Tuesday 27 March 2018

Arizona governor suspends Uber's ability to test self-driving cars

Arizona governor suspends Uber's ability to test self-driving cars

The governor of Arizona on Monday suspended Uber's ability to test self-driving cars on public roads in the state following a fatal crash last week that killed a 49-year-old pedestrian.

Whistleblower says Canadian company worked on software to find Republican voters

A Cambridge Analytica whistleblower said on Tuesday that Canadian company AggregateIQ worked on software called Ripon which was used to identify Republican voters ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Former Michigan State dean faces charges stemming from Nassar scandal

DETROIT (Reuters) - Charges will be announced on Tuesday against a former Michigan State University dean who supervised ex-USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar before Nassar was convicted of sexually abusing female athletes, a county sheriff said.

Texas to execute 'suitcase killer' for prostitute's murder

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas is scheduled on Tuesday to execute a man convicted of murder for suffocating a prostitute, placing her lifeless body in a suitcase and tossing it into a garbage dumpster in 2005.

U.S. to add citizenship question in 2020 Census: Commerce Dept

(Reuters) - A question about citizenship status will be included on the 2020 Census to help enforce the Voting Rights Act, federal officials said on Monday, but California sued to block the move arguing that it would discourage immigrants from participating.

Porn star sues Trump's personal lawyer for defamation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stormy Daniels sued Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen on Monday for defamation, according to court documents, escalating a legal battle between the American president and the porn star that the White House was struggling to contain.

Suspicious packages found at U.S. installations in D.C.

(Reuters) - Suspicious packages were found at multiple U.S. government installations in the Washington, D.C. area on Monday and were being analyzed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine their contents, law enforcement officials said.

Maryland school gunman died of self-inflicted gunshot, police say

(Reuters) - A self-inflicted gunshot wound, not a bullet fired by a sheriff's deputy, killed a 17-year-old who had just shot another student at a Maryland high school last week, authorities have said.

Judge denies motion to drop case against widow of Orlando gunman

ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - A judge on Monday denied a defense motion to dismiss charges against the widow of the gunman in the 2016 massacre at Orlando's Pulse nightclub, saying that the gunman's father's work an FBI informant was not relevant to the case.

Kansas schoolgirl at heart of landmark desegregation ruling dead at 76

(Reuters) - Civil rights activist Linda Brown, who as a Kansas schoolgirl was at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision outlawing racial segregation in American public schools, has died at age 76.

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