Convicted money manager to stars avoids repeat trip to U.S. prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former money manager to Hollywood stars who served prison time for operating a $10 million investment fraud avoided another trip to the slammer Thursday, even as a Manhattan federal judge said she was “deeply troubled” by his lat…
U.S. congressional staffers stage walkout in latest police protests
WASHINGTON/OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Dozens of U.S. congressional staff staged a walkout on Thursday to protest decisions by grand juries not to charge white police officers in the killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York Cit…
Award-winning Washington Post photographer dies of heart attack in Liberia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post photographer Michel du Cille died of an apparent heart attack on Thursday in Liberia where he was on assignment covering the Ebola outbreak, the newspaper said.
Ride-sharing firms Über and Lyft gain approval in two Texas cities
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Ride-sharing firms Über and Lyft made inroads into two of the largest cities in Texas this week by winning approval in Dallas and San Antonio, albeit with regulations in the Alamo City they found tough to swallow.
Florida court rules against secret recordings for crime victims
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court decided to grant a new trial in a sexual abuse case after ruling that a state law prohibiting conversations from being secretly recorded makes no exception for crime victims gathering proof of an …
U.S. West Coast port backups delay apparel, bobbleheads, french fries
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Crippling cargo backups at U.S. West Coast ports stretched into a third month amid industry reports on Thursday of prolonged shipment delays for goods ranging from yoga apparel and rice to NBA bobblehead collectibles and frozen …
New York real estate scion acquitted of trespassing on family property
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Robert Durst, scion of one of New York’s largest real estate empires, was found not guilty on Thursday of trespassing on property in midtown Manhattan owned by his estranged family.
Man to plead guilty in Florida to smuggling Cuban baseball star to U.S.
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida man faces 10 years in prison after deciding to plead guilty to helping smuggle Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Yasiel Puig out of Cuba, court documents filed this week indicated.
Pentagon opts to upgrade current LCS ship design
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday approved the U.S. Navy’s plan to meet its requirement for 52 small warships by upgrading the coastal warships designed by Lockheed Martin Corp and Australia’s Austal, instead of star…
Man pleads guilty to making threats to Newtown residents after school shootings
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A man pleaded guilty on Thursday to making more than 90 threatening phone calls to residents of Newtown, Connecticut, two days after a gunman shot to death 26 children and adults there in one of the worst school massacres in U.S. history.
