Car, knife attack at Ohio State injures 11; suspect’s background probed
(Reuters) – A car and knife attack by an Ohio State University student that injured 11 people on Monday before the suspect was shot dead by a police officer is being investigated as a possible terror attack, a U.S. congressman and another government so…
Two Swiss bankers plead not guilty to U.S. offshore tax scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two bankers with Swiss lender Zuercher Kantonalbank (ZKB) pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges they conspired to help American clients and others hide more than $420 million in offshore accounts from U.S. tax authorities.
Massachusetts adopts strict background check rules for Uber, Lyft drivers
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts next year will require ride service companies including Uber[UBER.UL] and Lyft to perform the strictest background checks in the United States on all of their drivers, according to a deal reached with the companies on M…
Ex-PokerStars employee avoids prison in U.S. online gambling case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former employee of online gambling company PokerStars avoided prison on Monday after pleading guilty in connection with a long-running U.S. criminal case targeting internet poker firms operating illegally in the United States.
Delta bans disruptive Trump supporter from future flights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines said on Monday it was banning a disruptive supporter of Donald Trump from all future flights after a video showed the passenger going on an expletive-filled rant in support of the President-elect.
Suspect in Ohio State University attack was student: safety director
(Reuters) – A man who drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed others at Ohio State University on Monday has been identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a student at the campus, school public safety director Monica Moll said at a news conference.
Port Jervis, NY settles U.S. lawsuit over worship zoning law
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The city of Port Jervis, New York agreed to repeal a downtown ban on places of worship to settle a U.S. government lawsuit claiming that it discriminated against a church that had contracted to buy property near the site of a plann…
Funeral held for San Antonio police officer killed in ambush attack
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – More than 1,000 mourners, including police from across the country, attended the funeral on Monday of a San Antonio police officer fatally shot this month in his squad car during a routine traffic stop outside the city’s police …
Accused church gunman Dylann Roof to represent himself
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Dylann Roof, an avowed white supremacist accused of murdering nine black parishioners at a historic Charleston, South Carolina church last year, began acting as his own lawyer at his federal death penalty proceedings on Mo…
San Francisco public transit system hit in ransomware attack
(Reuters) – The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said on Monday it had contained a cyber attack, which disrupted its ticketing systems and forced it to offer free service to some customers during the Thanksgiving weekend.
