New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's subpoenas allegedly target trading exchanges to shed light on whether high-frequency trading violates insider trading laws, Bloomberg reported.
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki announced on Thursday that Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care facility director Sharon Helman, Associate Director Lance Robinson and an unidentified third employee had been placed on administrative leaves following reports that the facility keeps a secret waiting list, which is part of a scheme to explain the long wait time to provide medical care to US veterans, CNN reported.
The two cases in Minnesota and Montana invoking "stand your ground" state laws could open up the possibility that the society in the US may consider adding limitations to the protections offered by the controversial legislation, The Christian Science Monitor said.
A report by Corrections Department Director Robert Patton in compliance to a state review on the botched execution of Clayton Lockett revealed that the condemned inmate was defiant in the hours before his death, USA Today reported.
