Florida court ruling may spare scores on death row from execution
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for scores of death row inmates to receive new sentencing hearings, while denying such relief in older cases, in a set of rulings likely to fuel the U.S. debate about fairnes…
Mobile phone company to pay $30 million in U.S. fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A KDDI Corp mobile phone unit has agreed to pay $30 million to resolve U.S. government claims that it defrauded a low-income subsidy program by seeking reimbursement for ineligible consumers, prosecutors said on Thursday.
High winds, heavy traffic cause delays at Los Angeles airport
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Holiday travel at Los Angeles International Airport was snarled in a bottleneck of high volume and bad weather on Thursday, a spokesman for the facility said, as LAX became the nation’s most troubled airline hub ahead of Christm…
Video of Texas mother’s arrest starts social media storm
DALLAS (Reuters) – A video showing a white Fort Worth police officer in an escalating argument with a black woman he took into custody along with the woman’s daughter touched off a social media storm on Thursday, stoking a debate on race and U.S. polic…
Bathroom law battles loom in more states after North Carolina controversy
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The storm over legislation seen as targeting transgender people is set to intensify in 2017 with several U.S. states proposing measures similar to a bathroom restriction statute in North Carolina that has prompted protests, la…
U.S. government cancels 9/11-era registry for foreigners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is canceling an inactive registry program for visitors from countries where extremist groups are operating, a plan similar to a Muslim registry considered by President-elect Donald Trump.
Delta says removes plane passengers for ‘provocative behavior’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc removed two men from a plane at London’s Heathrow Airport before takeoff on Wednesday, and one of the men accused the airline of acting on passenger complaints that he had been speaking on a phone in Arabic.
Uber removes self-driving cars from San Francisco roads
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets, halting the autonomous program one week after its launch as the company faced a regulatory crackdown.
Racist rant at Kentucky mall prompts ban, apology from mayor
(Reuters) – A racist, expletive-filled rant caught on camera at a Louisville, Kentucky, mall has led to a permanent ban for a shopper and prompted an apology from the city’s mayor.
Ex-CEO gets two years U.S. prison for hiding assets amid SEC case
(Reuters) – A one-time chief executive has been sentenced to two years in prison for engaging in a scheme to pocket $657,000 he made selling antiques instead of using it to help pay a judgment obtained by U.S. regulators for illegal stock sales.
