U.S. attorney general still deciding whether to impose reforms on Chicago police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Monday the Justice Department was still deciding whether it would seek to impose reforms on the Chicago police force, which was the subject of a critical report by the former Obama admi…
Morgan Stanley gave some clients incorrect tax information
(Reuters) – Morgan Stanley gave some wealth management clients incorrect information on taxes that caused some to underpay and others to overpay, according to a regulatory filing on Monday.
Georgia pair sentenced to prison over Confederate flag confrontation
(Reuters) – A Georgia judge sentenced a man and a woman to spend years in prison on Monday for their roles in a 2015 Confederate flag display that disturbed a group of black people attending a child’s birthday party, prosecutors said.
Chicago schools seek immediate halt to ‘discriminatory’ state funding
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools (CPS) asked a state court on Monday to order an immediate halt to what it called Illinois’ practice of monetarily discriminating against the city’s students.
California demands details of Trump administration immigration arrests
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California legislative leaders on Monday demanded detailed information from the Trump administration on immigration arrests and raids in the most populous U.S. state, amid growing concern that agents are targeting non-cri…
U.S. drops some claims against Texas voter ID law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department, in a shift from its stance under former President Barack Obama, is dropping a discrimination claim against a Texas law that required voters to present identification at the polls, according to a draft…
Man who scaled New York’s Trump Tower pleads guilty to charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 19-year-old Donald Trump supporter who climbed 21 floors of Trump Tower in New York last August using suction cups and a harness, pleaded guilty on Monday to reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct, a prosecutor’s spokesman …
U.S. appeals court will not put Trump travel ban case on hold
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to place on hold an appeal over President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries.
Judge certifies NY class action over big debt collector’s high rates
(Reuters) – A federal judge has certified a class-action lawsuit accusing the big U.S. debt collector Midland Funding LLC of violating New York usury laws by charging thousands of struggling borrowers interest rates above 25 percent when trying to coll…
Trump concerned about attacks on Jewish cemeteries: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is concerned about vandalism at Jewish cemeteries and condemns anti-Semitic and other hateful acts, the White House said on Monday.
