Costco should pay $5.5 million for selling fake Tiffany rings: U.S. jury
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Costco Wholesale Corp should hand over $5.5 million to compensate Tiffany & Co for selling counterfeit Tiffany diamond engagement rings, a federal jury said on Thursday.
U.S. Supreme Court returns to work with glaring vacancy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday in uncharted territory, with an vacancy on the bench on a presidential Election Day now certain for the first time since Abraham Lincoln won re-election in 1864 at the height of…
New Jersey crash highlights delays in railway anti-collision system
(Reuters) – A deadly commuter train crash in Hoboken station in New Jersey renews focus on a mandatory anti-collision system that has been plagued with lengthy, contentious delays.
Mother of California man shot by police says he was having breakdown
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The mother of an unarmed black man shot to death in Southern California said on Thursday her son was having a mental breakdown when he was confronted by police and they should have helped him instead of quickly opening fire.
Boy, 6, fights for his life after South Carolina school shooting
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A first grader who was shot and wounded by a 14-year-old boy accused of killing his father before he opened fire outside a South Carolina elementary school is “fighting for his life,” a fire chief and the boy’s family said …
New Jersey train crash in station kills one, injures more than 100
HOBOKEN, N.J. (Reuters) – A commuter train plowed into a station in New Jersey at the height of Thursday’s morning rush hour, killing a woman on the platform and injuring more than 100 people as it brought down part of the roof and scattered debris ove…
California requires single-stall public bathrooms to be open to all
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Single-stall public restrooms in California will be open to anyone regardless of gender under a bill signed by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday that is being hailed as an advance of transgender rights.
Judge dismisses scouts’ lawsuit against Major League Baseball
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Major League Baseball’s 30 teams of conspiring not to poach each other’s scouts and refusing to pay them overtime.
Man pleads guilty in California kidnapping police first deemed hoax
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A man pleaded guilty on Thursday to kidnapping in connection with a bizarre 2015 abduction case in the San Francisco Bay Area that police initially deemed a hoax, prosecutors said.
Man pleads guilty in California kidnapping police first deemed hoax
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A man pleaded guilty on Thursday to kidnapping in connection with a bizarre 2015 abduction case in the San Francisco Bay Area that police initially deemed a hoax, prosecutors said.
