California city takes away welcome mat from Airbnb, other rental services
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Santa Monica, a prime Southern California tourist destination, has approved restrictions on short-term home rentals that will limit companies such as Airbnb, in what the city’s mayor touted as model regulation for other communit…
Life on the line as Boston bombing jury weighs Tsarnaev’s fate
BOSTON (Reuters) – The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial on Wednesday began deliberating whether to sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death or to life in prison for the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 264.
McCain rejects Pentagon push for more Russian rocket engines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain on Wednesday rejected a request by U.S. officials for changes in federal law to let the two largest U.S. arms makers use more Russian rocket engines to compete for militar…
Ash Carter announces nominees for new army, navy chiefs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced two new nominees for the military’s joint chiefs of staff on Wednesday, saying General Mark Milley was President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Army and Admiral John Richardson was his pi…
U.S. Geographic Bee winner nails ‘Where’s Grand Inga Dam?’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 14-year-old eighth-grader from New Jersey won the 2015 National Geographic Bee on Wednesday by correctly identifying the Congo River as the site of the Grand Inga Dam.
U.S. army officer kills 11-year-old daughter, self: Kentucky police
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A Kentucky U.S. army officer who police believe fatally shot his 11-year-old daughter before killing himself had been involved in a child support dispute with his ex-wife, a court official said on Wednesday.
Court fight revs up over legality of Chicago pension reforms
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago began an uphill battle in court on Wednesday to keep its cost-saving pension reform law from meeting the same fate as an Illinois law that was declared unconstitutional last week by the state supreme court.
Music producer sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A music producer who once worked with the likes of Whitney Houston and Kenny G was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Wednesday for a multimillion-dollar scheme that defrauded dozens of investors.
U.S. women face harder path to abortion as states extend waiting periods
TAMPA, Fla./GREENSBORO, N.C. (Reuters) – Lawmakers in North Carolina, one of several states looking to mandate lengthier and stricter delays for abortions, are hearing pushback as they say forcing women to wait 72 hours is not too great an imposition.
U.S. House eyes narrowing spy access to Americans’ personal data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Broad U.S. government powers to collect personal data on Americans, such as travel and financial records, would be curtailed under a bill expected to win approval on Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives.
