Former Arkansas judge indicted for linking sentences to sex favors
(Reuters) – A former Arkansas judge has been indicted on federal bribery, wire fraud and witness tampering charges on suspicion of returning light punishments against defendants who provided him with sexual favors, a court document unsealed on Monday s…
White House report outlines push to bolster cancer research
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative to speed the develop of cancer treatments has made some important strides such as increased information sharing among researchers but still faces challenges in many ar…
Jury seated for trial over debunked Rolling Stone rape story
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – A jury of eight women and two men was chosen on Monday to hear a $7.9 million defamation lawsuit brought by a former University of Virginia official against Rolling Stone magazine over a debunked story that recounted an…
Retired U.S. general pleads guilty to lying to FBI in ‘Stuxnet’ leak case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A retired U.S. Marine Corps general who last served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff pleaded guilty on Monday in a federal court to making false statements to the FBI during an investigation into leaks of classified …
Mismanagement cost NY pension $3.8 billion over eight years: regulator
(Reuters) – Bets on expensive but poorly performing hedge funds have cost pensioners in New York $3.8 billion in the last eight years, according to a report published by the state’s financial regulator on Monday.
Penn State denies retaliation against witness in Sandusky case
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Mike McQueary lost his job on Penn State’s football staff due to his own shortcomings and public revulsion that he failed to stop former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky from molesting a boy and not in retaliation for testifyi…
Florida man gets 20 years for shooting at George Zimmerman
(Reuters) – A Florida man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday for shooting at George Zimmerman, who had shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 in a case that garnered national attention, prosecutors said.
U.S. motor travel increased 3.4 percent in August: DOT
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Motorists logged 284.9 billion miles on U.S. roads in August, the most ever for the month and a 3.4 percent increase over the previous year, according to data released on Monday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Memorial for deadly Rhode Island nightclub fire hits $2 million goal
BOSTON (Reuters) – The organization planning a park to commemorate the death of 100 people in a deadly fire at a Rhode Island nightclub in 2003 said on Monday that it had reached its $2 million fundraising goal, allowing construction of the memorial to…
Turkish gold trader loses bid to dismiss U.S. sanctions case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday rejected a Turkish gold trader’s bid to dismiss an indictment accusing him of conspiring to conduct hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions for the Iranian government and other entities in order to ev…
