U.S. senators seek to protect banking for pot business vendors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government should keep banks from cutting off the accounts of vendors who work with state-sanctioned marijuana businesses, 10 U.S. senators said in a letter to the Treasury on Wednesday.
Woman in U.S. church massacre was spared ‘to tell the story,’ she testifies
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A 72-year-old retired nurse recounted for jurors on Wednesday how she cowered under a table while Dylann Roof killed nine of her fellow worshippers at a historic black church but spared her so she could tell the story of wh…
U.S. fines American Airlines $1.6 million for violating tarmac delay rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday fined American Airlines a record-matching $1.6 million for violating a rule that prohibits long tarmac delays.
U.S. top court to weigh limits on where patent lawsuits can be filed
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether to limit where patent lawsuits may be filed, potentially threatening a years-long trend that critics say allows frequent and often-baseless litigants to sue in courts friendly to …
New York firefighters put out blaze at NYU hospital
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Firefighters on Wednesday extinguished a fire at a New York City hospital complex that sent up plumes of thick black smoke visible for miles but injured no one.
Louisiana judge throws out executive order to protect LGBT rights
(Reuters) – A Louisiana judge on Wednesday threw out an order from the state’s Democratic governor aimed at protecting the rights of gay and transgender people, ruling that the governor had overstepped his authority.
California to adopt first U.S. energy-saving rules for computers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California regulators were poised on Wednesday to adopt the nation’s first mandatory energy efficiency rules for computers and monitors – devices that account for 3 percent of home electric bills and 7 percent of commercial powe…
California police answering gunman report shoot unarmed man dead
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California police officer responding to a report of a man with a gun shot to death an unarmed 73-year-old man who approached the officer without taking his hands out of his pockets, police said on Tuesday.
Manhattan apartment sales prices top $2 million for first time: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The average sales price of an apartment in Manhattan is expected to top $2 million this year for the first time, but prices are seen leveling off in 2017 after nearly doubling over the past decade.
Wisdom the albatross, age 66, lays an egg at Pacific refuge
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Wisdom the albatross, the world’s oldest known breeding bird in the wild, has laid an egg at 66 years of age after returning to a wildlife refuge in the Pacific Ocean, U.S. wildlife officials said on Tuesday.
