Traffic camera firm to pay Chicago $20 mln after bribery scheme
(Reuters) – A company that operates red-light traffic cameras will pay Chicago $20 million to settle a lawsuit arising from a bribery scheme between the firm’s former chief executive and a city transportation official, officials said on Monday.
Super Bowl ads score eyeballs with political football
NEW YORK (Reuters) – With Americans’ attention more finely tuned to the political climate under U.S. President Donald Trump, brands that dove headfirst into that conversation generated the most reaction from viewers during Sunday’s Super Bowl.
El Faro conditions probed in final U.S. hearing on sinking
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The U.S. investigation into the deadly sinking of a cargo ship during a 2015 hurricane entered its final hearing on Monday, with ship conditions probed at the start of two weeks of testimony set to examine new detail on El Faro’…
Missouri becomes 28th state with optional union dues
KANSAS City, Mo. (Reuters) – Missouri became the 28th U.S. state on Monday to make paying dues optional for employees who work in union-represented shops.
Teenager pleads guilty to stabbing U.S. tourist to death in London
LONDON (Reuters) – A teenager who suffered from mental health issues pleaded guilty on Monday to killing a U.S. tourist during a stabbing rampage in London last August.
No tailgating, but no lack of partying at Super Bowl
(This February 5 story has been corrected to make clear event’s cause in fifth paragraph)
New York man to face murder charge in killing of Queens jogger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York authorities were preparing on Sunday to charge a man arrested over the weekend in last summer’s killing and sexual assault of a 30-year-old female jogger on an isolated running path in the borough of Queens, officials said…
Technology firms to urge Trump to alter U.S. travel ban: sources
(Reuters) – Several technology companies plan to send a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urging his administration to follow through on proposed changes to a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations, sources familiar with the letter sai…
Trump steps up attack on judge, court system over travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Sunday ramped up his criticism of a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations and said courts were making U.S. border security harder, intensifying the first major legal battl…
Trump faces uphill battle to overcome court’s hold on travel ban
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump faces an uphill battle to overcome a federal judge’s temporary hold on his travel ban on seven mainly Muslim countries, but the outcome of a ruling on the executive order’s ultimate legality is less certain.
