Supreme Court rejects challenge to Seattle minimum wage law
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge by business groups to Seattle’s law raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour, a move echoed by other locales, in a case focusing on how the ordinance affected local franchises like McDona…
Wrestling body revokes ex-House Speaker Hastert’s awards
(Reuters) – The National Wrestling Hall of Fame on Monday revoked all awards bestowed upon former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert after he admitted in court to sexually abusing students years ago when he was a high school wrestling coach.
L.A. Sheriff’s official resigns over offensive emails
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A high-ranking Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department official has stepped down over emails he sent that mocked Muslims, blacks, Latinos, overweight people and others while in a previous law enforcement job, the Los Angeles Tim…
Ban on Arizona Sheriff Arpaio’s workplace raids lifted: court
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday lifted a court order blocking Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s use of workplace raids to enforce Arizona laws that make it a crime for illegal immigrants to use stolen identities to obtain work.
FBI searching Connecticut home of man tied to Boston art heist
BOSTON (Reuters) – Federal agents on Monday searched the Connecticut home of an accused mobster who investigators have long suspected knows the whereabouts of masterpieces stolen from a Boston museum in the largest art heist in U.S. history, an FBI spo…
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…
