Bank of America pays $42 million fine in New York ‘masking’ probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) will pay a $42 million fine and admitted wrongdoing to settle claims by New York’s attorney general that it fraudulently routed…
Citi sets restrictions on gun sales by retail clients
(Reuters) – Citigroup Inc added restrictions on firearms sales for new retail-sector clients, the Wall Street bank said citi.us/2FVnjJj on Thursday, the strongest move to date by a major U.S.…
In California, Trump examines Mexico border wall designs
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump toured the U.S. border with Mexico on Tuesday and examined eight styles of walls, prototypes for the barrier he promised to…
California man arrested for killing one police officer, wounding another
(Reuters) – A California man was arrested Saturday after a 15-hour standoff with a police SWAT team and charged with killing one police officer and wounding another, authorities said. Pomona,…
Trump to propose arming school staff, raising gun purchase age
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will propose arming school staff and raising the minimum age to 21 to purchase certain firearms in a school safety proposal that the…
Gunman in deadly California siege was decorated veteran treated for PTSD
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (Reuters) – Details emerged on Saturday about a decorated former U.S. serviceman who took three women hostage at a California veterans home where he had undergone treatment for…
‘No one above law’ in Mexico graft fight, says presidential hopeful Meade
ACAPULCO (Reuters) – Mexico’s attorney general should be given more autonomy to fight graft so that no one, not even the president, is above the law, the ruling Institutional Revolutionary…
Two million children in Congo at risk of starvation, U.N. warns
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 2 million children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are estimated to be at risk of dying from severe acute malnutrition if they do not…
Rhode Island doctor in Insys opioid kickback probe faces sentencing
(Reuters) – A Rhode Island doctor is to be sentenced on Friday after admitting that he took kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc in exchange for prescribing a fentanyl-based cancer pain…
Russian ex-spy still very seriously ill five days after nerve agent attack
SALISBURY, England (Reuters) – A Russian former double agent and his daughter are still in a very serious condition in hospital five days after they were struck down by a…