U.S. skips Aegis Ashore missile test after target malfunction
(Reuters) – The U.S. Missile Defense Agency on Friday said a target malfunction caused it to abort a key intercept test of the Aegis Ashore missile defense system, built by Lockheed Martin Corp, that is due to be installed in Romania this year.
Obamacare ruling puts Supreme Court on hot seat in U.S. presidential race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Infuriated by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that kept President Barack Obama’s healthcare program intact, conservative activists and Republican presidential candidates vowed on Thursday to make the role of the high court a central issue in the 2016 presidential election.
Fire at black Georgia church ruled as arson: newspaper
(Reuters) – A fire inside a church with a primarily African-American congregation in Macon, Georgia has been ruled as arson by fire officials, local newspaper the Telegraph reported.
All nine on board die in Alaska crash of excursion plane
JUNEAU (Reuters) – All nine people aboard an excursion plane from a Holland America Line cruise ship that crashed in Alaska on Thursday died in the accident, police and the aircraft company said.
U.S. top court backs Obamacare, president says it’s here to stay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative legal challenge that could have doomed President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, upholding nationwide tax subsidies crucial to his signature domestic policy achievement.
California licensing panel to probe deadly balcony collapse
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California licensing panel said on Thursday it would investigate a construction firm involved in building the Berkeley apartment balcony that collapsed last week, killing six people and injuring seven others.
Ex-NFL star Warren Sapp charged in Las Vegas with domestic abuse
(Reuters) – National Football League Hall of Fame defensive tackle Warren Sapp was charged in Las Vegas on Thursday with three counts of domestic abuse, according to court records, just months after his arrest for soliciting a prostitute.
Six people killed in Tennessee traffic accident
(Reuters) – Six people died in a multi-car pileup on a Tennessee highway on Thursday, police said.
Victims of Charleston massacre mourned as battle rages over flag
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina took a small step toward healing the wounds of last week’s massacre at a historic black church in Charleston as mourners gathered for the funerals of two of the nine victims, and a wake for the slain pa…
Colorado movie massacre defense seeks to prove gunman’s insanity
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Defense lawyers in Colorado’s movie massacre trial opened their case on Thursday, calling a psychiatrist as they seek to prove gunman James Holmes was insane and not in control of his actions when he plotted and carried ou…
