Seeking Obamacare alternative, Republicans eye tax credits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If the U.S. Supreme Court blows up the tax subsidies at the heart of Obamacare in June, Republicans hope to deliver on their promise to offer an alternative healthcare plan.
Unattended cooking fire blamed for brush fire east of Los Angeles
(Reuters) – California fire officials said late Sunday that an unattended cooking fire sparked the brush fire that temporarily forced the evacuation of more than 200 homes east of Los Angeles and left a heavy layer of haze over the region.
Chicago prosecutor seeks to lessen marijuana penalties
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Cook County State’s Attorney in Chicago plans to change how it handles low-level drug offenses, which will include the dismissal of future misdemeanor marijuana cases, a spokeswoman said on Sunday.
Three found shot to death in Pennsylvania hotel
(Reuters) – A man shot and killed another man and a woman before killing himself in a southern Pennsylvania hotel room on Sunday, police said.
Death of Baltimore man a week after arrest raises questions
(Reuters) – A black man died in a Baltimore hospital on Sunday, a week after he was arrested and dragged into a police van by white patrol officers, authorities said on Sunday, raising questions about how he sustained his injuries and prompting an inve…
Oklahoma City victims remembered 20 years after bombing
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday at the site of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to remember the 168 men, women and children killed when a truck stuffed with tons of explosives blew up at a downtown federal building.
Heavy smoke spreading from fast-growing fire near Los Angeles
(Reuters) – Evacuation orders were lifted on Sunday for residents near a fast-moving brush fire east of Los Angeles that had threatened more than 200 homes overnight, even though heavy smoke was still menacing the area, fire department officials said.
Florida man who landed at U.S. Capitol thought he’d be intercepted
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida man who piloted a small gyro copter past major Washington, D.C. landmarks last week said on Sunday he had fully expected to be intercepted before he landed on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, creating a national secu…
Tornado, damaging storms strike U.S. Southeast
(Reuters) – Storms that damaged homes and toppled trees rolled through the U.S. Southeast on Sunday including a tornado in Alabama, and further severe weather is possible, the National Weather Service said.
FBI says hair-match experts gave flawed testimony: Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI and U.S. Justice Department have acknowledged that almost all of the experts in a forensic unit dedicated to microscopic hair comparison gave flawed testimony against defendants before 2000, the Washington Post said.
