Ex-Guinea minister pleads not guilty in U.S. to laundering bribes
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A former minister of mines in Guinea pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to U.S. charges that he laundered $8.5 million in bribes he received from a Chinese conglomerate...
View ArticleToyota Motor to add 400 jobs at Indiana assembly plant
By Naomi Tajitsu and David ShepardsonTOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> on Tuesday said it would add 400 jobs to build more SUVs at one of its U.S. plants, highlighting its...
View ArticleFamilies of New York's unclaimed dead get more access to graves
By Laila KearneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - Relatives of people buried at a New York City island that serves as the largest mass grave in the United States will have increased access to the cemetery under a...
View ArticleFormer U.S. President George H.W. Bush recovering from pneumonia
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who has been in a Houston hospital for 10 days with pneumonia, is improving and has been sitting up, talking with physicians and...
View ArticleMinnesota governor says diagnosed with prostate cancer
By Dan Whitcomb(Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, who collapsed while delivering his state-of-the-state address in St. Paul, said on Tuesday he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer but...
View ArticleLead levels fall below federal limits in Flint, Michigan: state
(Reuters) - Lead levels in Flint, Michigan's drinking water, the focus of a public health crisis, have fallen below federal limits, state officials said on Tuesday, although they cautioned residents to...
View ArticleUSDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday that an internal email sent to staff at its Agricultural Research Service unit this week calling for a suspension of...
View ArticleRetrial delayed for ex-South Carolina cop charged with black man's murder
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - The retrial of white former police officer Michael Slager, charged with the murder of an unarmed black man after a 2015 traffic stop in North Charleston,...
View ArticleNo charges for Los Angeles officers who killed unarmed black man
By Curtis Skinner(Reuters) - Two Los Angeles police officers who fatally shot an unarmed black man described by his lawyer as mentally challenged will face no criminal charges over the 2014 killing,...
View ArticleFormer N.Y. fund analyst goes on trial for insider trading
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A former analyst at Michael Dell's New York-based investment fund went on trial on Tuesday for insider trading, a day after being arrested for refusing to show up in...
View ArticleProtesters vow to battle Trump's 'poor decision' to revive pipeline
By Terray SylvesterCANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) - Tribal leaders protesting the construction of a controversial North Dakota pipeline vowed on Tuesday to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's order to...
View ArticleNew York City mayor seeks bigger reserves on Washington uncertainty
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday said his next budget would hold a record amount of money in reserve and seek at least $1 billion of savings citywide to...
View ArticleMichigan man whose sentence was commuted by Obama killed: media
(Reuters) - A Michigan man whose drug-related prison sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama was shot dead this week at a federal halfway house, according to local media reports.Demarlon...
View ArticlePipeline opponents face high legal hurdles challenging Trump
By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - Opponents of two controversial oil pipelines face a long and difficult legal path if the U.S. government approves their construction, experts said after the Trump...
View ArticleTrump administration tells EPA to cut climate page from website: sources
By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency...
View ArticleTrump to choose U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee on February 2
WASHINGTON/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will make his choice to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 2 as he seeks to restore the conservative...
View ArticleNebraska state senator quits after sexual assault retweet
By Ian Simpson(Reuters) - Nebraska state Senator Bill Kintner resigned on Wednesday after he retweeted a disparaging post about women protesters holding signs criticizing comments U.S. President Donald...
View ArticleHarvard expected to outsource most endowment management: WSJ
(Reuters) - Harvard University's investment arm is expected to outsource management of most of its $35.7 billion endowment and lay off roughly half the 230 staff, the Wall Street Journal reported on...
View ArticleProsecutor urges Arizona man's conviction for Islamic State support
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal prosecutor on Wednesday urged jurors to convict an Arizona man who she said played a vital role in helping a New York college student travel to Syria,...
View ArticleHarvard endowment arm to overhaul investment process, cut staff by half
By Svea Herbst-BaylissBOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University plans to outsource most of its investment management activities and cut its staff by roughly half, in a dramatic overhaul in how the Ivy...
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