U.S. arrests Indiana man it says planned to join Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An 18-year-old man who authorities said planned to fly to Morocco and travel to Islamic State-controlled territory to join the group was arrested in Indiana on Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department said.
‘Glimmer of hope’ seen for compromise U.S. gun control bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators pushed for a compromise gun control bill on Tuesday, a day after the Senate failed to advance four gun measures following last week’s mass shooting in Orlando, the deadliest in modern U.S. history.
Grandpoint Bank offers cyber insurance against wire-transfer fraud
(Reuters) – Grandpoint Bank on Tuesday introduced cyber insurance policies to reimburse business customers for fast-growing wire-transfer fraud schemes.
Ex-U.S. House Speaker Hastert to report to prison on Wednesday
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert is due to report to federal prison on Wednesday to serve a 15-month sentence for a financial crime linked to sexual abuse of wrestlers he coached in the 1960s and 1970s, ac…
New York approves unisex bathrooms in nod to transgender people
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Council on Tuesday approved a law requiring single-stall public bathrooms to be gender neutral in a show of support for transgender people, the bill’s main sponsor said.
Wall Street banks remain top choice for new MBAs: survey
(Reuters) – Wall Street banks remain the employers of choice for new business school graduates, despite competition for talent from Silicon Valley, hedge funds and private equity firms, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Federal judges question intent behind North Carolina voting law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal appeals court judges on Tuesday probed the intent behind a sweeping 2013 North Carolina law that changed the state’s election rules.
U.S. appeals court rejects gunmaker’s claim on silencer
BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling that a prototype rifle design by Sig Sauer, which is believed to have made the gun used in last week’s Orlando massacre, featured a built-in silencer that would make it su…
New York area car wash workers get more than $91,000 each in unpaid wages
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eighteen immigrant car wash employees in New York and New Jersey received more than $91,000 each as part of a federal court settlement for unpaid wages, making it the biggest per-worker recovery in the car wash industry, lawyers sa…
No U.S. criminal charges for patrolmen in Mexican farmworker’s death
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors said on Tuesday they lack sufficient evidence to file criminal charges against three patrolmen in Washington state for the fatal shooting of an unarmed Mexican orchard worker who threw rocks at them and ran.
