Financial tech startups compete for overlooked U.S. immigrant market
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – For two decades, Noe Sanchez sent money from California to his father in Mexico City through storefront outlets of traditional remittance firms such as Western Union.
Planned Parenthood sued over Colorado abortion clinic shooting
DENVER (Reuters) – The widow of a man fatally shot at a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado and a woman wounded in the same 2015 attack are suing the facility over lax security, court records showed on Monday.
U.S. e-cigarette use stalls as health concerns grow: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Use of electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices has stalled in the United States as more Americans question their safety, according to a new online Reuters/Ipsos poll.
House rejects bill requiring carriers to share phone location
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted down on Monday a measure that would have compelled cell phone carriers to disclose a phone’s location with law enforcement in the event of an emergency, amid a last-minute lobbying effort f…
Pittsburgh man convicted in killings of Iowa lawmaker’s sisters
(Reuters) – A Pittsburgh man was convicted on Monday of killing two of his neighbors, who were the sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker, during a robbery at their home in 2014, authorities said.
Children of man killed by Ohio college police officer each get $218,000 in settlement: report
(Reuters) – The 13 children of a black man killed by a University of Cincinnati police officer during a traffic stop will each receive about $218,000 plus free college tuition under a roughly $5 million settlement, local media reported on Monday.
Canadian-Iranian citizen sentenced in U.S. for violating Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Canadian-Iranian dual citizen was sentenced in the United States to three years in prison for violating sanctions against Iran, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
Oklahoma bill cracks down on sex crimes with passed-out victims
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma bill to ensure sex crimes do not go unpunished because victims were unconscious or intoxicated when they occurred headed to the governor on Monday after receiving strong support in the Republican-dominated legislat…
Supreme Court rules for black Georgia death row inmate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday effectively overturned a black man’s 1987 conviction for murdering a white woman, rebuking Georgia prosecutors for unlawfully excluding black potential jurors in picking an all-white jury that con…
Baltimore police officer acquitted in Freddie Gray death
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Baltimore police officer Edward Nero was acquitted on Monday of all charges in the 2015 death of black detainee Freddie Gray, the second setback for prosecutors in a case that triggered rioting and fueled the Black Lives Matter mo…
