Former Illinois Governor Blagojevich seeks reduced prison sentence
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former two-term Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is seeking a drastically reduced sentence that would see him released from federal prison within a year after convictions in 2011 for corruption charges including extortion and wire …
Shopkeeper sues Baton Rouge police in aftermath of black man’s death
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – The owner of a Louisiana convenience store in front of which a black man was killed by police sued the city of Baton Rouge and members of its police force on Monday claiming he was illegally detained and that police took hi…
Ex-Barclays director pleads guilty in U.S. to passing tips to plumber
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former director at Barclays Plc pleaded guilty on Tuesday to U.S. charges that he engaged in insider trading by tipping off a plumber friend to impending mergers that he learned about at the bank.
Dallas police chief says armed civilians in Texas ‘increasingly challenging’
DALLAS (Reuters) – The Dallas police chief stepped into America’s fierce gun rights debate on Monday when he said Texas state laws allowing civilians to carry firearms openly, as some did during a protest where five officers were killed, presented a gr…
U.S. charges proxy solicitation firm employees with fraud
BOSTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday unsealed a criminal complaint charging five current and former employees of a leading proxy solicitation firm with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and honest services wire fraud.
Lynch says Justice Department ready to assist Michigan after shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Tuesday that the Justice Department stands ready to assist local law enforcement in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in a Michigan courthouse on Monday.
Taking a stand in Baton Rouge
(Reuters) – Photographer Jonathan Bachman was in Baton Rouge on Saturday covering the first protest of his career when he captured what has become for many the defining image of the Black Lives Matter rallies that have swept America this past week.
Five people suspected of shooting at police arrested in Washington DC
(Reuters) – Five people suspected of shooting at police officers before barricading themselves inside a vehicle in Washington D.C. were arrested on Tuesday, police said.
General Mills adds two Betty Crocker cake mixes to recall
(Reuters) – General Mills Inc said it was recalling two flavors of Betty Crocker cake mix in the United States and one in Canada as part of a recall of some flour products following an E. Coli outbreak.
Two bailiffs, suspect dead in Michigan courthouse shooting: sheriff
(Reuters) – Two bailiffs were shot dead during a scuffle with a prisoner turned gunman inside a southwest Michigan courthouse on Monday that also wounded two people before police officers killed the shooter, a county sheriff said.
