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VW agrees to pay $200 million to offset U.S. emissions
Volkswagen AG has agreed to pay just over $200 million to offset emissions from about 80,000 3.0-liter diesel U.S. vehicles, a person briefed on the settlement told Reuters. Full Article
Transgender Ohio child may continue to use girls' restroom: appeals court
An 11-year-old transgender Ohio child must be allowed to continue to use the girls' restroom while her school district appeals a court ruling in her favor, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday. Full Article
FDA drops black box warning on Pfizer's anti-smoking drug
U.S. health regulators on Friday allowed Pfizer Inc to remove a serious warning from the label of its smoking cessation treatment, Chantix, giving a new lease of life to the controversial drug that was approved a decade ago. Full Article
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Uber fires back at California DMV in self-driving car spat
SAN FRANCISCO Uber Technolgies Inc on Friday again defied a demand by California regulators that the ride-services firm apply for a permit to test self-driving cars, setting up a possible legal battle.
Michigan loses court case to stop home water deliveries due to lead
Michigan must deliver bottled water or provide in-home filtration to all qualified residents in the city of Flint, where lead contamination sparked a public health crisis, a U.S. appellate panel ruled on Friday upholding a lower-court order.
South Carolina church gunman's two death penalty trials a rarity
White supremacist Dylann Roof's conviction on federal hate crimes in the Charleston church massacre sets him up to be the first person to face back-to-back federal and state death sentences since the United States reinstated the death penalty at the national level in 1988.
FBI agent leaked insider trading probe involving gambler, pro golfer - U.S.
NEW YORK U.S. prosecutors said on Friday that an FBI agent had confessed to being a "significant source" of leaks to journalists covering an insider trading probe involving a famed Las Vegas sports gambler as well as professional golfer Phil Mickelson.
Transgender Ohio child may continue to use girl's restroom -appeals court
An 11-year-old transgender Ohio child must be allowed to continue to use the girls' restroom while her school district appeals a court ruling in her favor, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday.
VW agrees to pay $200 million into U.S. pollution reduction fund
WASHINGTON Volkswagen AG has agreed to pay more than $200 million into a fund created to cut diesel pollution, part of its agreement over about 80,000 3.0-liter diesel vehicles that emitted more than the U.S. legal limit, a person briefed on the settlement told Reuters.
Televisa affiliate surfaces in widening FIFA bribery probe
NEW YORK An unnamed company described in a sweeping probe of corruption in soccer's world governing body FIFA matches the description of a close affiliate of Grupo Televisa, the largest broadcaster in Latin America, according to a Reuters review of U.S. and Swiss government documents.
U.S. lawmakers press Heritage Pharma on high prices for antibiotic
WASHINGTON Two U.S. lawmakers are questioning whether Heritage Pharmaceuticals misled them in response to a 2014 congressional inquiry about the rising price a common antibiotic, after 20 U.S. states this week accused the company of price fixing.
U.S. indicts three Romanians over $4 mln cyber fraud
Three Romanian nationals have been extradited to the United States to face charges that they operated a cyber fraud scheme in which they infected at least 60,000 computers and stole at least $4 million, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday.
U.S. court revives long-running case over Edison Int'l 401(k) plan
A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a nearly decade-old lawsuit by Edison International employees in California who say the utility favored higher-cost mutual funds over lower-cost ones in its retirement plan.
Judge to rule on studios' copyright lawsuit against Trekkie's movie
A federal judge in California could soon decide whether aStar Trek superfan's million-dollar movie project will live longand prosper or die like a red-shirted crewman on a mission tothe surface. Read more
Defendants can’t undo class settlement even if underlying law changes - 6th Circuit
In the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a class action deal is a deal.