U.S. Republicans quibble over effective date of Obamacare repeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican senators are leaning towards a plan to delay the effective date of an Obamacare repeal for three years, a senior Republican said on Wednesday.
On 75th anniversary, U.S. veterans recall Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
LOS ANGELES/HONOLULU (Reuters) – It has been 75 years but U.S. Navy veteran James Leavelle can still recall watching with horror as Japanese warplanes rained bombs on his fellow sailors in the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor that plunged the United Sta…
Survivor of South Carolina church massacre calls Dylann Roof ‘evil’
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The black South Carolina churchgoers who welcomed Dylann Roof to their Bible study last year thought he was a harmless young man looking for a place to pray, but a survivor of the shooting he is accused of carrying out ther…
John Glenn, former U.S. astronaut, hospitalized: Ohio State official
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and a former U.S. senator and war hero, has been hospitalized for more than a week, officials said on Wednesday.
Court blocks New York City from discarding illegal immigrants’ data
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state court on Tuesday temporarily stopped New York City from destroying the personal records of hundreds of thousands of municipal I.D. card holders after Republicans argued the records might be needed to track criminal…
Nevada school police officer shoots student
(Reuters) – A school district police officer in Reno, Nevada, shot a student after a “disturbance” at a high school campus on Wednesday morning, authorities said.
U.S. and UK intelligence target airborne phone calls: report
PARIS (Reuters) – American and British spies have since 2005 been working on intercepting phone calls and data transfers made from aircraft, France’s Le Monde newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing documents from former U.S. spy agency contractor Edwa…
Ohio man linked to Islamic State appeals sentence in U.S. Capitol plot
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – An Ohio man has appealed his sentence of 30 years imprisonment for plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol in Washington with guns and bombs in sympathy with Islamic State militants, court documents showed.
Republican FCC commissioners urge quick reversal of Obama rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Republican U.S. Federal Communications Commissioners say the Trump administration should reverse many significant policies set by the telecommunications and cable regulatory body under Democratic President Barack Obama.
Energy Transfer Partners pipeline targeted in West Texas protests
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Two people were arrested Tuesday at a pipeline protest in West Texas, bringing an intensifying political battle against oil and gas infrastructure to a state where the energy industry typically enjoys wide support.
