U.S. to auction real wine from fraudster who sold fake wine
(Reuters) – The U.S. Marshals Service plans to auction 4,711 bottles of wine that belonged to Rudy Kurniawan, the Indonesian wine dealer serving a 10-year prison term following his 2013 fraud conviction for making and selling counterfeit wine.
Obama administration asks top court to revive immigration plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive President Barack Obama’s executive action to protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation, saying Republican-led states had no legal basis to ch…
Montana governor grants clemency in 36-year-old murder
(Reuters) – Montana’s governor granted clemency on Friday to a man convicted of murder as a teenager in the 1979 bludgeoning death of a female classmate in a case that ignited debate about severe punishment of teen offenders.
Chipotle E. coli outbreak reaches six states, shares tumble
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday that three additional states reported E. coli infections from the same strain as the Chipotle Mexican Grill outbreak, sending shares in the chain down more…
Judge presses prosecutors to help U.S. citizen in Colombian prison
(Reuters) – A Manhattan federal judge on Friday berated U.S. prosecutors for opposing the efforts of a U.S. citizen to leave the Colombian prison where he is currently incarcerated and return immediately to New York to face securities fraud charges.
Prosecutor says jury questions productive in ex-Massey CEO mine blast trial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Reuters) – Jurors’ questions in the federal trial of a former coal company executive charged in a deadly 2010 West Virginia mine blast show that the jury’s lengthening deliberations are still productive, a prosecutor said on Friday.
Some Starwood Hotels payment systems hit by malware
(Reuters) – Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc said payment systems at 54 of its hotels in North America had been infected with a malware designed to collect payment card data.
Rare pygmy hippo, a week old, dies at San Diego zoo
(Reuters) – A rare pygmy hippopotamus born last week at the San Diego Zoo, the first calf born at the California facility in over a decade, has died, staff said on Friday.
Man who landed gyrocopter at U.S. Capitol pleads guilty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Florida man who flew a gyrocopter onto the U.S. Capitol grounds to publicize campaign finance reform pleaded guilty on Friday to a reduced charge.
Man charged in Hollywood stabbing of Russian tourist
(Reuters) – A homeless man was charged in Southern California on Friday with stabbing a Russian tourist who was visiting a popular Hollywood shopping area with his family earlier this week, prosecutors said.
