U.S. says ex-Sentinel CEO deserves 20 years in prison for $666 million fraud
(Reuters) – Eric Bloom, a former Chicago-area money manager convicted of fraud, is an “unrepentant con man” who should spend at least 20 years in prison and repay $665.9 million to his victims, federal prosecutors said.
Dig uncovers remnants of U.S. wharf where 100,000 slaves arrived
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Archaeologists in Charleston, South Carolina, believe they have found the wooden remnants of an 18th century wharf where an estimated 100,000 enslaved Africans arrived in America during the peak of the international slave t…
Phillips 66 shuts FCC at Borger, texas refinery for work
(Reuters) – Phillips 66 reported the shutdown of the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) Unit 40 starting Monday at its 146,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Borger, Texas refinery, according to a filing with the state pollution regulator.
U.S. diplomat to visit Asia over North Korea policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. diplomat handling North Korea will travel to South Korea, Japan and China later this week to meet with officials and discuss policy toward the isolated country, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.
Florida quarterback Winston set for conduct hearing on rape accusation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida State University star quarterback Jameis Winston, accused of raping a female student nearly two years ago, faced a student conduct code hearing on Tuesday, the accuser’s lawyers told the Tallahassee Democrat.
U.S. lawmaker sees easier road to Ex-Im shutdown in 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican majority in the U.S. Congress next year will make it easier to shut down the Export-Import Bank when its charter comes up for renewal in June, a senior Republican lawmaker said on Tuesday.
Suspect’s hearing in Virginia student’s disappearance delayed
(Reuters) – A pretrial hearing scheduled for Thursday for a man charged in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student has been rescheduled for March, court records showed.
U.N. experts urge Texas to halt execution of mentally ill inmate
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights investigators called on the state of Texas and U.S. federal authorities to halt the execution of a man with a history of mental illness, scheduled for Wednesday.
U.S. Homeland Security chief defends Obama’s immigration plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Tuesday defended the Obama administration’s decision to allow millions of undocumented immigrants relief from deportation even as Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives sa…
Congressional aide resigns after slamming Obama daughters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An aide to a Republican congressman has resigned after her online criticism of President Barack Obama’s teenage daughters drew a critical spotlight to herself.
