By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court was expected on Monday to decide a case involving a legal challenge to a Federal Reserve regulation on debit card “swipe fees” in a ruling that could make it easier for businesses to try to overturn longstanding federal rules. A lower court dismissed a North […]
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected a $30 billion antitrust settlement in which Visa and Mastercard agreed to limit fees they charge merchants who accept their credit and debit cards. U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie in Brooklyn said she was not likely to grant final approval to the […]
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected a $30 billion antitrust settlement in which Visa and Mastercard agreed to limit fees they charge merchants who accept their credit and debit cards. U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie in Brooklyn concluded that she was not likely to grant final approval to […]
Mascara is a blessing and a curse. A swipe or two is the quickest way to make eyes pop. But clumping can (just as quickly) make you look like a hot mess. But there is a fix. And it’s a good one: The top-selling Msq Eyelash Comb is now only $5 at Amazon. This tiny […]
An Arizona judge has temporarily blocked Governor Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) from accessing the state’s share of a national opioid settlement to fill a budget gap, at the request of the state’s Democratic attorney general. Movement of a $115 million sum, part of Arizona’s $1.14 billion portion of the settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies that exacerbated […]
A male walker in Colorado sustained minor injuries when a black bear swiped at him from behind, knocking him to the ground. The man was on a morning walk Tuesday morning when the encounter occurred on a path connecting Walton Creek Road and Mt. Werner Circle in Steamboat Springs near the ski resort, Colorado Parks […]
Judge Aileen Cannon denies former President Donald Trump’s motion to have criminal charges dropped in the classified documents case on the grounds that the Presidential Records Act (PRA) permitted him to keep them in his home after leaving the White House. In the Georgia election interference case, meanwhile, Judge Scott McAfee rejects a motion brought […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican prosecutor of Arizona’s most populous county took a thinly veiled swipe at a Democratic counterpart in the East on Wednesday, saying it would be more secure to hold a man accused of stabbing two women in Arizona than to extradite him to New York City, where he is wanted in […]
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday was set to hear a bid to revive a lawsuit aimed at invalidating a contentious debit card “swipe fee” rule in a case with the broad potential to make federal regulations more vulnerable to legal challenges. A convenience store called […]
President Joe Biden took a jab at Fox journalist Peter Doocy during heated remarks Thursday. “How bad is your memory and can you continue as president?” Doocy asked Biden Thursday. “My memory is so bad that I let you speak,” Biden responded. Biden’s remarks followed a report from special counsel Robert Hur. The report opted […]
A burglar in northern Germany broke into an home over the weekend in search not of cash or jewelry but a tasty slice of cheesecake, according to police. The man broke into a flat in the northern German town of Rendsburg on Saturday night and promptly sat down at the kitchen table to enjoy a […]
France’s new Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera is coming under increasing pressure over her decision for her children to attend a private school, in a row overshadowing President Emmanuel Macron’s attempt to relaunch his second term with a reshuffle. Opponents have questioned her insistence that she sent one child to a private school over short staffing […]