U.S. police used Facebook, Twitter data to track protesters: ACLU
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. police departments used location data and other user information from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to track protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, according to a report from the American Civil Liberties Union…
SUNY Polytechnic president resigns amid corruption charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The president of State University of New York’s Polytechnic Institute has resigned from his position after prosecutors accused him of engaging in schemes to rig bids for state-funded contracts, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
Supreme Court weighs Colorado juror race-bias dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The role of race in the U.S. criminal justice system came before the Supreme Court again on Tuesday in a case in which a Hispanic man is seeking to overturn his sexual offense convictions due to a juror’s racially charged stateme…
Chicago mayor touts budget as sign of improved fiscal health
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Coming off a taxing spree to rescue Chicago’s ailing pension funds, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday unveiled a fiscal 2017 budget that he said reflects the city’s success at stabilizing its finances.
Supreme Court agrees to hear debt collection dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether people who have filed for bankruptcy can sue companies that attempted to collect old debt from them that was not required to be paid back because of state statutes of lim…
Supreme Court to hear Mexico border shooting case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether to revive a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of a Mexican teenager against a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fatally shot the 15-year-old from across the border in T…
U.S. Navy Federal Credit Union to pay $28.5 million over debt collection issues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer protection regulators ordered the Navy Federal Credit Union on Tuesday to pay $28.5 million in restitution and fines to settle civil charges alleging it made “false threats” about debt collection to its members.
Memphis boy’s quick thinking saves family from fire -report
(Reuters) – An 11-year-old boy was hailed as a hero on Tuesday after he helped his family escape a fire in their Memphis apartment, local media reported.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear tobacco arbitration dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand lower court rulings allowing Pennsylvania and Maryland to keep tens of millions of dollars in a dispute with tobacco companies involving the massive 1998 settlement over deceptive marke…
With soaring demand come weaker assurances for U.S. municipal investors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In July, investors gobbled up $1 billion of bonds from a financially-strapped Catholic hospital system in Illinois called Presence Health Network, even though it offered few contractual guarantees debt buyers typically require.
