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.
Auctioneer gets year in U.S. prison for ivory, rhino horn smuggling
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An executive with a Beverly Hills gallery and auction house was sentenced on Wednesday to one year and one day in prison after admitting that he conspired to smuggle at least $1 million in animal products that included rhino horn a…
New York hedge fund manager Valvani’s death ruled suicide
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The death of Sanjay Valvani, a hedge fund manager at Visium Asset Management LP who had been charged last week in a major insider trading case, has been declared a suicide, the New York City medical examiner’s office said on Wednes…
Same-sex marriages in U.S. up, domestic partnerships down: Gallup
(Reuters) – Nearly half of gay and lesbian couples living together in the United States are married a year after the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage across the country, according to a Gallup study released on Wednesday.
Massachusetts securities regulator cracks down on fake proxy voting
BOSTON (Reuters) – The securities regulator for Massachusetts said on Wednesday he has reached a settlement with seven firms in connection with unauthorized proxy voting in American Realty Capital.
