Goldman Sachs head of compliance Alan Cohen to step down: memo
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc head of global compliance Alan Cohen is stepping down.Cohen, who will now be a senior adviser to Goldman's executive office, will be replaced by Controller and Chief...
View ArticleTrump election prompts U.S. mothers to warn children about assault: poll
By Ellen WulfhorstNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mothers in the United States are teaching their children about sexual consent and assault following President-elect Donald Trump's boasts about...
View ArticleFormer USDA chief Vilsack named head of U.S. Dairy Export Council
By P.J. Huffstutter and Mark WeinraubCHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Dairy Export Council on Tuesday named former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack as its president and chief executive officer,...
View ArticleTrump's childhood home put up for auction in New York City
By David IngramNEW YORK (Reuters) - A house on a leafy New York City street where U.S. President-elect Donald Trump lived as a toddler is being auctioned off by a fellow real estate investor who bought...
View ArticleUniversity of California's Napolitano hospitalized during cancer treatment
(Reuters) - Janet Napolitano, the former head of U.S. Homeland Security and current president of the University of California, has been hospitalized due to side effects caused by her cancer treatments,...
View ArticleObama commutes 209 prison sentences, issues 64 pardons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners and pardoned 64 individuals on Tuesday, the White House said.With his term in office set to end on Friday, Obama...
View ArticleFlorida airport shooting suspect inspired by Islamic State: media
(Reuters) - An Iraq war veteran accused of killing five people at a Florida airport told investigators he was inspired by Islamic State and previously chatted online with Islamist extremists, an FBI...
View ArticleN.Y. designer charged with ex-U.N. chief's relatives pleads not guilty
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York fashion designer who calls himself the "curator of cool" pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges stemming from a U.S. bribery case that has ensnared...
View ArticleUnited Nations Hotel named New York City interior landmark
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations Hotel's first-floor interior including a mirrored windowless restaurant was designated a New York City landmark on Tuesday by a city commission, honoring it as...
View ArticleDakota Access company files motion to halt environmental study
By Liz HamptonHOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy Transfer Partners has filed a motion to bar the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from initiating an environmental study for its controversial Dakota Access pipeline...
View ArticleNew York protesters camp out at Goldman Sachs to oppose Trump
By Elizabeth DiltsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of protesters gathered outside of Goldman Sachs Group Inc headquarters on Tuesday to rally against President-elect Donald Trump's picking several former...
View ArticleSearch suspended for plane that crashed in Lake Erie
(Reuters) - Search and rescue efforts for a small plane that crashed in Lake Erie last month have been suspended, and the remains of three of the six people aboard have been recovered, city officials...
View ArticleSuspect in Florida police officer's slaying captured
(Reuters) - The suspect in the killing of an Orlando, Florida, police officer this month was captured on Tuesday, authorities said, ending an extensive manhunt.Markeith Loyd, 41, was wanted in the...
View ArticleVirginia inmate facing execution argues against drug 'cocktail'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Virginia inmate set to be executed on Wednesday for murdering two young sisters during a 2006 killing spree has asked the Supreme Court for a stay, arguing that the first-ever...
View ArticleExclusive: Chinese firm withdraws from U.S. effort to fight college...
By Steve StecklowLONDON (Reuters) - A major Chinese education company that was subsidizing a project to verify transcripts of Chinese students applying to U.S. colleges has pulled out after Reuters...
View ArticleU.S. sues New York City for denying police job to man with HIV
By David IngramNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has sued New York City for revoking an emergency dispatcher job offer it made to a man before he disclosed he had HIV, which the...
View ArticleU.S. financial watchdog, Illinois to announce major enforcement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the state of Illinois planned to announce a major legal action on Wednesday afternoon, according to a notice from the watchdog.A...
View ArticleU.S. justices weigh detainee lawsuit against Bush officials
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative Supreme Court justices on Wednesday voiced skepticism about allowing legal claims to proceed against former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and...
View ArticleEPA water rule revived by U.S. appeals court in NYC case
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived an Environmental Protection Agency rule permitting government agencies to transfer water between different...
View ArticleFBI probing wave of fake bomb threats to U.S. Jewish centers
By David IngramNEW YORK (Reuters) - Twenty-seven Jewish community centers in 17 U.S. states reported receiving false telephone bomb threats on Wednesday, prompting evacuations and an FBI probe into the...
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