Calpers, Moody’s settle suit over mortgage deals for $130 million
(Reuters) – California’s public pension system, Calpers, said it has reached a $130 million settlement with Moody’s and Moody’s Investors’ Service to resolve a case involving inflated grades of residential mortgage deals that later faltered.
Three-time champion Seavey in lead halfway through Alaska’s Iditarod
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Three-time Iditarod sled-dog racing champion Dallas Seavey became the first to reach the halfway point of the near 1,000-mile race on Wednesday.
White House interviewing five potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is interviewing five potential nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the death last month of Justice Antonin Scalia, a source familiar with the process told Reuters on Wednesday.
Texas executes man who killed ex-wife, four other people
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas executed a man on Wednesday who fatally shot his ex-wife and four others in 1997 with a hunting rifle in a killing spree launched when he found her having sex with another man.
California auctioneer pleads guilty to $1 million ivory, rhino horn smuggling
(Reuters) – An executive with a Beverly Hills gallery and auction house has pleaded guilty of conspiring to smuggling at least $1 million in animal products that included rhino horn and elephant ivory, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
‘King of Wall Street’ trader John Gutfreund dies at 86
(Reuters) – John Gutfreund, a onetime “King of Wall Street” and former chief executive officer of Salomon Brothers, has died at the age of 86.
Oregon protesters face new charges over occupation of refuge
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Participants in a six-week armed occupation at a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon have been indicted on additional charges, including the carrying of firearms in federal facilities and damaging government property.
Missouri police capture suspect wanted in multiple murders
(Reuters) – A man suspected of killing four people in Kansas and one in Missouri was arrested in Missouri early on Wednesday after a 17-hour manhunt, Missouri state police said.
Fate of lawsuit brought by Trump model to be decided this month
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A judge will decide by the end of this month whether to proceed with a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a Jamaican fashion model against Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s modeling agency, the judge’s office …
U.S. Air Force veteran convicted of attempting to join Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tairod Pugh, a U.S. Air Force veteran, was found guilty on Wednesday of attempting to join Islamic State, according to his lawyer.
