LONDON (AP) — The leak of millions of records on offshore accounts claimed its first high-profile political casualty Tuesday as Iceland's prime minister stepped aside amid outrage over revelations he had used such a shell company to shelter large sums while Iceland's economy was in crisis.
Icelandic leader Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson is the first major figure brought down by the publication of the names of rich and powerful people linked to the leaks, dubbed the Panama Papers.
BOSTON – While the Boston City Council took action last week to ban taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said official travel to the Tar Heel state is unlikely even without a prohibition.
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, sparked an outcry and opposition from gay and transgender advocacy groups last week when he signed a law invalidating a Charlotte municipal ordinance that gave transgender people legal access to public facilities such as restrooms that correspond to their gender identity rather than their sex at birth.
