Estonian sentenced in U.S. to seven years in prison for cyber fraud
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - An Estonian man who authorities said ran a cyber criminal enterprise that infected more than four million computers worldwide with malware to carry out a lucrative...
View ArticleWhite House urges Congress to move on Zika funding
By Timothy GardnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior Obama administration officials wrote congressional leaders on Tuesday to urge legislation be passed to fund the fight against the Zika virus, as...
View ArticleEPA calls for U.S. drinking water plan in wake of Flint crisis
By Justin Madden(Reuters) - A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official on Tuesday called for the development of a national plan to better protect the nation's drinking water, citing the lead...
View ArticleSan Francisco public defender releases racist police texts
By Curtis SkinnerSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Racist and homophobic text messages sent by a San Francisco police officer were released by the city's public defender on Tuesday, in the second scandal in a...
View ArticleNorth Carolina lawmaker: 'we must fight to keep our state straight'
(Reuters) - A Republican candidate running to become North Carolina's attorney general faced criticism on Tuesday after saying "we must fight to keep our state straight" while discussing a law that...
View ArticleTop court poised to overturn Virginia ex-governor's convictions
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared poised to throw out the corruption convictions of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell, a move federal prosecutors...
View ArticleValeant CEO to tell Senate he regrets raising heart drug prices
By Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing Valeant Pharmaceuticals Chief Executive Michael Pearson plans to tell a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday that he regrets his decision to acquire and jack...
View ArticleClampdown on trade secret theft seen passing U.S. Congress
By Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Corporate trade secrets, including manufacturing processes and computer methods, would enjoy greater legal protections against theft under legislation expected to...
View ArticleFormer House Speaker Hastert arrives for sentencing
By Fiona OrtizCHICAGO (Reuters) - Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrived at a Chicago court on Wednesday where he could be sentenced to up to five years in prison for a financial crime related to...
View ArticleGeorgia to execute man for 1998 murders of a father, two children
By David BeasleyATLANTA (Reuters) - A man described by a prosecutor as "pure damn evil" for killing two children and their father in 1998 is due to be executed in Georgia on Wednesday.Daniel Anthony...
View ArticleReal estate heir Durst gets seven years in prison for federal gun crime
By Kathy FinnNEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A New Orleans judge on Wednesday sentenced real estate scion Robert Durst to seven years in prison for a federal gun crime and agreed to recommend that he serve his...
View ArticleThree dead, one wounded in Mississippi shootings
(Reuters) - Three people were killed and one critically wounded in shootings early on Wednesday in north-central Mississippi, a Mississippi Bureau of Investigation official said.Multiple crime scenes...
View ArticleTurkish businessman pleads not guilty to U.S. charges over Iran sanctions
By Brendan Pierson and David IngramNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Turkish gold trader pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that he and others conspired to conduct hundreds of millions of dollars in...
View ArticleObama to visit Flint, Michigan to hear about water crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will visit Flint, Michigan next week to hear from residents about the drinking water crisis, the White House said on Wednesday.Obama will visit Flint on...
View ArticleWhite House locked down after items thrown over fence: Secret Service
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House was locked down for the second time in two days on Wednesday after an unidentified male threw personal belongings over the north fence, the Secret Service said....
View ArticleBrady Campaign unveils app to scrub mass killers' names from media sites
BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. anti-gun-violence activists on Wednesday introduced a phone app designed to strip notorious mass shooters' names and photos from news stories, saying that keeping their images...
View ArticleU.S. 12th graders' math scores fall, reading stalls: Education Dept
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. 12th graders' average mathematics score in 2015 was lower than two years before, and reading performance had stagnated, the Education Department said in...
View ArticleFBI says cannot submit method for unlocking iPhone for interagency review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that it did not own the rights to the technical method it used to open an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino...
View ArticleOhio judge sentences Mexican man to life in prison for rape, murder
By Kim PalmerCLEVELAND (Reuters) - A Mexican national living illegally in the United States was sentenced on Wednesday by an Ohio judge to life in prison for the rape and murder of a woman during a...
View ArticleOklahoma deputy who killed suspect found guilty of manslaughter
By Lenzy Krehbiel-BurtonTULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - The Oklahoma volunteer reserve deputy who fatally shot an unarmed suspect being subdued by regular deputies last year was found guilty of manslaughter...
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