Winning Democrat nomination needs voter coalition: Clinton campaign
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called support from a broad coalition of voters – including people of color, women and union households – “critical” for anyone hoping to secure the party…
Obama to unveil U.S. Supreme Court nomination soon: Senator Reid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is close to submitting to the U.S. Senate a Supreme Court nomination to fill the vacancy left by the Feb. 13 death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday.
Exclusive: Poverty up, services diminished in Chicago’s black neighborhoods – study
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Predominantly African-American neighborhoods in Chicago have seen poverty rise and services diminish even as the nation’s third largest city has become less racially segregated, according to a study released on Wednesday.
Dozens of homes evacuated after train derails in New York
(Reuters) – Dozens of residents in western New York town were evacuated from their homes early on Wednesday after a train carrying hazardous liquid derailed, local officials said.
Former Chesapeake CEO McClendon charged with bid-rigging of land leases
ATLANTA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aubrey McClendon, former chief executive officer of Chesapeake Energy Corp and a legend in the U.S. energy industry, was charged on Tuesday with conspiring to rig bids to buy oil and natural gas leases in Oklahoma, the Ju…
Future of U.S. solar threatened in nationwide fight over incentives
Los Angeles (Reuters) – Two sun-drenched U.S. states have lately come to very different conclusions on a controversial solar power incentive essential to the industry’s growth.
Apple lawyer, FBI director face off in Congress on iPhone encryption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director James Comey told a congressional panel on Tuesday that a final court ruling forcing Apple Inc to give the FBI data from an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters would be “potentially precedential” in other cases where the agency might request similar cooperation from technology companies.
U.S. women far more likely than men to be poor in retirement, research shows
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women in the United States are 80 percent more likely than men to fall into poverty once they retire because they earned less than men on the job, took time off for their families and tend to live longer, researc…
Tampa Bay Rays to play in Havana during Obama visit
HAVANA (Reuters) – The Tampa Bay Rays will become the first Major League Baseball franchise to play in Havana since 1999 when they face Cuba’s national team in an exhibition this month coinciding with a historic visit by U.S. President Barack Obama.
U.S. military invites vetted experts to ‘Hack the Pentagon’
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would invite vetted outside hackers to test the cybersecurity of some public U.S. Defense Department websites as part of a pilot project next month, in the first-ever such program offered by t…
