U.S. top court rejects trade group’s challenge to Colorado tax
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Colorado law dubbed the “Amazon tax” designed to make it easier for the state to collect sales taxes on out-of-state internet purchases, refusing to hear a challenge to it by an in…
No security threat at U.S. Capitol Visitor Center: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police in Washington on Monday said there was no security threat at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center building, and that related announcements were linked to a police exercise.
Midwest snow storm grounds hundreds of Chicago flights
(Reuters) – Hundreds of flights into and out of Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway airports were canceled on Sunday as a winter storm system dumped moderate to heavy snow on the Upper Midwest and Lower Great Lakes regions before heading toward the U.S. Northe…
Man convicted of manslaughter in death of ex-NFL star
(Reuters) – A jury on Sunday night found a Louisiana man guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of retired NFL player Will Smith, following an April vehicle collision in New Orleans.
TreeHouse Foods recalls some products citing salmonella risk
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Packaged foods maker TreeHouse Foods Inc on Sunday recalled certain macaroni and cheese cup products containing cheddar cheese seasoning, saying they may be contaminated with salmonella.
Pilot in deadly Texas balloon crash had drugs in system
(Reuters) – The man piloting a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas in July, killing himself and 15 others, tested positive for opioids and also had a history of drug or alcohol related traffic offenses, federal investigative records show.
Ho, ho, ho! SantaCon is coming to town
NEW YORK (Reuters) – From Boston to Austin and Chicago to Los Angeles, revelers across the United States will be donning red and white suits this weekend to mark the worldwide SantaCon holiday pub crawl.
Trump says reports Russia helped him in U.S. election are ‘ridiculous’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump rejected as “ridiculous” U.S. intelligence reports that Russia intervened in the presidential election on his behalf through targeted hacking, putting him at odds with top lawmakers who vowed to inves…
‘I had to do it,’ accused gunman says of South Carolina church attack
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Jurors in the federal hate crimes trial of Dylann Roof watched a video on Friday of the avowed white supremacist confessing to killing nine parishioners at a historic black church in South Carolina and saying he felt he “ha…
About 40 cars in pile-up on snowy highway near Detroit
(Reuters) – A pile-up involving about 40 cars in snowy conditions forced the temporary closure of part of Interstate 75 northwest of Detroit on Saturday and several motorists were injured, a spokesman for state police said.
