WASHINGTON, August 4 (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged four current and former Louisville, Kentucky police officers with their roles in the 2020 raid that killed Breonna Taylor, a black woman, is in her home in a case that has sparked nationwide protests. The charges represent the latest effort by the Justice Department to … Read more
August 4 (Reuters) – A Texas judge dismissed Alex Jones’ suggestion of a misdemeanor case on Thursday as grand jury discussions resumed in a defamation case over claims made by the court. American conspiracy theorist’s false statement about the Sandy Hook mass shooting. The claim falsifies after revealing during a two-week trial that Jones’ attorney … Read more
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again on Saturday in what the White House doctor describes as a “recovering” case seen in the United States. a small percentage of patients taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid. Biden, 79, who came out of COVID isolation on Wednesday after testing positive … Read more
The PayPal app logo is seen on a mobile phone in this illustration October 16, 2017. REUTERS / Thomas White / Illustration Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register JAKARTA, July 30 (Reuters) – Indonesia has blocked search engine site Yahoo, payment company PayPal (PYPL.O) and some gaming sites for not complying … Read more
July 29 (Reuters) – The parent company of far-right conspiracy website InfoWars filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday as the company and founder Alex Jones face damages of up to up to $150 million in a trial for longstanding misconduct he committed about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Filing for bankruptcy by InfoWars’ … Read more
July 29 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Friday nominated an attorney to represent the Mississippi clinic that was at the heart of a U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn a pregnancy abortion decision. Roe v.’s 1973 turning point. Wade to become a federal appeals court judge. Biden’s latest list of nine new judicial candidates … Read more
Chairman of the United States Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) attends a U.S. Senate Energy and Resources Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth. Frantz / File Photo Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s campaign trail promises to … Read more
July 27 (Reuters) – Two former Minneapolis police officers were convicted on Wednesday of federal charges stemming from the murder of George Floyd, the Black man who was killed when their colleague Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck during an arrest. At a hearing in St. Paul, Minnesota, US District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Tou … Read more
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – The US Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Cassava Sciences Inc. (SAVA.O) regarding whether the biotech company manipulated research results for its experimental Alzheimer’s drug, two people familiar with the investigation said. Justice Department employees are conducting an investigation into Austin, Texas-based Cassava, which examines whether companies or … Read more
July 26 (Reuters) – U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones led a “vile defamation campaign” when he falsely claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, A Texas jury said Tuesday, but an attorney for Jones said his client had. paid a price. Attorney Mark Bankston, representing the parents of slain 6-year-old Jesse Lewis, brought … Read more