Washington city council passes concealed-carry gun law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Washington city council passed emergency gun legislation on Tuesday requiring residents and visitors to adhere to strict guidelines to carry a concealed weapon in the U.S. capital.
Brazil, U.S. sign tax pact frozen by spy scandal
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil signed a tax information exchange agreement with the United States to prevent tax evasion, the South American country’s finance ministry said on Tuesday, a step long sought by businesses that was held up by a spy scandal las…
Obama says global climate deal must include emerging economies
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday a new global agreement on climate change must include strong commitments from emerging economies and move past the rich-poor country divide that has hampered progress in United Nati…
Obama critic D’Souza spared prison for violating election law
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza avoided prison on Tuesday when a U.S. judge sentenced him to serve eight months in a community confinement center after he pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance law.
U.S. lowers final import duties on MSG from China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday set lower final duties on imports from China of food additive monosodium glutamate, known as MSG, and slightly higher duties on Indonesian imports of the additive.
Exclusive: Courting Vietnam, U.S. prepares to ease arms embargo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly 40 years after the United States helicoptered its last soldiers out of Vietnam in an ignominious retreat, Washington is moving closer to lifting an arms embargo on its former enemy, with initial sales likely to help Hanoi …
Maine governor LePage, Democratic challenger in spat over debates
PORTLAND Maine (Reuters) – The Democrat trying to unseat Maine’s famously confrontational governor, Republican Paul LePage, criticized him on Tuesday for threatening to call off all their debates ahead of the November election.
U.S. Treasury moves against tax-avoidance ‘inversion’ deals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Moving against tax avoidance by corporations, the Obama administration took several actions on Monday to curb “inversion” deals that allow companies to escape high U.S. taxes by reincorporating abroad.
White House intruder had 800 rounds of ammunition in car: prosecutor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A decorated Iraq war veteran who scaled a fence on Friday night and got into the White House had more than 800 rounds of ammunition in his car and had been arrested in July with a sniper rifle and a map on which the executive man…
White House intruder had 800 rounds of ammunition in car: prosecutor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A decorated Iraq war veteran who scaled a fence on Friday night and got into the White House had more than 800 rounds of ammunition in his car and had been arrested in July with a sniper rifle and a map on which the executive man…
