Standoff over Illinois budget set to stretch into summer
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Reuters) – A standoff between Democrats who control the Illinois legislature and the state’s Republican governor will extend into the summer after no deals emerged by the end of the spring legislative session on Sunday.
New York man dies after being shot by police stun gun
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Reuters) – A man in northwest New York state died on Sunday after being shot with a stun gun by police who said he rushed at officers with a clenched fist during a confrontation, Rochester police said.
Senate to let NSA spy program lapse, at least temporarily
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Sunday reforming a controversial program that collects Americans’ telephone call records, but final passage appeared doubtful before the surveillance system expires at midnight.
Obamas visit Biden family after death of vice president’s son
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama visited Vice President Joe Biden and his family on Sunday to offer condolences after the death of Biden’s son, Beau.
Qatar to extend restrictions on ex-Taliban detainees: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Qatar has agreed to extend monitoring and travel restrictions on five Taliban detainees who were freed from the Guantanamo Bay U.S. detention camp last year in exchange for a U.S. soldier, a senior U.S. State Department official …
Kerry breaks leg in cycling accident in Alps, plans to return home Monday
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his right leg in an accident while cycling a portion of the Tour de France route near Scionzier, France, on Sunday and will remain in a Geneva hospital overnight for observation, his spokesman…
Stage set for lingering standoff over Illinois budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Reuters) – A standoff between Democrats who control the Illinois Legislature and the state’s Republican governor may extend well into the summer after no deals emerged ahead of the end of the spring legislative session on Sunday.
Bill to ease Chicago pension payments gets final legislative OK
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Reuters) – A bill to restructure Chicago’s payments to its public safety workers’ retirement funds by lowering contributions in the near term won final legislative approval on Sunday from the Illinois Senate.
HVAC unit falls 30 stories into Manhattan street, hurts 10
(Reuters) – Ten people suffered non-life threatening injuries in New York on Sunday when a crane dropped a heating and air conditioning unit being loaded onto a Manhattan building, sending it crashing into the street 30 stories below, the fire departme…
NBC looks to find new role for suspended Brian Williams, CNN says
(Reuters) – NBC is attempting to find a new role for Brian Williams, one of America’s most prominent television journalists, after suspending him for fabricating a story that he had come under fire on a helicopter during the Iraq war, CNN reported on S…
