U.S. urges Congo to allow rights activist to resume work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday urged the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is cracking down on dissent before elections due in November, to allow a prominent rights...
View ArticleNY judge tosses billionaire Bacon's defamation case v Canada's Nygard
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge on Wednesday threw out billionaire hedge fund manager Louis Bacon's $100 million defamation lawsuit against Canadian fashion designer...
View ArticleFCC votes to keep most media ownership rules
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday voted to retain nearly all rules limiting cross-ownership of newspapers, radio and TV stations in the...
View ArticleMichigan seeks to reinstate ban on straight-ticket voting for fall election
(Reuters) - Michigan's attorney general has asked a federal appeals court to reinstate a law banning straight-ticket voting - the practice of using one mark to vote for all candidates from one party -...
View ArticleNew York's use of tolls to maintain canals unconstitutional: judge
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday said the New York State Thruway Authority's practice of diverting toll revenue it collects from commercial truckers to maintain...
View ArticleValeant under criminal investigation over Philidor ties: WSJ
By Greg Roumeliotis and Alexandria SageNEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc over whether it hid from...
View ArticleDestructive California fire was started by faulty hot tub wiring
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - The third most destructive wildfire in California's recorded history, which killed four people and destroyed more than 1,300 homes and buildings, was started by a spark...
View ArticleU.S. to allow more marijuana research: sources
By Eric M. JohnsonSEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. government will announce on Thursday that it will allow more research into marijuana but has rejected requests to relax the classification of the...
View ArticleTwo dozen people, firefighters injured in explosion, fire in Maryland
(Reuters) - About two dozen people and firefighters were injured on Wednesday in an explosion and fire that erupted at an apartment building north of Washington D.C., a spokesman for the fire services...
View ArticleArianna Huffington to leave Huffington Post
By Malathi Nayak(Reuters) - Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington said on Thursday she would step down as editor-in-chief of the online news site that bears her name to focus on running her new...
View ArticleSeven missing, dozens injured in Maryland explosion, fire
(Reuters) - Rescue workers searched on Thursday for as many as seven people who were missing after an explosion and fire torched an apartment building in a Washington, D.C. suburb, injuring dozens,...
View ArticleVeteran fund manager Bill Miller leaves Legg Mason after 35 years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Legg Mason fund manager Bill Miller will leave the firm after 35 years, the Baltimore-based investment company said on Thursday.Miller won high regard for picking "value" stocks...
View ArticleDelta cancels 25 flights, some due to bad weather
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc said it had canceled about 25 flights on Thursday as operations return to near-normal following a power outage on Monday that hit its computer systems, leading to...
View ArticleU.S. DEA denies petition to reclassify marijuana
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday denied requests to loosen the classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical use.The decision is the DEA's...
View ArticleMan gets 51 years in prison for Seattle-area shooting spree
(Reuters) - A Seattle-area man was sentenced on Thursday to spend 51 years in prison after admitting to killing a 71-year-old man and spraying bullets at a woman during a shooting spree last year,...
View ArticleLawsuit calls New Jersey stun gun ban unconstitutional
By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - A gun rights group filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging a New Jersey law that bans private individuals from owning stun guns, Tasers and other electronic...
View ArticleMississippi woman gets 12 years for trying to aid Islamic State
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday sentenced a Mississippi woman to 12 years in prison for providing material support to Islamic State after she and her husband conspired with an undercover FBI...
View ArticleFaith that moves mountains renames one in South Dakota
PIERRE, SD (KELO-AM) South Dakota's Harney Peak, the tallest mountain east of the Rockies, will be renamed Black Elk Peak. Governor Dennis Daugaard (R) says he is surprised by the decision by the U.S....
View ArticleSEC charges San Francisco money manager with fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. regulator on Thursday charged Matrix Capital Markets LLC and its founder, Nicholas Mitsakos, with having fraudulently raised money from investors who were misled into...
View ArticleConvicted spy Pollard loses challenge to U.S. parole conditions
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, on Thursday lost a bid to overturn restrictive probation conditions imposed...
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