New Jersey Supreme Court to take up pension funding appeal
(Reuters) – The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the state’s appeal of a lawsuit over pension contributions, a case with billions of dollars of public funding at stake and the end of a budget year looming.
Three dead after van carrying musicians crashes in Georgia
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Three people were killed and eight others injured early Monday in Georgia when a van carrying musicians from two bands veered off a freeway and struck a tree, police said.
U.S. top court won’t hear appeal by former Cuba prisoner Gross
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by Alan Gross, the U.S. contractor imprisoned in Cuba for five years who had sued the U.S. government for negligence.
Hollywood studios defeat animators’ hiring lawsuit
(Reuters) – A federal judge has thrown out an antitrust lawsuit accusing major Hollywood animation studios of trying to drive down animators’ wages through an illegal anti-poaching conspiracy.
U.S. man accused in worldwide online child sex exploitation case
(Reuters) – A federal grand jury has handed down new child sexual exploitation charges against a California man who investigators now suspect obtained sexually explicit images of more than 300 underage victims from the United States and worldwide.
New York commuters rescued from subway train when tracks smoke
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of New York City commuters were rescued on Monday morning when a subway train stalled for more than an hour in a tunnel due to smoke rising from the tracks, transit officials said.
Jeb Bush marked ‘Hispanic’ on Florida voter form: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Likely Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush, who was popular among Spanish-speaking voters while Florida governor, marked himself as “Hispanic” on a 2009 voter registration application, The New York Times reported on Monday…
U.S. safety officials review petition to reopen probe of Ford headlights
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators said they would review a petition from a North Carolina consumer group that sought further investigation into a potential loss of vehicle headlights or all exterior lighting in almost 518,000 Ford Motor Co lar…
Supreme Court declines to review North Carolina voting law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the legality of new Republican-backed voting restrictions in North Carolina that were part of a law opponents argued was aimed at making it harder for voters who tend to favor D…
Dozens arrested near University of Kentucky after Final Four loss
(Reuters) – Thirty-one people were arrested overnight near the University of Kentucky after the school’s previously undefeated men’s basketball team was knocked out the NCAA’s Final Four tournament in a semi-final loss to Wisconsin, police said on Sund…
