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| Leonardo DiCaprio is ordered deposed over 'Wolf of Wall Street' | |  A federal judge has ordered actor Leonardo DiCaprio to be deposed in a defamation lawsuit brought by a former Stratton Oakmont executive over his alleged depiction in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film "The Wolf of Wall Street." U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Locke in Central Islip, New York, on Thursday said DiCaprio must be made available for questioning, which was opposed by Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures Corp, DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions and other defendants. The plaintiff, Andrew Greene, sued in 2014 for more than $50 million, claiming that he was defamed in the film through the portrayal by actor P.J. Byrne of a morally and ethically challenged character named Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff.
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| FBI questions member of mosque attended by Orlando gunman | |  By Bernie Woodall and Ben Gruber ORLANDO, Fla./FORT PIERCE, Fla. (Reuters) - FBI agents on Friday questioned a member of the Florida mosque attended by Omar Mateen, the man who shot 49 people to death at a gay nightclub, as new information surfaced revealing the killer had exhibited chronic behavioral problems during his youth. Academic records obtained by Reuters showing Mateen was frequently suspended as a student - at least twice for fighting before he was transferred to a special high school for potential dropouts - added to a disturbing portrait of the long-troubled gunman who committed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Mateen, the 29-year-old private security guard shot dead by police at the end of the June 12 massacre in Orlando, has been described by his first wife - whom he divorced after a brief marriage - as an abusive, mentally disturbed man with a violent temper.
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| U.S. ends $1.6 billion criminal case against FedEx | | | By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday dismissed all criminal charges against FedEx Corp in a case where the company was accused of shipping packages from illegal online pharmacies despite repeated warnings, according to a court filing. Trial had begun earlier this week in San Francisco federal court, and FedEx faced a potential $1.6 billion in penalties. A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on the reasons for the abrupt dismissal. |
| UK police examine right-wing extremism link to murder of lawmaker | |  By Elisabeth O'Leary and Paul Sandle BIRSTALL, England (Reuters) - British police said on Friday that right-wing extremism was an important line of inquiry in the murder of lawmaker Jo Cox, after a man with suspected neo-Nazi links and a history of mental illness was arrested over the killing. Cox, 41, a supporter of Britain staying in the EU, was shot and stabbed on Thursday by a man who witnesses said shouted "Britain first", in her own electoral district near Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire in northern England. Officers arrested a 52-year-old man, named by British media as Thomas Mair, near the murder scene and he remains in custody where he is being questioned by detectives.
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| Police charge suspect in slaying of UK MP Jo Cox | |  Cox, a supporter of Britain staying in the European Union, was shot and stabbed on Thursday by a man who witnesses said shouted "Britain first," in her own electoral district near Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire in northern England. West Yorkshire police said on its website that Thomas Mair had been charged with the murder of the 41-year-old mother of two and was due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later on Saturday. Police, working with the North East Counter Terrorism Unit, were pursuing inquiries into media reports of "the suspect being linked to right wing extremism" and "the suspect's link to mental health services," West Yorkshire Police Detective Superintendent Nick Wallen said in a statement.
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| Obama offers condolences to husband of slain British MP - White House | | | U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday spoke by phone with Brendan Cox, the husband of slain British Member of Parliament Jo Cox, the White House said. Obama, who is touring some Western U.S. national parks with his family, offered his sincere condolences to Cox on behalf of the American people during a phone call from Air Force One, the White House said. |
| After wrangling, Canada Parliament adopts law on assisted death | |  Canada's Parliament on Friday adopted a law allowing medically-assisted death for the terminally ill, brushing aside critics who wanted the legislation to cover people with degenerative diseases. After weeks of political wrangling, the upper Senate chamber voted in favor of a law which makes Canada one of the few nations where doctors can legally help sick people die. Some Senators complained the scope of the law - initially passed by the House of Commons elected chamber - was too narrow and should not be restricted to those facing imminent death.
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| Clinton's lead over Trump slips after Florida shooting - Reuters/Ipsos poll | |  By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump chipped away at Hillary Clinton's lead in the presidential race this week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday, as the candidates clashed over how to respond to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The poll, conducted from Monday to Friday, showed Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, with a 10.7 point lead among likely voters over Trump, her likely Republican rival in the November presidential election. Trump seized on the attack to sharpen his security proposals, saying he would block immigration to the United States from any country with a "proven history of terrorism" against America and its allies if elected.
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| Chicago man shot dead while live streaming on Facebook | |  By Justin Madden CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago man was shot and killed while live streaming a video on Facebook, police said on Friday, just days after a double-homicide in France in which the killer later took to Facebook Live to encourage more violence. Antonio Perkins, 28, was found face down on Wednesday night in a vacant lot with gunshot wounds to the neck and head on the city's west side, Chicago police officer Laura Amezaga said. Perkins was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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| Slain singer Christina Grimmie to be remembered in New Jersey | |  A memorial was planned on Friday for rising singing star Christina Grimmie near her New Jersey hometown after she was fatally shot by a deranged fan last week while signing autographs in Orlando, Florida. Grimmie's funeral at the Fellowship Alliance Chapel in Medford, New Jersey, will include a viewing and memorial for family and friends, according to the funeral home. Kevin James Loibl, 27, of St. Petersburg, Florida, approached her and opened fire before being tackled by the singer's brother.
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| Jones testifies Page never mentioned Spirit in Led Zeppelin trial | |  By Phoenix Tso LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Led Zeppelin musician John Paul Jones testified on Friday that his former bandmate Jimmy Page had never mentioned American band Spirit, whose song Led Zeppelin is being accused of stealing a riff from its 1971 hit "Stairway to Heaven." Jones, 70, appeared in federal court in Los Angeles on Friday in a copyright infringement trial in which the British rock band is accused of copying the opening riff to "Stairway to Heaven" from the 1967 instrumental "Taurus" by Spirit. When asked if guitarist Page, the co-writer of "Stairway," had ever mentioned Spirit, Jones said no. Jones also said that he himself had never heard of Spirit until the current lawsuit that was brought in 2014 by Michael Skidmore, a trustee for Randy Wolfe, the late guitarist of Spirit and composer of "Taurus." The lawsuit seeks a writing credit for Wolfe on the song and damages in an amount to be proven at trial.
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| Seven decapitated bodies found on home turf of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' | | | The decapitated bodies of seven men were found in Mexico's western Sinaloa state, near the heart of jailed drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's old home turf, a state law enforcement official said on Friday. Martin Robles, Sinaloa's deputy attorney general, told reporters in the state capital of Culiacan the seven men were loggers attacked near the town of Rosario, located about 60 miles (100 km) south of the Pacific resort of Mazatlan. In recent years, the state has been host to a number of confrontations between the army and drug traffickers, but it was not immediately clear if Guzman's notorious Sinaloa cartel was involved in the killing of the loggers. |
| Chile's government, in major defeat, will cease work on key labour reform | |  By Gram Slattery SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's government admitted defeat on a major bill on Friday, saying it will not try to revive any measures of President Michelle Bachelet's landmark labour reform that were struck down by a court.
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