U.S. top court considers changing where patent cases may be filed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struggled over whether to upend nearly 30 years of law governing patent lawsuits that critics say allows often-baseless litigants to sue in friendly courts, giving them the upper hand over high-te…
Amtrak train derails in Chicago, no injuries reported
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Amtrak train derailed outside Union Station in Chicago on Monday but there were no reported injuries, a spokesman for the company said.
U.S. air travel at record high on U.S., foreign carriers in 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. and foreign airlines in the United States carried a record number of passengers in 2016, according to the government office that tracks airline traffic, besting the previous all-time high by 3.5 percent.
Uber resumes self-driving program in Tempe, Pittsburgh after crash
(Reuters) – Driverless vehicles operated by Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] will be back on the road in Tempe and Pittsburgh on Monday after one of its self-driving cars crashed in Arizona, the ride-hailing company said.
At least three dead in fire at Oakland residential building
(This March 27 story was corrected to show in headline that at least three people were killed, not two)
New York police officer who fatally shot unarmed teen resigns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A white New York City police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in his Bronx apartment in 2012 has resigned, ending years of legal action and investigations, police and the former officer’s attorney said on Monday.
Lack of security footage hampers Ohio nightclub shooting probe
(Reuters) – Ohio police have made no arrests yet in a fatal weekend shooting in a Cincinnati nightclub, in part because there was no security video footage available to investigators despite a history of violence at the venue, authorities said on Monda…
U.S. top court rejects bid to revive $7.25 billion credit card settlement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by retailers to revive a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement they reached with Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc over claims the card networks improperly fixed credit and debit car…
‘Religious left’ emerging as U.S. political force in Trump era
(Reuters) – Since President Donald Trump’s election, monthly lectures on social justice at the 600-seat Gothic chapel of New York’s Union Theological Seminary have been filled to capacity with crowds three times what they usually draw.
U.S. tourist killed in London would not have borne ill feelings toward attacker: family
LONDON (Reuters) – The family of U.S. tourist Kurt Cochran who was killed in last week’s assault on the British parliament said on Monday he would not have borne any ill feelings toward the attacker.
