U.S. Navy secretary defends new warship program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus defended the embattled $34 billion Littoral Combat Ship program on Wednesday and said the ability to reconfigure the ships to carry out different missions would help the Navy keep pace with rapidly c…
Film tax credit bill unanimously passes California Assembly
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – A bill to lure filmmakers into California with tax incentives passed unanimously in the state Assembly on Wednesday, bringing the state a step closer to extending and increasing existing tax credits for the entertainment industry. 
Florida man must pay $2.2 million penalty for Swiss bank account
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Florida man must pay more than $2.2 million in civil penalties for failing to file the required forms for his Swiss bank account, a federal jury said on Wednesday.
Testimony postponed for Port Authority official in ‘Bridgegate’ probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Attorney for New Jersey has requested that a top transportation official postpone his testimony to a state panel probing a traffic snarl apparently orchestrated by supporters of Republican Governor Chris Christie, lawmaker…
BP asks U.S. Supreme Court justice to block Gulf spill payments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – BP Plc on Wednesday asked Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to allow the company to avoid making payments to businesses demanding compensation for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill while litigation continues.
Manchester United, Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer dies at 85
MIAMI, May 28 (Reuters) – Malcolm Glazer, a reclusive self-made billionaire and patriarch of the family that owns the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Manchester United soccer club, died on Wednesday, the teams said. He was 85.
Defense demands abuse evidence in USS Cole bombing case
FORT MEADE Md. (Reuters) – A Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of organizing the 2000 bombing of the U.S. warship USS Cole asked a military judge on Wednesday for a classified Senate report on CIA interrogation techniques as part of his defense in the de…
Veterans health probe confirms cover-up of care delays
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Calls for U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign grew louder on Wednesday as the agency’s inspector general confirmed “systemic” and widespread VA scheduling abuses to cover up long wait times for veterans’ healt…
Co-founders of AriZona iced tea brand fight over value in court
MINEOLA New York (Reuters) – A lawyer for an estranged co-owner of AriZona iced tea seeking to sell his stake in the company behind the popular brand urged a judge to value the beverage maker at $4 billion, an amount that the other co-owner disputed as…
Dominican Republic citizens charged by U.S. in extortion scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nearly two dozen Dominican Republican citizens were charged in an extortion scheme targeting U.S. residents who they believed had unlawfully purchased prescription medication via call centers in that Caribbean nation, U.S. official…
