U.S. Senate votes to clear path for security agency funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday took steps to avert a partial shutdown within days of the U.S. domestic security agency, voting overwhelmingly to clear a path for passage of an agency funding bill free of contentious immigration ref…
Republicans shelve measure labeling Idaho a ‘Christian state’
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A county branch of the Republican Party in Idaho voted to shelve for now a measure that would have labeled the state as Christian to bolster what supporters called the Judeo-Christian underpinnings of the United States.
More than 70 vehicles in pileup on snowy Maine interstate
AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) – More than 70 vehicles were involved in a major pileup on a snowy highway outside Bangor, Maine, on Wednesday, with at least 17 people injured, two seriously, state police said.
Washington, DC, pot legalization to proceed despite congressional opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legalization of marijuana in the District of Columbia will go ahead just after midnight on Wednesday despite a warning from congressional officials that the new standards are unlawful, Mayor Muriel Bowser said.
U.S. counter terrorism official faces child sex charge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An official in the State Department’s counter terrorism bureau has been charged with soliciting a child for sex though the internet, police said on Wednesday.
Crossing at scene of California rail crash was known rail hazard
OXNARD, Calif. (Reuters) – The rail crossing where a California commuter train plowed into a truck on Tuesday was a known transportation hazard and the scene of a fatal accident as recently as last year, raising questions about why a highway overpass h…
Life or death for convicted killer Jodi Arias? Jury deliberates
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The jury in the case of convicted killer Jodi Arias began deliberations on Wednesday to determine whether she will be executed for murdering her ex-boyfriend in 2008, court officials said.
New Jersey man admits stealing $1 million from family in fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing $1 million from his great-aunt and great-uncle by persuading them to invest their retirement savings in a high-risk, money-losing investment venture, officials said.
U.S. government says 8.84 million people signed on for 2015 Obamacare plans
(Reuters) – Some 8.84 million people selected or were automatically enrolled as of Feb. 22 in an individual health insurance plan on the HealthCare.gov website created under the national healthcare reform law, the U.S. government health agency said on …
Connecticut students in court after arrests linked to ‘Molly’ overdoses
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Three students from Connecticut’s Wesleyan University were released on bail on Wednesday and ordered to return to court next month on charges linked to an incident in which a dozen students were hospitalized for overdosing on…
