Tag: government
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U.S. prosecutors launch review of failed FedEx drug case
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a rare internal examination of what went wrong in the prosecution of a controversial drug conspiracy case against delivery service Federal Express , the department's top prosecutor in San Francisco told Reuters. The review plays into a broader debate about how the government prosecutes…
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U.S. prosecutors launch review of failed FedEx drug case
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a rare internal examination of what went wrong in the prosecution of a controversial drug conspiracy case against delivery service Federal Express , the department's top prosecutor in San Francisco told Reuters. The review plays into a broader debate about how the government prosecutes…
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China defends use of wild animals in traditional medicine
By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) – Traditional Chinese medicine risks extinction if there is a push by the government to completely replace the wild animal parts now used with substitutes, a senior Chinese lawmaker said on Saturday. China, where an animal-loving middle class has been trying to change old ways, has promoted substitutes for tiger…
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Serbian man kills five, injures 22, in cafe shooting
Five people were killed and another 22 were wounded early on Saturday when a man entered a cafe in northern Serbia and opened fire with an assault rifle, police said. Police arrested the suspect, a man in his late 30s identified only as Z.S., immediately after the shooting during a local festival in the village…
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Guinea-Bissau confirms three cases of Zika virus, government says
Guinea-Bissau has confirmed its first three cases of the Zika virus in a group of islands off the mainland and has set up an emergency committee to stop further transmission of the disease, the government said on Friday. Experts have feared the tiny nation could become a gateway for Zika's spread to mainland West Africa,…
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Dodd, Frank blast ruling that MetLife not too big to fail
(Reuters) – A federal court's striking down of the government's designation of insurer MetLife Inc as “too-big-to-fail” could undermine efforts to head off another financial crisis, authors of the landmark Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law said.
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Medicare program spending within target rate: trustees
The U.S. federal program that pays elderly Americans’ hospital bills will exhaust its reserves in 2028, two years sooner than last year’s estimate, trustees of the program said on Wednesday, but spending growth remained within forecasts. The Medicare program, which provides health coverage for more than 55 million older as well as disabled people, said…
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Volkswagen owners close ranks as investors vent fury over crisis
By Andreas Cremer HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) – Volkswagen's top shareholders closed ranks behind management on Wednesday, defying a torrent of criticism from smaller investors about the German carmaker's emissions test cheating and its response to the scandal. Europe's largest automaker was holding its first annual shareholder meeting since admitting in September to rigging U.S. diesel…
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U.S. top court sends healthcare fraud claim case back to lower court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday threw out an appeals court ruling that went against hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc over whether it has to face a lawsuit accusing it of defrauding the government in a case arising from a Massachusetts woman’s death at a mental health facility. The court did not definitively decide…