Suspended Guatemalan judge granted release on bond in U.S. soccer case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A suspended Guatemalan judge who was arrested last month as part of a U.S. investigation into corruption in soccer’s world governing body FIFA won the right to be released from jail on Thursday on a $4 million bond.
Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen arrives back in Texas to face charges: live TV
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – The mother of a Texas teenager, derided for a defense of “affluenza” in his trial for killing four people while driving drunk, returned to Texas to face an indictment, live TV footage shown on broadcaster WFAA showed.
U.S. says 11.3 million Americans have signed up for 2016 Obamacare plans
NEW YORK (Reuters) – About 11.3 million Americans have signed up so far for individual health insurance in 2016 through HealthCare.gov and the state-based exchanges, the U.S. government said on Thursday.
Connecticut prosecutors challenge court’s ban on death penalty
HARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Connecticut prosecutors argued on Thursday that the state’s Supreme Court erred when it ruled that a 2012 law ending capital punishment in the state applied to 11 inmates already on death row and asked justices to reverse th…
NY City settles lawsuits over police surveillance of Muslims
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s police department will install a civilian representative to help monitor its counterterrorism efforts as part of a settlement of two lawsuits claiming the department illegally targeted Muslims for surveillance, acco…
Congolese boy attacked by chimps getting rare face surgery in New York
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (Reuters) – An 8-year-old boy whose lips were torn off during an attack by chimpanzees as he played near a river in his native Democratic Republic of Congo will undergo a rare double-lip reconstruction at a New York hospital next week…
Powerball soars to $700 million, largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever
ANN ARBOR, Mich (Reuters) – Falsetta’s Market on Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has seen new ticket buyers coming out of the woodworks since the Powerball lottery soared to an all-time record high for North America, reaching $700 million on T…
U.S. court vacates ex-NY Islanders owner’s 10-year fraud sentence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday vacated the 10-year prison sentence of a former money manager who co-owned the New York Islanders hockey team and ordered that he be resentenced for what prosecutors said was a $554 million fraud…
New York’s Javits convention center to add $1 billion wing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Center, one of the busiest convention centers in the country, will get a new $1 billion wing, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday.
Man convicted of killing three Florida women due to be executed
(Reuters) – A former carnival worker convicted of killing three women in Florida 30 years ago is due to be executed on Thursday after multiple overturned convictions and retrials.
