Lyft co-founder: Fatal Uber crash should have been prevented
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The co-founder of ride hailing company Lyft Inc said on Tuesday a fatal collision in which an Uber Technologies Inc self-driving vehicle struck a pedestrian could have been prevented.
U.S. opens probe into fatal Tesla crash, fire in California
(Reuters) – A fatal crash and vehicle fire of a Tesla Inc Model X near Mountain View, California, last week has prompted a federal field investigation, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday, sparking a big selloff in Tesla stock…
U.S. gymnastics doctor’s boss at Michigan State charged with sex crime
DETROIT (Reuters) – A former Michigan State University dean, who supervised the doctor at the center of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, was himself charged on Tuesday with criminal sexual conduct involving medical school students.
Ex-Supreme Court justice urges Second Amendment repeal in U.S. gun rights debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A retired U.S. Supreme Court justice on Tuesday called for the repeal of the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, which gives Americans the right to keep and bear firearms, and the White House responded by reaffirming its suppor…
States, civil rights groups vow to fight U.S. Census citizenship question
(Reuters) – Several U.S. states and civil rights groups promised on Tuesday to stop the federal government from asking people whether they are citizens in the 2020 Census, arguing it could discourage immigrants from participating and skew the makeup of…
Ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort seeks to dismiss Virginia charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, asked a federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday to dismiss an indictment brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying the case falls outside the scope of Mue…
California to join probe of Sacramento police killing of unarmed black man
(Reuters) – Sacramento’s police chief said on Tuesday that California’s attorney general will investigate the recent killing of an unarmed black man in a barrage of police gunfire that sparked protests after videos of the incident were released.
U.S., West Palm Beach agree to settle ‘sanctuary city’ lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department and West Palm Beach agreed on Tuesday to settle a lawsuit over whether the Florida city was promoting “sanctuary city” policies to protect illegal immigrants from deportation, the department announced….
Uber beats Philadelphia cabbies’ antitrust appeal
(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday defeated an appeal by 80 Philadelphia taxicab companies accusing the ride-sharing company of trying to monopolize that city’s vehicle-for-hire market.
Trump’s travel ban imperils U.S. citizen with cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Maziar Hashemi, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Massachusetts, has been told by doctors that his best hope for surviving a rare form of blood cancer is a bone marrow transplant.
