Supreme Court throws out ruling that upheld NY credit card law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a ruling that upheld a New York law barring retailers from charging more to buy with credit, sending the case back to a lower court to decide as a free speech issue not as pricing reg…
Activists who filmed Planned Parenthood workers charged in California
(Reuters) – Two anti-abortion activists were charged in California with filming Planned Parenthood workers without their consent while the pair posed as representatives of a fake company seeking to buy fetal tissue, prosecutors said.
Kushner, Anbang end Manhattan tower talks, other talks emerge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kushner Companies, the real estate firm headed by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law until recently, said on Wednesday it ended talks to redevelop its flagship New York office tower with China’s Anbang Insurance Group [ANBANG.UL]….
Woman accused of trying to run down police near U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A woman was arrested near the U.S. Capitol in Washington after she drove erratically, crashed into another vehicle and tried to run over officers on Wednesday, police said.
U.S. service member dies in Syria, natural causes suspected: Centcom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. service member died in Northern Syria on Wednesday from suspected natural causes, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.
Irritating food hurts TSA agents at New York airport: media
(Reuters) – Three Transportation Security Administration agents suffered minor eye injuries on Wednesday at New York’s LaGuardia Airport after they were exposed to an irritating food product while inspecting a carry-on bag, local media reported.
A scramble at Cisco exposes uncomfortable truths about U.S. cyber defense
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange disclosed earlier this month that his anti-secrecy group had obtained CIA tools for hacking into technology products made by U.S. companies, security engineers at Cisco Systems swung into…
Ex-Christie associates get up to two years in prison in ‘Bridgegate’ scandal
NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) – Two former associates of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday for their part in the “Bridgegate” lane closure scandal that helped scuttle the Republican’s presidential bid.
Decades-old green power law is a fresh nuisance to U.S. utilities
(Reuters) – In the last four years, North Carolina has become the second largest solar market in the United States, behind only California.
Three storm chasers killed in car crash in northwest Texas: media
(Reuters) – Three storm chasers were killed on Tuesday in a car wreck in northwest Texas as an intense tornado-packed storm front rolled through the state, local media reported.
