U.S. military sexual assault reports jumped 50 percent last year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Reported sexual assaults in the U.S. military jumped 50 percent last year, the Pentagon said on Thursday, and officials welcomed the spike as a sign that a high-level crackdown has made victims more confident their attackers will…
Ohio cuts to early voting period challenged in ACLU lawsuit
(Reuters) – New laws and regulations in Ohio that limit early voting would suppress turnout by minorities and the poor and should be overturned, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a federal lawsuit filed on Thursday.
Kerry raises detained Ethiopian bloggers with PM
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he had raised concerns about Ethiopia’s detention of six bloggers and three journalists during a meeting with the country’s prime minister on Thursday.
Former president Bush hopes brother Jeb runs for White House: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President George W. Bush said he wants his brother Jeb to run for president in 2016, in an interview with CNN released on Thursday.
U.S. senators push to force approval of Keystone pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the latest effort by U.S. lawmakers to breathe life into the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, Senator John Hoeven re-introduced legislation on Thursday that would force congressional approval of the controversial project…
White House calls for new standard to alert consumers to data breaches
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday called on Congress to pass legislation to create a national standard for telling consumers when their data has been hacked, one of six policy recommendations from a 90-day review of data and privacy.
Iowa bill would allow form of marijuana for epilepsy treatment
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Iowa lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill that would legalize possession of a liquid, non-intoxicating form of marijuana as a treatment for severe epilepsy, sending it to Governor Terry Branstad.
U.S. city health officials want tighter restrictions on e-cigarettes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of urban health officials on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration to go beyond the regulations it proposed last week for e-cigarettes and treat them like regular cigarettes.
Kerry says he’ll pause, reassess after Israeli-Palestinian peace bid
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he would pause and reassess what might be possible after failing to meet his April 29 goal for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, saying both sides still wanted to try to negot…
U.S. TV stations fall short on political ad disclosures: watchdog groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Television stations across the United States that have profited from an unprecedented amount of political advertising in recent years are not properly disclosing information about those ads online, public interest groups said on …
