No rehearing for ex-Illinois Governor Blagojevich; appeal planned
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday refused to reconsider its recent decision upholding former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich’s corruption conviction and 14-year prison term.
San Francisco investigating whether Uber, Lyft are public nuisances
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco has issued subpoenas to Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] and Lyft Inc for a broad scope of records on driving and business practices as part of an investigation to determine whether the ride-services companies hav…
Warren Buffett lunch bidding quickly hits $1 million
(Reuters) – An auction for well-heeled fans of Warren Buffett to eat lunch with the billionaire in support of a San Francisco charity that helps the homeless and impoverished got off to a fast start, with bidding quickly hitting seven figures.
Top court exempts church-affiliated hospitals from pension law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that church-affiliated hospital systems do not have to comply with a federal law governing employee pensions, overturning lower court decisions that could have cost the hospitals billions of…
Trump lays out plan to privatize air traffic control system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump outlined a plan on Monday to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system to modernize it and lower flying costs, but his proposal drew immediate criticism from Democrats who said it would hand control of …
Harvard rescinds 10 acceptances over obscene posts: student paper
BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard University has revoked its acceptance of at least 10 applicants to its incoming freshman class after learning the group traded sexually explicit and sometimes racist images in a private online message group, the student newsp…
Supreme Court limits SEC’s power to recover ill-gotten gains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday scaled back the Securities and Exchange Commission’s power to recover ill-gotten profits from defendants’ misconduct, handing Wall Street firms a victory and dealing another blow to the regulator’…
Fired factory worker kills five at former Florida workplace
(Reuters) – A man who had been fired in April from his job at an awnings factory near Orlando, Florida, returned to his old workplace on Monday and fatally shot five people he had targeted, before killing himself, a county sheriff said.
U.S. Supreme Court to settle major cellphone privacy case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police officers for the first time could be required to obtain warrants to get data on the past locations of criminal suspects based on cellphone use under a major case on privacy rights in the digital age taken up by the U.S. Su…
Top court blocks redrawing of North Carolina voting districts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a lower court’s ruling that North Carolina Republicans mapped state legislative districts in a way that diluted the clout of black voters but threw out a separate decision telling the st…
