U.S., Venezuelan officials meet in Haiti, continue quiet diplomacy
CARACAS (Reuters) – A U.S. envoy has met Venezuela’s second most powerful official in Haiti in a further sign of rapprochement between the ideological foes, according to Venezuelan state media.
New York prison escapee turns 35 on ninth day of manhunt
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the hunt for a pair of inmates who escaped from an upstate New York prison entered its ninth day on Sunday, new details emerged about how a female prison worker now under arrest promised to help them in a daring breakout.
The voice of opposition past, Justice Kennedy may save Obamacare now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Justice Anthony Kennedy was furious when a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s healthcare law. As he read the dissenting opinion from the bench three years ago, his anger was palpable. The majority regards its opinion “as judicial modesty,” he declared. “It is not. It amounts instead to a vast judicial over-reaching.”
Clinton pitches to working Americans at presidential campaign rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised on Saturday to fight for a fairer society for ordinary Americans, staking out a place on the left to cut off any budding challenge for the Democratic nomination.
In race for U.S. presidency, Jeb Bush runs from Romney’s ghost
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Republican Jeb Bush gathered donors in Miami for an April retreat, it was clear he planned a less scripted, more inclusive U.S. presidential campaign bearing little resemblance to that of the unsuccessful 2012 nominee Mitt R…
Gunfire wounds four at Waldorf Astoria wedding in New York
(Reuters) – A gun accidentally discharged during a wedding at New York’s famed Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Saturday, wounding four people, a police source said.
Los Angeles mayor signs $15/hour minimum wage hike into law
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Saturday signed a law hiking the city’s minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 by 2020, an increase that will affect hundreds of thousands of workers.
Suspect killed after attack on Dallas police headquarters
DALLAS (Reuters) – A man attacked the headquarters of the Dallas Police Department with gunfire and explosives early on Saturday and was shot dead inside a van by police snipers, ending a standoff, authorities said.
Clinton pitches to working Americans at presidential campaign rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised on Saturday to fight for a fairer society for ordinary Americans, staking out a place on the left to cut off any budding challenge for the Democratic nomination.
Suspect killed after attack on Dallas police headquarters
DALLAS (Reuters) – A man who attacked the headquarters of the Dallas Police Department with gunfire and explosives early on Saturday was found dead inside a van after a standoff that ended when police snipers shot him, authorities said.
