Two companies fined $397,000 in fatal Philadelphia building collapse
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Two construction companies were fined the maximum total of $397,000 for failing to follow “basic safety precautions” that could have prevented a building collapse that killed six people in a thrift store, a federal officials sa…
Mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger sent to prison for life for ‘unfathomable’ crimes
BOSTON (Reuters) – Bringing an end to Boston’s longest-running crime saga, a federal judge on Thursday sentenced former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger to spend the rest of his life in prison, calling his crimes “almost unfathomable.”
Police shoot armed man during arrest at Wisconsin hospital
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Police shot and wounded a man armed with a handgun in the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin on Thursday as he fled officers who were seeking to arrest him, sparking a lockdown at the hospital, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke …
Sinkhole destroys two Florida homes, forces people to evacuate
(Reuters) – A sinkhole swallowed parts of two houses on Florida’s west coast on Thursday and seven nearby homes were evacuated as it continued to expand more than six hours after being discovered, a local official said.
California takes down 10 fake Obamacare websites
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Authorities in California shut down 10 fake Obamacare websites, amid nationwide concern among law enforcement officials about potential fraud during the program’s rollout, the state’s attorney general said on Thursday…
California takes down 10 fake Obamacare websites
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Authorities in California shut down 10 fake Obamacare websites, amid nationwide concern among law enforcement officials about potential fraud during the program’s rollout, the state’s attorney general said on Thursday…
Investment adviser pleads guilty to trying to defraud NBA union
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The founder of an Ohio firm that provided investment advice to the National Basketball Association players’ union pleaded guilty Thursday to a $3 million fraud scheme and lying to a grand jury.
Obama, under political pressure, offers fix to healthcare policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama bowed to political pressure from his fellow Democrats on Thursday and announced a plan to let insurers renew for one year the health plans for Americans whose policies would be otherwise canceled due to Oba…
In Arizona, a closely watched vote to decide solar policy’s fate
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Proponents of solar power will face off with Arizona’s biggest utility on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to sway regulators who are preparing to rule on the fate of a little-known solar subsidy that, if altered, would be a blow…
Ohio jury finds man guilty in $100 million bogus Navy charity
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio jury convicted a man of running a fake charity for U.S. Navy veterans that raised nearly $100 million from donors in 40 states, finding him guilty on 23 counts including identity fraud for using a false name in the scam, a…
