Woman who threw shoe at Hillary Clinton released from jail
(Reuters) – A woman who threw a shoe at Hillary Clinton as the former U.S. secretary of state was delivering a speech in Las Vegas has been released from jail, and faces possible charges after her arrest for disorderly conduct, officials said on Friday…
Former Connecticut Governor Rowland pleads not guilty to campaign charges
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) – Former Connecticut Governor John Rowland, who was forced to resign from office a decade ago for corruption, pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges he violated campaign laws.
Denver hires teachers who came to U.S. illegally as children
DENVER (Reuters) – The Denver Public School system is allowing immigrants who have resided illegally in the United States since they were children to teach in its classrooms under a relaxed employment policy advanced by the Obama administration, distri…
Senators ask Justice Department to intervene in GM recalls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of U.S. senators on Friday urged the Department of Justice to oppose any efforts by General Motors Co to skirt financial responsibility related to the company’s failure to promptly recall vehicles with ignition switch pro…
Martin Luther King Jr. estate, Harry Belafonte settle legal fight
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The estate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and U.S. singer and activist Harry Belafonte said on Friday they settled their dispute over possession of documents of the late civil rights leader that gives ownership to the entertainer.
Obama puts fresh face on Obamacare with new health secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday he will promote budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be his next health secretary, who will preside over the next difficult phase of his healthcare law in the months before November cong…
Health secretary resigns after Obamacare launch woes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning after overseeing the botched rollout of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, a White House official said on Thursday.
Minnesota lawmakers OK raising minimum wage to $9.50 an hour
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Minnesota lawmakers on Thursday approved a measure raising the state’s minimum wage from one of the lowest in the nation to one of the highest.
U.S. agency recommends shorter prison sentences for drug offenders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Up to 70 percent of all federal drug offenses could carry shorter prison sentences if the recommendation passed on Thursday by an agency that advises U.S. federal judges on sentencing is not opposed by Congress.
CIA’s ‘harsh interrogations’ exceeded legal authority: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A classified U.S. Senate report found that the CIA’s legal justification for the use of harsh interrogation techniques that critics say amount to torture was based on faulty legal reasoning, McClatchy news service reported on Thu…
