Senate Republicans aim divert Planned Parenthood funds in abortion dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Republicans seeking to cut all funding to reproductive health group Planned Parenthood over the alleged sale of aborted fetal tissue offered on Wednesday to divert the money to other providers of women’s health.
Chicago loses bid to keep pension reform alive pending appeal
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A judge on Wednesday denied Chicago’s request to keep a pension reform law in effect while the city appeals a court ruling that voided the law on constitutional grounds.
Tennessee man arrested near Capitol complex: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Capitol Police said on Wednesday that they arrested a Tennessee man who was driving near the Capitol complex with three firearms as well as ammunition in his vehicle.
Eric Garner grand jury minutes to stay private, New York court rules
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state court on Wednesday declined to release details of a grand jury investigation that led to a police officer being cleared of wrongdoing in the death of Eric Garner after his chokehold arrest in Staten Island in July …
New Hampshire university’s language guide launches war of words
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – The president of the University of New Hampshire on Wednesday distanced himself from a campus language guide discouraging faculty and students from terms it warns could cause offense, including “American.”
Democratic congressman charged in political corruption case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania and four associates were charged on Wednesday in a political corruption case with bribery and misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal, charitable and campaign …
Details unfold on costs, sex in upstate New York prison escape
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) – Legal bills for love-struck prison worker Joyce Mitchell may be paid by taxpayers, including residents living near the upstate New York prison who were terrified by a three-week manhunt for the convicted killers she helped…
Probe finds no homicide likely in Florida mom’s 2010 fatal shooting
(Reuters) – An investigation ordered by the Florida governor into a young mother’s 2010 shooting death after local police were accused of mishandling her case concluded Wednesday that there is not enough evidence to justify murder charges, authorities …
Florida gun store sued after declaring itself ‘Muslim-free’
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida gun store that proclaimed itself a Muslim-free zone was sued on Wednesday in federal court by the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on the grounds that the restriction is discriminatory.
Accused Russian spy loses bid to have U.S. charges dismissed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Russian citizen accused by U.S. authorities of posing as a banker in New York in order to spy for his government lost a bid to have the case against him dismissed on Wednesday.
