AAA predicts strong start to U.S. summer driving season
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More U.S. drivers will hit the roads this Memorial Day holiday than in the past decade, fueled by a growing economy and low gasoline prices, the nation’s largest motorists’ advocacy group said in a forecast released on Friday.
Five years on, Obamacare poses quandary for U.S. Republicans: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans with health insurance under Obamacare, including Republicans, are generally satisfied with it, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll found, posing a quandary for Republican politicians who have long vowed to repeal it.
Tropical storm warning issued for Carolinas as Ana strengthens
MIAMI (Reuters) – A tropical storm warning has been issued for a portion of North Carolina and South Carolina, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday.
Sub-tropical storm Ana forms off southeast US coast: NHC
MIAMI (Reuters) – Sub-tropical storm Ana formed off the southeast coast of the United States with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour (75 km/h), the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said late Thursday.
Four injured in freight train derailment in North Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Four people were injured when a BNSF freight train derailed in northern Texas on Friday, with high winds and flooding likely causing it to go off the tracks, a company spokesman said.
Day 18 of marathon deliberations in New York missing boy murder trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The murder trial of a former deli worker who confessed to strangling 6-year-old Etan Patz resumed on Friday with the 18th day of jury deliberations.
Hillary Clinton woos technorati, draws comparison to Eleanor Roosevelt
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton makes the final stop on Friday on a California fundraising tour where she has courted technology titans for her 2016 campaign and where one of her admirers tried comparing her to fellow former first lady Eleano…
Poll: Americans favor Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert over conservatives for punditry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jon Stewart has spent 16 years skewering U.S. politicians and media as the liberal host of television’s “The Daily Show” – and many Americans think he gets it right on the issues with his satirical look at the news.
Rescuers find California father, children missing after camping trip
(Reuters) – A Northern California man and his two young children have been found safe two days after they failed to return home from a family camping trip in the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains, authorities said on Friday.
Delaware police release video of white officer kicking black suspect
(Reuters) – Police in Delaware have released video from a 2013 incident showing a black suspect being kicked in the face by a white officer who has been charged with assault.
