Bankrupt Patriot Coal seeks end to retiree healthcare plans
(Reuters) – Bankrupt Patriot Coal Corp asked a U.S. judge to allow it to end its obligation for retiree healthcare for its non-union employees, saying no potential buyer of its assets would agree to take on the cost.
Girlfriend of Boston mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger indicted for contempt
BOSTON (Reuters) – The girlfriend of convicted Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was indicted on Tuesday for contempt of court for refusing to testify about the couple’s time in hiding, the Massachusetts District Attorney’s office said.
South Dakota fire with six dead likely murder-suicide: authorities
(Reuters) – Authorities believe a man shot his wife and four children to death, set fire to their house in South Dakota and then killed himself, the state attorney general’s office said on Tuesday.
Clinton proposes $250 monthly cap on prescription drug costs
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday will propose a $250 monthly cap on prescription drugs to stop what she calls “excessive profiteering” by pharmaceutical companies, and the news battered shares o…
U.S. says 17.6 million Americans gained health insurance through law
(Reuters) – The U.S. national healthcare reform law has extended health insurance coverage to 17.6 million Americans, according to a new government report on Tuesday, up from its previous estimate of 16.4 million.
Obama, in prison documentary: U.S. legal system has been ‘unjust’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has too long ignored the effect of high incarceration rates on minority and poor communities, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a TV documentary featuring an unprecedented presidential visit to a prison.
Muslim student arrested over clock withdraws from Texas school: newspaper
(Reuters) – A teenage Muslim student who was arrested last week after high school staff said they mistook his homemade clock for a bomb withdrew from the school district on Monday, the Dallas Morning News reported.
U.S. commander in Afghanistan denies child sex abuse was tolerated
KABUL (Reuters) – The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Tuesday denied there was ever a policy for forces to ignore Afghan officials’ sexual abuse of minors, days after a newspaper reported troops were told to look the other way to preserve relation…
Kentucky clerk Davis rejects marriage licenses as invalid: ABC
(Reuters) – The county clerk from Kentucky who went to jail rather than issue marriage licenses to gay couples said the licenses being granted by her staff are invalid, according to an interview that aired on Tuesday.
Exclusive: In clash with pope’s climate call, U.S. Church leases drilling rights
BOSTON (Reuters) – Casting the fight against climate change as an urgent moral duty, Pope Francis in June urged the world to phase out highly-polluting fossil fuels.
