Krishnadev Calamur

New York City, Uber Strike 4-Month Deal On Vehicle Cap

By Krishnadev Calamur • Jul 22, 2015

Ride-hailing service Uber has struck a deal with New York City just a day before the City Council was due to vote on a measure that would cap the number of the service's cars in the city.

University In U.K. Finds Muhammad-Era Quran Pages Among Its Possessions

By Krishnadev Calamur • Jul 22, 2015

The University of Birmingham in the U.K. says it has discovered a portion of a Quran manuscript from about the time of the Prophet Muhammad, making it one of the earliest versions of Islam's holy book to survive.

Radiocarbon analysis conducted at Oxford University dated the parchment on which the text is written to between the years 568 and 645. Muhammad is believed to have lived between 570 and 632.

FBI Says It's Too Early To Tell If Chattanooga Shooter Was Radicalized

By Krishnadev Calamur • Jul 22, 2015

The FBI says it's too early to tell whether Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez was radicalized before he attacked two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn., and killed five service members.

"This is a complex, ongoing investigation, and we're still in the early stages of piecing together exactly what happened and why," FBI Special Agent in Charge Ed Reinhold said Wednesday at a news conference.

Reinhold said between 700 and 1,000 agents are working full time on the investigation into what led the Kuwaiti-born Abdulazeez, 24, to carry out last week's attacks.

FCC Set To Approve AT&T-DirecTV Merger

By Krishnadev Calamur • Jul 21, 2015

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has circulated an order to his fellow commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission to approve the $48.5 billion merger between AT&T and DirecTV.

In a statement, Wheeler said the move would bring more competition to the broadband marketplace and benefit consumers.

Court Throws Out Some Convictions Of Former Ill. Gov. Blagojevich

By Krishnadev Calamur • Jul 21, 2015

Updated at 2 a.m. ET

A federal appeals court in Chicago has thrown out five of 18 counts against disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is serving a 14-year sentence for abusing the authority of his office for personal financial gain.

NPR's David Schaper tells our Newscast unit the ruling allows the Chicago Democrat to be resentenced and may shorten the length of time he remains in prison.