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| 'Shield' actor Michael Jace arrested for murder of wife | | | Michael Jace, an actor known for playing a cop in the cable television drama "The Shield," allegedly shot and killed his wife in their Los Angeles home while their children were present, police said on Tuesday. LAPD Detective Dean Vinluan said it was not known if the couple's two children, who are now in the care of family, had witnessed the murder. April Jace, 40, was found dead at their modest home in the Hyde Park section of South Los Angeles when police responded to a report of domestic violence shortly after 8:30 p.m. local time on Monday, according to police. Jace is best known for his role in the FX drama "The Shield," as a Los Angeles police detective conflicted about his sexuality. |
| Wall Street regulator backs registration for high-speed traders | |  By Suzanne Barlyn and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High-frequency trading firms should be required to register with U.S. securities regulators, the head of Wall Street's industry-funded regulator said on Tuesday. "I think it would be a great thing for the (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) to focus on whether there should be registration requirements for active high-frequency traders," Richard Ketchum, chief executive of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, said at FINRA's annual conference. The book has since prompted the FBI, the SEC, the U.S. attorney general and the New York State attorney general to reveal they are all investigating high-speed trading. A "significant percentage" of high-frequency trading activity is conducted through a few firms that register with FINRA as broker-dealers, Ketchum said.
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| Five convicted of killing Russian journalist Politkovskaya | |  By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Five men were convicted on Tuesday of murdering 2006 of investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, including three defendants who had been acquitted in a previous trial. Politkovskaya's killing drew attention to the risks faced by Russians who challenge the authorities and deepened Western concerns for the rule of law under President Vladimir Putin, who was then serving his second term. Another jury's 2009 acquittal of three of the men who were found guilty of murder on Tuesday embarrassed Russian prosecutors and was later thrown out by the Supreme Court, which ordered a new trial. The defendants were three Chechen brothers, one of whom was accused of shooting Politkovskaya in the lobby of her Moscow apartment building on Oct. 7, 2006, as well as their uncle and a former police officer.
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| U.S. companies may see China backlash over cyber spying charges | |  By Michael Martina and Matthew Miller BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - American technology companies appear most likely to feel any backlash that could come from China after the U.S. government charged five Chinese army officers with cyber spying and stealing trade secrets. U.S. equipment and software providers such as IBM Corp and Cisco Systems Inc have already seen their China sales drop after last year's revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of U.S. spying. IBM's China sales have fallen by a fifth or more for three straight quarters, the firm reported in April. Cisco said last week that its China business declined 8 percent in the quarter to April 26.
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| GM recalls another 2.6 mln vehicles, doubles 2nd-quarter charge | | | GM has been criticized by safety advocates and fined by U.S. safety regulators for not catching the faulty switch earlier. GM also said on Tuesday that it is doubling the charge it expects to take in the second quarter to about $400 million, mostly for recall-related repairs. In the first quarter, GM took a charge of $1.3 billion, mostly related to the ignition switch recall. GM said there have been no fatalities associated with the latest recalls. |
| Federal judge strikes down gay marriage ban in Pennsylvania | | | HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage, the latest in a series of court decisions across the nation determining gay couples' rights to wed. The ruling makes Pennsylvania the 19th U.S. state to allow gay marriage in a trend that has gained momentum since the Supreme Court ruled last June that legally married same-sex couples are eligible for federal benefits. (Reporting by Ellen Wulfhorst; Editing by Dina Kyriakidou) |
| Al Jazeera warns life of its journalist jailed in Egypt is at risk | |  By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Qatar-based satellite network Al Jazeera has written to world powers asking them to secure the release of one of its journalists jailed in Egypt, accusing the authorities in Cairo of endangering his life. In a letter seen by Reuters, a lawyer acting for the pan-Arab network said the health of Abdullah Elshamy, one of four Al Jazeera reporters being held in Egypt, was "of the gravest possible concern and in need of immediate attention". "Mr Elshamy's situation is of grave concern; "Time is of the essence." Al Jazeera's intervention, designed to put pressure on former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ahead of a May 26-27 presidential election which he is expected to win, is likely to further sour already poor Qatari-Egyptian relations.
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