Top eight CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump’s attorneys complained that New York prosecutors have yet to specify the scope of their financial probe; Uber and Lyft must start classifying more than 100,000 California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors; Chicago’s downtown and surrounding neighborhoods were ransacked by looters, and more.
FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2020, file photo Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., leaves the Harvey Weinstein rape trial, in New York. The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, July 9, that Vance can obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns for a criminal investigation, but sent a second request by Congress for the records back to lower courts. Here are some key questions and answers stemming from the decision. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Top eight CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump’s attorneys complained that New York prosecutors have yet to specify the scope of their financial probe; Uber and Lyft must start classifying more than 100,000 California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors; Chicago’s downtown and surrounding neighborhoods were ransacked by looters, and more.
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1.) Calling the subpoenas of President Donald Trump overbroad and “illegally harassing,” Trump’s attorneys complained Monday that New York prosecutors have yet to specify the scope of their financial probe.
FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2020, file photo Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., leaves the Harvey Weinstein rape trial, in New York. The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, July 9, that Vance can obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns for a criminal investigation, but sent a second request by Congress for the records back to lower courts. Here are some key questions and answers stemming from the decision. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
2.) Denying criticism that Republicans keep the Kremlin happy by questioning the origins of the Russia probe, Senator Ron Johnson announced Monday the first of at least 30 subpoenas he will serve the FBI.
President Donald Trump stops to greet Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, left, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. at a luncheon with GOP leadership, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
3.) Saying the ex-CEO it fired last year for sexting a subordinate lied about the extent of his misconduct, McDonald’s filed suit Monday to recoup millions in severance payments.
FILE - This Oct. 17, 2019, file photo shows the exterior of a McDonald's restaurant in Mebane, N.C. The National Labor Relations Board has ruled in McDonald's favor in a long-running case filed by 20 workers who faced retaliation for trying to unionize. The board says it favors a settlement that will require McDonald's franchisees to pay back wages to the affected workers. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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4.) Uber and Lyft must start classifying more than 100,000 California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors and give them full employment benefits, including overtime and unemployment insurance, a state court judge ruled Monday.
FILE - In this May 8, 2019, file photo Uber and Lyft drivers carry signs during a demonstration outside of Uber headquarters in San Francisco. A California law that makes it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors takes effect next week, forcing small businesses in and outside the state to rethink their staffing. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
5.) Chicago’s downtown and surrounding neighborhoods were ransacked by looters late Sunday and early Monday in what police believe to be an organized attack.
Yogi Dalal hugs his daughter Jigisha Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, after she arrived at the family food and liquor store and as his other daughter Kajal, left, bows her head after the family business was vandalized in downtown Chicago. Chicago’s police commissioner says more than 100 people were arrested following a night of looting and unrest that left several officers injured and caused damage in the city’s upscale Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
6.) Amid a surge of coronavirus infections and deaths in California, the state’s top health official announced her resignation Sunday.
People wait in line for coronavirus testing at Dodger Stadium Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
7.) Body-camera footage of George Floyd’s apprehension, arrest and death was made public Monday after the judge overseeing criminal cases against four former police officers ordered it to be released late Friday.
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, right, walks out of the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility on Monday afternoon June 20, 2020, in Minneapolis with his attorney, Earl Gray, after a hearing. Lane is one of four former officers charged in the death of George Floyd. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
8.) New York City’s attorneys astonished a judge Monday in a suit over the death of Eric Garner, saying their police force is not obligated to discipline officers who kill, injure or violate the rights of civilians.
Protesters demonstrate outside Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday after a judge refused to delay an administrative trial for Daniel Pantaleo, the Staten Island police officer who killed Eric Garner with a fatal chokehold in 2014. (Photo by JOSH RUSSELL/Courthouse News Service)
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