesday he would use his power to block the confirmation of a key cybersecurity official if necessary to prevent any Obama administration move to separate the U.S. Cyber Command from the National …
FDA’s sharing of grand jury information comes under criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An office inside the Food and Drug Administration routinely shares details internally about criminal matters pending before grand juries, a step some lawyers say may run afoul of rules meant to safeguard investigations.
North Carolina loses college sports championships over ‘bathroom’ law
(Reuters) – The governing board for U.S. college athletics said on Monday it will move seven championship sporting events out of North Carolina to protest a state law it deems discriminatory to transgender individuals.
Obama would veto bill allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama would veto a bill passed by both houses of Congress that would allow survivors and families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue the government of Saudi Arabia for damages, White House spokesman Josh E…
JonBenet Ramsey’s brother, in TV interview, recalls morning sister slain
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The brother of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, whose gruesome murder two decades ago remains unsolved, appeared on Monday in his first televised interview but shed little light on the high-profile cold case.
Israeli charged in New York over alleged kidnapping plot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Israeli citizen who serves as a divorce mediator within an Orthodox Jewish community in New York has been arrested and charged with conspiring to kidnap a man who had refused to grant his wife a religious divorce.
Berkshire is accused in New York lawsuit of workers’ compensation ‘siphoning’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway Inc has been sued by a New York bicycle courier company over an alleged illegal scheme to cheat employers buying workers’ compensation policies.
California first U.S. state to promise overtime to farmworkers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California will become the first U.S. state to require farmers to pay overtime to field workers and fruit pickers under a bill signed on Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.
Grand jury to probe possible police cover-up in Chicago teen’s death
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A grand jury will hear evidence of whether Chicago police officers lied to justify the 2014 shooting death of a black teenager by a white officer, local media reported on Monday.
Up to $3.5 billion of airport bonds clear Chicago council committee
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago would sell up to $3.5 billion of revenue bonds this year for its O’Hare International Airport under proposals approved on Monday by the city council’s finance committee.
