No New Trial for Former Mexico Drug Czar, US Judge Says
Aug. 7 By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former top Mexican law enforcement official convicted last year on U.S. corruption charges does not deserve a new trial, after he tried to bribe a fellow jail inmate to lie that the government’s case was…
Wildfire Torches Hillside Homes in Southern California
Aug. 6 By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – A wind-driven wildfire on a hillside above the southern California city of San Bernardino burned several homes and forced evacuations before it was brought under control on Tuesday, firefighters reported. Video from local TV station KTLA 5 showed…
US Judge Describes How Google Built and Defended Illegal Search Monopoly
Aug. 5 By Mike Scarcella in Washington (Reuters) – U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Monday ruled that Google had violated antitrust law by spending billions of dollars to secure exclusive agreements with developers, carriers and equipment makers to be the default search engine. Here…
Debby Expected to Become Hurricane Before Hitting Florida’s Gulf Coast
Aug. 4 By Rich McKay (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Debby is expected to strengthen rapidly into a hurricane before making landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida’s Gulf Coast by midday on Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday, warning of life-threatening…
California Wildfire Now Fourth-Largest in State History, Hot Weather Offers No Relief
Aug. 3 By Rich McKay (Reuters) -More than 6,000 firefighters in California’s Central Valley continued to battle the largest blaze in the U.S. on Saturday, which burned its way into the history books as the state’s fourth-largest conflagration on record. There was barely a taste…
US FDA Approves Adaptimmune’s Therapy for Rare Type of Cancer
Aug. 2 By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved Adaptimmune’s first-of-its-kind treatment for a rare type of cancer in the soft tissues that most often affects young people. The therapy, branded as Tecelra, was approved to…
US Justice Dept. Launches Whistleblower Program Aimed at Corporate Crime
Aug. 1 By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday debuted its first-ever whistleblower program offering monetary awards to tipsters who report certain types of corporate misconduct, an effort designed to ratchet up the pressure on companies who face allegations of…
Olympics-IOC Asks for Dialogue Between U.S. and WADA Over Doping Dispute
July 31 By Karolos Grohmann PARIS (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has asked for talks between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the United States, including the country’s anti-doping agency USADA, to resolve a dispute over jurisdiction in doping matters, it said on Wednesday. A…
El Chapo Son Pleads Not Guilty in US Court After Dramatic Arrest
July 30 By Brendan O’Brien and Luc Cohen CHICAGO (Reuters) – A son of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug charges on Tuesday, five days after his arrest in a dramatic operation in which he delivered his…
US DOJ Asks Court to Reject TikTok Challenge to Crackdown Law
July 27 By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal appeals court late on Friday to uphold an April law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok’s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban. The DOJ argued in its filing…