Chicago mayor unveils initial fiscal reforms
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel revealed on Wednesday the first steps he will take over the next four years to help fix the city’s financial problems by changing some of the city’s long-used and sometimes controversial debt maneuvers.
Colorado movie massacre survivor details Holmes’ actions
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A survivor of Colorado’s movie theater massacre told jurors on Wednesday how he lay wounded as he watched gunman James Holmes move slowly about the body-strewn cinema holding a semiautomatic rifle in front of him.
Lethal injection case exposes U.S. top court’s death penalty divide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tensions on the Supreme Court over America’s use of the death penalty boiled over on Wednesday as the justices appeared badly split in a case challenging Oklahoma’s lethal injection method as a breach of the Constitution’s ban on…
San Francisco police rescue baby girl from back of stolen car
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A four-month-old girl who was in the back seat of a car that was stolen at a traffic light in San Francisco was rescued unharmed by police after a citywide alert on Wednesday and a suspect was arrested, authorities said.
White House, Texas at odds over military drills decried by far right
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A decision from Texas Governor Greg Abbott to deploy the Texas State Guard to monitor a U.S. military training exercise some conspiracy theorists see as a prelude for federal occupation was met with puzzlement by the White Hou…
Gyrocopter flight exposed Washington defense flaws: lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Security officials struggled to explain to U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday how a man could fly a small, unauthorized aircraft straight into Washington, D.C., and land it on the west lawn of the Capitol as police and tourists looked o…
Illinois teen admits to stealing guns to sell in Ferguson, Missouri
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A southern Illinois teen pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal firearms charges in a plot to sell guns and loot businesses in Ferguson, Missouri, which had been the site of sometimes violent protests over a fatal police shooting.
Jury told of Boston bomber’s bright childhood
BOSTON (Reuters) – Convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was once a bright, hardworking child who won the adoration of his teachers and classmates alike, his former instructors testified on Wednesday for defense attorneys trying to spare him the de…
McConnell suggests Obama plan to cut power emissions won’t stick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate majority leader on Wednesday urged countries to go slowly on committing to cut carbon emissions in any global agreement later this year, in his latest effort to cripple President Barack Obama’s clean power plan.
U.S. top court allows judicial campaign solicitations ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – States may bar judicial candidates from soliciting campaign contributions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday in a decision rejecting a Florida candidate’s assertion that such limits violate the Constitution’s guarantee of…
