Chicago woman sues Starbucks for putting too much ice in drinks
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago woman has sued Starbucks Corp in federal court, claiming the world’s largest coffee chain puts too much ice in chilled drinks, and is seeking $5 million.
Judge hears Sandusky’s petition on child sex abuse conviction
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (Reuters) – Jerry Sandusky, shackled and dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit, appeared in court on Monday in a bid to overturn his child sex abuse conviction, but the judge was skeptical about the former Penn State football coach’s pet…
Change of venue granted in trial over Georgia child’s car death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia judge granted a change of venue Monday in the murder trial of a man accused of intentionally leaving his toddler son in a hot car for seven hours while he exchanged nude photos with women online.
Puerto Rico government bank misses payment, talking with creditors
SAN JUAN/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank, the main funding source for the U.S. commonwealth’s public agencies, said it reached a tentative restructuring deal with some major creditors hours after declaring it would skip a…
Twitter lawsuit partly dismissed over U.S. information requests
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday partly dismissed a lawsuit filed by Twitter Inc in which the social media company argued it should be allowed to publicly disclose more details about requests for information it receives from the U.S. g…
Drink Flint water? White House does not know if Obama will
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said it does not know whether President Barack Obama will drink filtered city water when he visits Flint, Michigan on Wednesday for the first time since a drinking water crisis began there.
Emotional return as first U.S. cruise in decades reaches Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – Hundreds of tourists and a handful of emotional Cuban-Americans arrived on the first U.S. cruise ship to sail to Havana in decades on Monday, spilling onto the cobbled streets of the old city where they were warmly greeted by residen…
U.S. top court upholds cop’s conviction in auto repair scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Baltimore cop’s conspiracy conviction involving an auto repair shop extortion operation in a ruling that could boost the power of federal prosecutors to pursue charges against public offi…
Kentucky judge temporarily bars removal of Confederate statue
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A state judge in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday temporarily blocked a move by the city and a local university to take down a longstanding monument to Confederate soldiers.
Soldier barricaded inside armory at Maryland National Guard site
(Reuters) – Baltimore County police were negotiating with a soldier who barricaded himself inside a building where weapons are typically kept at a Maryland National Guard property on Monday, authorities said.
