U.S. court upholds money manager Vilar’s 10-year prison term
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a federal judge was justified in increasing the prison sentence of money manager and arts patron Alberto Vilar to 10 years in prison from nine for securities fraud.
Israeli firm helping FBI to open encrypted iPhone: report
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel’s Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California shooters, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper r…
Pianist’s wife pleads not guilty to murder of children in Texas
DALLAS (Reuters) – The estranged wife of celebrated Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to capital murder in the killings of her two children last week in her suburban Fort Worth, Texas home.
Nine guards on trial for beating of Rikers Island inmate in N.Y.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nine correction officers are to go on trial on Wednesday for the brutal beating of an inmate and a subsequent coverup at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex.
Pianist’s wife may have suffocated daughters in Texas home: police report
DALLAS (Reuters) – The estranged wife of celebrated Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko is suspected of having smothered her children with pillows before attempting suicide inside their suburban Fort Worth home, according to a police report.
Attorneys for Cosby, accusers due back in Massachusetts court
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for Bill Cosby and those of seven women who have accused the comedian of sexual assault are due in a Massachusetts courtroom on Wednesday to argue about evidence in a defamation suit.
Five bald eagles killed in Delaware
(Reuters) – Five bald eagles have died in Delaware, state officials said on Tuesday, weeks after 13 of the U.S. national birds were determined to have been killed by humans in neighboring Maryland.
Houston boy, 4, killed by SUV during pickup from daycare
(Reuters) – A 4-year-old boy waiting to be picked up from his Houston daycare was struck and killed on Tuesday by a sports utility vehicle operated by an elderly woman retrieving her grandchild, law enforcement said.
Measure to hike California’s minimum wage to $15 qualifies for ballot
(Reuters) – A proposal to raise California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2021 has qualified to be listed on the upcoming November ballot in the state, officials said on Tuesday.
Venezuelan businessman pleads guilty in U.S. energy bribery case
(Reuters) – A Venezuelan businessman accused by U.S. prosecutors of taking part in a $1 billion conspiracy to pay bribes to obtain contracts from Venezuela’s state oil company pleaded guilty on Tuesday.
