Michigan attorney general sues France’s Veolia in Flint water crisis
DETROIT (Reuters) – The Michigan attorney general on Wednesday sued French water company Veolia and a Texas firm for “botching” their roles in the city of Flint’s drinking water crisis that exposed residents to dangerously high lead levels.
Photos reveal U.S. Supreme Court justices in private moments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As he chatted with law clerks in his chambers, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas laughed so hard he looked as though he might tumble from his chair.
Led Zeppelin owes millions in royalties to musician: plaintiff attorney
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Led Zeppelin may owe an American musician millions of dollars in royalties, a plaintiff’s attorney said on Wednesday in closing arguments of a trial over whether the British band stole the opening riff for its 1971 hit “Stairway…
Court strikes down Obama fracking rules for public lands
(Reuters) – A federal judge has struck down the Obama administration’s rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands, a victory for oil and gas producers and state regulators who opposed the rules as an egregious overreach.
Man who hid on Appalachian Trail sentenced for fraud in Ohio
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A former bottling company accountant who hid in plain sight as a hiker on the Appalachian Trail was sentenced to eight years in prison in a U.S. federal court in Cincinnati on Wednesday for wire fraud as part of an $8.7 million em…
Supreme Court’s Alito sells oil company shares, documents show
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sold his shares in Exxon Mobil Corp worth up to $250,000 that had prompted him to step aside from cases involving the oil company, financial disclosure forms released on Wednesday showed.
Senate votes down proposal to expand FBI surveillance powers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted down a Republican-backed proposal to expand the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s secretive surveillance powers after the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub last week.
Michigan man charged with killing 5 cyclists now facing 14 charges
(Reuters) – A Michigan driver charged with murder in the deaths of five cyclists is also being charged with five counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death, Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Getting said on Wednesday.
‘Dizzy’ busts out of Massachusetts zoo, prompts two-day monkey hunt
BOSTON (Reuters) – Zookeepers in Springfield, Massachusetts, were in the second day of a monkey hunt on Wednesday, after a small Guenon specimen named Dizzy slipped out of its enclosure while a staff member was cleaning it.
Slain Americans’ parents urge Obama to bring home missing reporter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The families of four Americans killed by Islamic State on Wednesday urged U.S. President Barack Obama to do everything possible to bring home the only U.S. journalist known to be held in war-torn Syria.
