Joe Biden’s son Beau dies of brain cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, died on Saturday after battling brain cancer, the vice president said. He was 46.
Jeb Bush says U.S. should embed some troops with Iraqis for training
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Jeb Bush, calling President Barack Obama’s handling of the Islamic State a failure, said the United States should embed some U.S. troops with Iraqi forces to train them and identify targets.
Two stabbed, wounded at Tufts University frat house
(Reuters) – Two people were stabbed and injured inside a fraternity house at Tufts University near Boston on Sunday morning, the university said on its web site.
U.S. defense chief monitoring military anthrax investigation
HAI PHONG, Vietnam (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is “keeping in close touch” with events surrounding the discovery that live samples of the deadly anthrax bacteria had been sent by a Defense Department laboratory to 11 U.S. states and t…
States enlist prisoners, plan biosecurity to combat avian flu threat
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Indiana is training 300 prisoners to kill infected chickens and banning bird shows at county fairs. Mississippi is considering road barricades and planning biosecurity measures. Iowa is trying to figure out how to deal with a mounta…
U.S. police have shot dead 385 people in five months: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. police have shot and killed 385 people during the first five months of this year, a rate of more than two a day, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
Texas Senate clears concealed carry of guns on campus
(Reuters) – The Republican-controlled Texas Senate voted on Saturday to allow the licensed carrying of concealed handguns in most state university buildings.
More flooding in Texas after storms, two dozen dead
DALLAS/SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Rain caused flooding on roads in parts of Texas on Saturday, an official said, after severe weather killed at least 24 people during the week and prompted U.S. President Barack Obama to declare a disaster in the state.
Bill to ease Chicago pension payments heads to final vote
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) – A bill to give Chicago some financial breathing room by restructuring its contributions to retirement funds for city public safety workers headed to a final vote in the Illinois Legislature after passing the full House…
Mormon leader L. Tom Perry dies at 92, opposed same-sex marriage
(Reuters) – Mormon leader L. Tom Perry, the oldest member of the faith’s highest governing body and who spoke against same-sex marriage, died from cancer on Saturday at age 92, the church said.
