U.S. Air Force mulls plans to replace Russian rocket engines
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – A U.S. Air Force competition to develop a rocket propulsion system to end dependence on Russian rocket engines drew broad response from companies, the Air Force said on Friday.
California governor faces deadline to block parole of killer who buried man alive
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown faces a Friday deadline to decide whether to block the parole of a convicted murderer who beat and buried alive a mentally disabled man three decades ago, state officials said.
Search underway for missing U.S. Olympic sailor off Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – Searchers scoured the waters off Miami on Friday for a member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic sailing team after his boat washed up at a marina the previous night, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.A 16-foot (5-meter) boat littered with person…
Sarah Palin’s daughter, advocate for abstinence, says she is pregnant
(Reuters) – Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin who has spoken out in favor of sexual abstinence before marriage, is pregnant with her second child, she said in an contrite blog post.
Massachusetts home care workers win $15/hr starting wage
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts home care workers have won the nation’s first state-level $15-an-hour starting salary, after months of negotiations with state officials in an ongoing national campaign.
Wildfires threaten thousands of homes in Southern California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two wildfires burning in parched forestland east of Los Angeles were threatening thousands of structures on Friday as crews battled to contain the blazes before shifts in the wind push them into new territory, officials said.
Former Illinois congressman Reynolds indicted on tax charges
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Mel Reynolds, already convicted of having sex with an underage campaign worker, was indicted again for failing to file income tax returns for 2009 through 2012, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
U.S. top court rules for white supremacist over sentencing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday threw out part of a tough federal criminal sentencing law for being overly broad in a ruling that backed a Minnesota white supremacist who challenged his sentence on a firearms crime.
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.
