Pentagon chief says 40 LCS ships ‘enough’ for U.S. Navy
SEATTLE (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday defended the Pentagon’s decision to buy just 40 Littoral Combat Ships instead of the 52 originally planned, saying the money saved would allow the Navy to buy more missiles and undersea …
Republican Romney calls Trump ‘a fraud,’ creates pathway to contested convention
DETROIT (Reuters) – Former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney attacked 2016 Republican front-runner Donald Trump as “a fraud” on Thursday and urged primary voters to keep the outspoken New York billionaire from getting the nomination, paving the way for possible horse trading at a party convention in July.
UNICEF says deeply concerned about U.S. citizen jailed in Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United Nations Children’s Fund said on Thursday it is worried about the health and well-being of one of its former officials, an elderly man jailed in Iran for more than a week.
Fourteen more charged in armed 2014 standoff at Nevada ranch
(Reuters) – Fourteen more people have been charged in connection with a high-profile 2014 standoff over cattle grazing rights between armed protesters and federal agents at the Nevada ranch of Cliven Bundy, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
‘Bloody Sunday’ anniversary sparks squabble in Selma, Alabama
(Reuters) – Two separate plans to commemorate the 1965 voting rights march known as “Bloody Sunday” have put city officials in Selma, Alabama, at odds with the group behind walks on the bridge where police attacked activists 51 years ago.
Death penalty moves in Florida, Alabama after Supreme Court ruling
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The impact of a recent Supreme Court ruling on the death penalty reverberated in two states on Thursday, as Florida legislators rewrote their capital punishment sentencing rules and an Alabama judge declared a similar law uncons…
Missouri man admits to attempted fire bombing of congressman’s office
(Reuters) – A Missouri man on Thursday pleaded guilty to trying to fire-bomb the local office of Missouri U.S. Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver using two bottles filled with charcoal lighter fluid, prosecutors said.
New York state’s ‘tampon tax’ targeted in class-action suit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state’s “tampon tax” reflects a double standard that applies the sales tax to menstrual products used by women while exempting items typically used by men, such as Rogaine and condoms, according to a class-action lawsuit f…
Kentucky governor sues to close abortion clinic
(Reuters) – Kentucky’s Republican Governor Matt Bevin has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to close an abortion clinic in Lexington, saying it was operating without a license.
Uber teams with Florida city on public transit test
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida city is testing whether it can save millions of dollars in road-building and other public transportation expenses by subsidizing the cost of rides with Uber Technologies Inc.
