No Planned Parenthood cut-off in Republicans’ spending draft: Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Despite pledges by some conservative Republicans to defund Planned Parenthood, House of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said no such proposal was included in a draft government funding bill sent to her this week.
Texas sues U.S., relief agency, to block Syrian refugees
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas state agency sued the U.S. State Department, a relief agency and others in federal court on Wednesday, seeking to block the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the state just ahead of a plan to bring a new group of Syri…
Shooting rampage in California leaves 14 dead, 17 wounded
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) – Gunmen opened fire on a holiday party on Wednesday at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding 17 others before fleeing, authorities said.
Record for U.S. gun background checks set on Black Friday
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More U.S. residents applied to purchase handguns, rifles and other firearms from licensed dealers on Black Friday than any other day on record, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation data released this week.
U.S. government bars troop training doctor accused of misconduct
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has barred a former Army doctor from government contracts after two state medical boards found he performed dangerous and improper procedures on students during taxpayer-funded battlefield trauma training.
Florida Supreme Court approves overhaul of congressional maps
TAMPA/TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday approved a plan to overhaul state congressional boundaries that a judge had declared unconstitutionally gerrymandered, a move that jeopardizes several incumbents in the 2016 ele…
University head sparks firestorm with blog on ‘narcissistic’ students
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The president of a Christian college in Oklahoma touched off a social media firestorm this week for saying in a blog post that students are too quick to play the victim card and current culture has taught youth to be self-cent…
Former U.S. national security adviser Sandy Berger dies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Samuel “Sandy” Berger, a U.S. national security adviser to President Bill Clinton whose reputation was later marred by his theft of classified documents after leaving office, died early on Wednesday.
Chicago police force needs a cultural change – mayor
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago’s 12,000-member police force, one of the biggest in the country and one of the most prone to use lethal force, needs a cultural change that will take time, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Wednesday in an interview with Politico.
NAACP sues Alabama over state’s voter identification law
(Reuters) – A civil rights group in Alabama targeted the state’s voter identification law in a federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday, saying the requirement that a photo ID be shown at the polls in order to vote discriminated against minorities.
