U.S., Cuba set agenda on improving relations
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States on Friday set an agenda for improving relations, putting a priority on more easily attainable agreements while leaving aside difficult issues such as the U.S. trade embargo and naval base at Guantanamo Bay,…
New Orleans mayor avoids house arrest in firefighter pay squabble
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A last-minute action by the Louisiana Supreme Court saved New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu from being placed under weekend house arrest over a decades-old dispute with local firefighters who are owed $75 million in back wages.
Assisted-suicide bill approved by California Assembly
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A hard-fought measure to legalize physician-assisted suicide in California cleared the state Assembly on Wednesday despite opposition from religious groups and advocates for the disabled, and moved to the state Senate, wh…
Republican Rick Perry drops out of presidential race
(Reuters) – Republican Rick Perry, struggling to raise money and languishing near the bottom in presidential opinion polls, on Friday became the first member of the crowded Republican field to drop out of the 2016 White House race.
Two Michigan state lawmakers lose seats over affair cover-up
DETROIT (Reuters) – One Michigan lawmaker resigned on Friday and another was removed from office by a vote in the state House of Representatives as police launched a criminal probe into their admitted use of tax funds to cover up their extramarital aff…
Candidate Carson tours Ferguson, says lack of ‘respect,’ not race is issue
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson toured Ferguson, Missouri on Friday, looking into efforts to rebuild the riot-weary St. Louis suburb and offering advice on how to mend racial divisions in the United States.
Republican presidential candidate Perry to drop out of race: AP
(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, the former Texas governor, will drop out of the 2016 race, the Associated Press said on Friday, citing unnamed sources.
House votes against Iran deal in two symbolic votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives defeated a resolution on Friday backing the nuclear agreement with Iran in a symbolic vote engineered by congressional Republicans who object to the deal.
Obama says Chinese cyber practices are not acceptable, calls for faster U.S. response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday that the United States needs to be much more rapid in its response to cyber attacks.
Democrat Sanders gaining on front-runner Clinton in 2016 presidential race: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is gaining fast on front-runner Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race and has moved within single digits of her for the first time, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed on Friday.
