U.S. judge blocks New York credit card surcharge law
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In a decision with possible broad implications for U.S. consumers and retailers, a federal judge has blocked enforcement of a New York state law that bans merchants from imposing surcharges on customers who pay by credit card rathe…
U.S. labor machinery frozen by government shutdown
(Reuters) – The federal government shutdown has begun to paralyze the legal machinery that governs many of the relationships between U.S. employers and workers.
NY court finds ‘invasive’ penile stimulation test unjustified
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man convicted of failing to register as a sex offender cannot be forced to undergo penile stimulation tests to determine how likely he is to commit future crimes, a federal appeals court in New York ruled on Thursday.
Despite shutdown, U.S. Congress saves Iraqi interpreter visa program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers took a break from bitter debate over government spending to save a program granting special visas to civilian interpreters who risked their lives to work for the American military in Iraq, sending it to the White H…
U.S. indicts 13 suspected members of hacker group Anonymous
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States brought criminal charges against 13 suspected members of the hacking group Anonymous on Thursday for allegedly attacking government, credit card and lobbying websites in a campaign in support of internet file-sh…
New York City Opera files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Opera filed for bankruptcy protection on Thursday after announcing earlier this week that it had failed to raise enough money to stay open and would close its doors.
U.S. indicts 13 suspected members of hacker group Anonymous
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States brought criminal charges against 13 suspected members of the hacking group Anonymous on Thursday for allegedly attacking government, credit card and lobbying websites in a campaign in support of internet file-sh…
North Carolina inn vows to stay open despite government shutdown
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – The operator of a 51-room inn located along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina is vowing to keep the property open despite being ordered to close as part of the federal government shutdown.
Illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses under new California law
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – Illegal immigrants living in California will be eligible to apply for driver’s licenses under a law signed on Thursday by Governor Jerry Brown, in the latest action to expand privileges for such immigrants in the state.
Amid U.S. shutdown, probe of Tennessee deadly bus crash left to state
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) – Tennessee officials on Thursday pored over maintenance records and scene details a day after a bus carrying 18 people on a church outing veered across an interstate highway and smashed into a truck and SUV, killing eight peo…
