Brutal cold shuts schools, delays travel in Midwest
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Bitter cold and high winds surging down from the Arctic pushed wind chills to dangerous lows across the U.S. upper Midwest on Monday, forcing officials to close schools and warn drivers off roads, and slowing public transit and rive…
Pennsylvania lawmaker accused of ghost-employee scam
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania state representative was accused on Monday of a so-called ghost employee scam, in which he allegedly hired a no-show worker in order to funnel money to his sister.
Ride service Uber faces lawsuit after fatal San Francisco crash
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The family of a young girl killed by a driver affiliated with fast-growing private transportation service Uber sued the company on Monday, claiming it should be liable for the child’s death.
‘Fabulist’ Glass may not practice law in California: court
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Stephen Glass, one of the most infamous fabricators in modern American journalism, has not demonstrated that he is fit to practice law and should not be admitted to the California bar, the state’s top court ruled.
Jurors being chosen in Delaware doctor’s trial over waterboarding claims
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a Delaware pediatrician accused of disciplining his 11-year-old daughter by using a simulated drowning technique associated with interrogating terrorism suspects.
Jury selection starts in ex-New Orleans mayor’s graft trial
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Jury selection started on Monday in the public corruption trial of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who led the city during and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and now faces charges he profited personally from the city’s reco…
Trial begins for woman in friend’s killing, theft of fetus
BOSTON (Reuters) – Trial began on Monday for a Massachusetts woman accused of killing her pregnant friend, cutting the fetus out of her body and attempting to pass off the baby as her own.
Southwest to begin flights to Aruba, Bahamas and Jamaica
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co said on Monday it will start flights to Aruba, the Bahamas and Jamaica in July, its first flights outside the continental United States under the Southwest brand.
Top U.S. foreign bribery prosecutor to join law firm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The prosecutor who has spearheaded the U.S. Justice Department’s efforts to combat foreign corruption, Charles Duross, will join a private law firm next month, the firm, Morrison & Foerster, said on Monday.
Supreme Court rules for airline in pilot’s defamation case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a $1.4 million defamation verdict that a former airline pilot won against his employer.
