Former California state senator pleads guilty to corruption charge
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former California Senator Ron Calderon pleaded guilty in a federal court on Tuesday to a single count of mail fraud, ending a public corruption case in which he admitted to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes, prose…
Two California men convicted of plotting to support Islamic State
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two men from Anaheim, California, were found guilty on Tuesday of conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State militants, one of them going so far as to attempt to travel to the Middle East to join the extremist group…
U.S. arrests Indiana man it says planned to join Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An 18-year-old man who authorities said planned to fly to Morocco and travel to Islamic State-controlled territory to join the group was arrested in Indiana on Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department said.
‘Glimmer of hope’ seen for compromise U.S. gun control bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators pushed for a compromise gun control bill on Tuesday, a day after the Senate failed to advance four gun measures following last week’s mass shooting in Orlando, the deadliest in modern U.S. history.
Grandpoint Bank offers cyber insurance against wire-transfer fraud
(Reuters) – Grandpoint Bank on Tuesday introduced cyber insurance policies to reimburse business customers for fast-growing wire-transfer fraud schemes.
Ex-U.S. House Speaker Hastert to report to prison on Wednesday
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert is due to report to federal prison on Wednesday to serve a 15-month sentence for a financial crime linked to sexual abuse of wrestlers he coached in the 1960s and 1970s, ac…
New York approves unisex bathrooms in nod to transgender people
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Council on Tuesday approved a law requiring single-stall public bathrooms to be gender neutral in a show of support for transgender people, the bill’s main sponsor said.
Wall Street banks remain top choice for new MBAs: survey
(Reuters) – Wall Street banks remain the employers of choice for new business school graduates, despite competition for talent from Silicon Valley, hedge funds and private equity firms, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Federal judges question intent behind North Carolina voting law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday probed the intent behind a sweeping 2013 North Carolina law that changed the state’s election rules.
U.S. appeals court rejects gunmaker’s claim on silencer
BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling that a prototype rifle design by Sig Sauer, which is believed to have made the gun used in last week’s Orlando massacre, featured a built-in silencer that would make it su…
