Illinois comptroller says bond payments prioritized, being made
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger said on Wednesday the state may have to delay or reduce a $560 million December payment to pension funds.
Michigan Catholic hospital failed to help woman with brain tumor: complaint
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday accused a Catholic hospital in Michigan of failing to provide appropriate care by refusing on religious grounds to allow a pregnant woman with a brain tumor to be sterilized.
Ex-Rabobank traders rigged Libor for ‘unfair advantage’, U.S. tells jury
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two former Rabobank traders abused their positions in setting Libor interest rates to help the bank gain an “unfair advantage” trading financial products tied to the benchmark, a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednesday.
U.S. justices divided over advertising firm’s class action appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared closely divided as it weighed a class action case in which advertising agency Campbell-Ewald Co is attempting to fend off a lawsuit over claims that it violated a federal consumer law …
Civil rights groups blast plan for King memorial at Confederate display in Georgia
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Civil rights groups are outraged by a proposal for black leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to be honored alongside heroes of the pro-slavery Confederacy at Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park and will raise their objections with the gove…
Parishioners trespassing in long vigil at Massachusetts church -court
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ top court on Wednesday ruled that parishioners who have staged a decade-long vigil aimed at stopping the closure of their Roman Catholic church are trespassing in violation of state laws.
U.S. congressional aide charged in Baltimore attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An aide to a U.S. congressman has been arrested for allegedly beating a man with a shovel and lunging at him with a kitchen knife during an attack in Baltimore, authorities said.
Publicis Groupe to pay $3 million to settle gender bias claims
(Reuters) – French advertiser Publicis has agreed to pay nearly $3 million to settle claims that it discriminated against female employees based in the United States in pay and promotions and fired some of them for taking maternity leave, lawyers for t…
U.S. appeals court to reconsider New Jersey sports betting bid
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review its previous decision blocking legal sports betting in New Jersey, in a case closely watched by other states wishing to legalize such gambling.
Ohio truck driver called a serial killer by prosecutor
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A Cleveland truck driver accused of being a serial killer is charged with four murders, including one dating to 1997, a Cuyahoga County prosecutor said.
