Exclusive: New York City train tunnel project could tie up traffic for three years
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Traffic jams could afflict New York City’s heavily traveled West Side Highway for three years as a multibillion-dollar train tunnel is built under the Hudson River, draft proposals obtained by Reuters show, feeding concern about an area already disrupted by massive real estate development.
Snow, cold to sweep across U.S. Northeast ahead of arctic blast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A snowstorm that pummeled the Midwest and left at least two dead will sweep across the U.S. Northeast on Monday, creating tough travel conditions ahead of the season’s first arctic blast, forecasters said.
Abortion providers sue Texas over new rules for fetal tissue disposal
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Several abortion providers sued Texas in federal court on Monday to halt a new regulation that requires them to dispose of aborted fetal tissue either through burial or cremation, saying the rule is designed to limit abor…
Liberal U.S. justice questions death penalty as court spurns cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals by a convicted murderer who said he should not be executed because Ohio tried unsuccessfully to put him to death once before and three other death row inmates, putting a spotlight…
U.S. charges two New Jersey traders over $26 million scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have charged two financial traders in New Jersey over a stock manipulating scheme that netted the pair more than $26 million, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the state’s U.S. Attorney said on Mond…
U.S. Supreme Court rejects AIG ex-CEO Hank Greenberg’s appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected former American International Group CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s bid to escape civil fraud charges in New York accusing him of orchestrating sham transactions at the insurer.
U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania gets 10 years’ prison for fraud
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah, who served in Congress for more than 20 years, was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in federal prison for orchestrating a series of frauds to enrich himself and boost his political career, U.S. prosec…
McConnell will not give timeline for Obamacare replacement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday the Senate will move to repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare law shortly after Jan. 1, but declined to give a timeline for a plan to replace it.
AmEx to increase family benefits for U.S. employees
(Reuters) – American Express Co said on Monday it would increase parental leave and family benefits for U.S. employees from January, joining a list of big U.S. financial companies that have done so this year.
Supreme Court declines to hear biologic drug patent fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case over whether companies that make copycat versions of biologic drugs must wait six months after winning federal approval before bringing them to the market.
