Colorado governor defends death sentence comment as ‘hypothetical’
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper said on Tuesday that he was responding to a hypothetical question when he raised the possibility of granting clemency to the state’s longest-serving death row inmate should he lose his re-election …
No deaths linked to troubled U.S. veterans hospital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A probe into long waits for medical treatment at Veterans Affairs facilities in Phoenix documented suffering by sick veterans affected by cover-ups of wait-list delays but did not find evidence that the shoddy care had caused pat…
NYC police union blasts mayor, urges Democrats to snub convention bid
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City police union leader on Tuesday castigated Mayor Bill de Blasio and his bid to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention, saying the city was losing ground in the fight against crime since he took office in Januar…
Florida primary vote sets stage for big governor’s race
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Florida voters wrapped up a light day of voting on Tuesday in a primary election that will finalize the ballot for one of the nation’s most expensive and competitive governor’s races.
Obama tells veterans better mental health care on the way
CHARLOTTE N.C. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought to make amends with veterans on Tuesday, announcing steps to expand their access to mental health care and an initiative with financial companies to lower home loan costs for military families.
Former deputy rips Florida Governor Scott in new book
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – Florida’s former Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll has slammed Governor Rick Scott’s leadership team, describing it in a new book as a “boys’ club” that she says sidelined, belittled and betrayed her.
U.S. names Connecticut official to lead federal Obamacare marketplace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Tuesday named the head of Connecticut’s state health exchange to oversee the federal marketplace that provides subsidized private health insurance to consumers in 36 states under Obamacare.
U.S., Chinese officials to meet at Pentagon after jet intercept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese military officials will hold talks on rules of behavior at the Pentagon on Tuesday and Wednesday, a U.S. official said, days after the United States denounced a “dangerous” Chinese jet intercept of a U.S. Navy pa…
Arizona voters go to polls in Republican primary to succeed governor Brewer
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Voters in Arizona go to the polls on Tuesday to select a Republican candidate to vie for the seat of outgoing Governor Jan Brewer, who has repeatedly clashed with the Obama administration over illegal immigration.
Bills to regulate California groundwater use opposed by farmers
(Reuters) – A package of bills aimed at regulating drought-parched California’s stressed groundwater supplies has come under fire from agricultural interests, injecting doubt into the measures’ fates in the waning days of the state’s legislative sessio…
