WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) – Airlines can no longer
understate the cost of a plane ticket by leaving taxes and
government fees out of their advertised rates, under new rules
that won U.S. court approval on Tuesday.

The rules are designed to make travel advertising more
transparent by telling customers the total cost of a ticket,
including all mandatory taxes and fees.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is a member of a coalition called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, but when he issued a statement expressing shock and horror on Friday after a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, he had nothing to say about gun control.

Neither did President Barack Obama nor his Republican rival Mitt Romney, though both canceled campaign speeches on Friday and expressed sorrow for the victims of the shooting rampage.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is a member of a coalition called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, but when he issued a statement expressing shock and horror on Friday after a mass shooting at a movie theater, he had nothing to say about gun control.

Neither did President Barack Obama nor his Republican rival Mitt Romney, though both canceled campaign speeches on Friday and expressed sorrow for the victims of the shooting rampage.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Army psychiatrist sought advice from a militant Muslim cleric on whether killing American soldiers would bring him glory, in emails months before he was accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, according to copies of his emails released on Thursday.

The emails became public for the first time as part of a report assessing what the FBI knew about Major Nidal Hasan and whether the agency could have prevented his 2009 shooting spree.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Army psychiatrist declared some suicide bombings acceptable and offered money to a militant Muslim cleric in emails months before he was accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, according to copies of the emails released on Thursday.

The emails became public for the first time as part of a report assessing what the FBI knew about Major Nidal Hasan and whether the agency could have prevented his 2009 shooting spree.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The families of U.S.-born al Qaeda militant Anwar al-Awlaki and two other U.S. citizens who were killed in Yemen are questioning the deaths in court in the latest challenge to President Barack Obama’s conduct of drone attacks abroad.

The lawsuit filed on Wednesday tests the Obama administration’s position that, under the laws of war, it can target for secret, lethal strikes Americans who join al Qaeda or an affiliate if there is an imminent threat to the United States and capturing them is not feasible.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – ZTE Corp, the world’s fifth-biggest telecommunications equipment maker, could face steep fines and restrictions on its U.S. operations if it is found to have illegally sold U.S. computer products to Iran.

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the Chinese company’s sale of banned equipment, according to an FBI affidavit. Reuters reported in March that ZTE had a $120 million (77 million pounds) contract in 2010 with Iran’s largest telecom firm, including supplying U.S. computer equipment. Reuters later reported that ZTE had agreed last year to ship millions of dollars worth of additional embargoed U.S. computer equipment to a unit of the consortium that controls the Iranian telecom.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – ZTE Corp, the world’s fifth-biggest telecommunications equipment maker, could face steep fines and restrictions on its U.S. operations if it is found to have illegally sold U.S. computer products to Iran.

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the Chinese company’s sale of banned equipment, according to an FBI affidavit. Reuters reported in March that ZTE had a $120 million contract in 2010 with Iran’s largest telecom firm, including supplying U.S. computer equipment. Reuters later reported that ZTE had agreed last year to ship millions of dollars worth of additional embargoed U.S. computer equipment to a unit of the consortium that controls the Iranian telecom.

/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co has agreed to pay $175 million to resolve allegations it discriminated against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in its mortgage lending, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.

In the second-largest settlement of its kind, the biggest U.S. mortgage lender will pay $125 million to borrowers who were allegedly steered into higher-priced subprime loans or who paid higher fees and rates than white borrowers.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Eight natives of American Samoa filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in an attempt to win U.S. citizenship rights, which despite the name of the South Pacific territory, they do not receive at birth.

The lawsuit asks a federal court in Washington to declare that American Samoans are citizens of the United States, a status that would make them eligible for full U.S. passports and rights such as the right to vote while residing in a state.