Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout’s U.S. conviction upheld
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for conspiring to kill Americans, rejecting his argument that he was a victim of a “vindictive” prosecution, including the international sting …
Gun rights advocates sue to block tough Maryland gun law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gun rights supporters filed a motion on Friday to block Maryland’s new gun law, one of the toughest in the United States, from taking effect next week.
Friend of ex-NFL player Hernandez indicted as accessory to murder
BOSTON (Reuters) – A friend of former National Football League player Aaron Hernandez, who is charged with murdering the semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, has been indicted on a charge of accessory to murder after the fact, local prosecutors said.
U.S. internal watchdog finds NSA workers spied on significant others
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At least a dozen U.S. National Security Agency employees have abused secret surveillance programs in the past decade, most often to spy on their significant others, according to the latest findings of the agency’s internal watchd…
Fed’s Rosengren slams SEC’s plan for U.S. money markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A top Federal Reserve official on Friday took a swipe at a fellow U.S. regulator’s proposal to rein in money market mutual funds, saying a key part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s plan is a step backward and should be d…
Amanda Knox murder retrial set to open in Italy
ROME (Reuters) – Italy will put Amanda Knox back on trial on Monday for the murder of her British roommate in 2007, but the American will not return to attend court in the country that jailed her – she says wrongly – for four years.
Miami’s high-end cigar rollers create niche industry for top smokes
MIAMI (Reuters) – Inside a Little Havana cigar rolling business in the heart of Cuban Miami, Maria Sierra’s gnarled fingers perform the same dance they did for more than three decades for Havana’s famed El Laguito cigar factory.
Working poor hit hard by Colorado flooding
EVANS, Colo. (Reuters) – Victoria Varela shook her head in disbelief as she surveyed the wreckage of the trailer she had fled minutes before flood waters rushed through her mobile home park in the hardscrabble town of Evans, Colorado destroying everyth…
White House to help bankrupt Detroit demolish buildings, hire firefighters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will send a group of top officials to Detroit on Friday to offer millions in assistance for knocking down empty buildings, hiring firefighters and adding buses to the city fleet, as the city struggles after filing…
Seven cars, crossovers win top marks for vehicle crash avoidance
DETROIT (Reuters) – Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Subaru earned the highest marks in a new front crash avoidance test program developed for the U.S. insurance industry.
