Cincinnati-area man charged with allegedly planning to attack U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Cincinnati-area man was charged on Wednesday with planning an attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to an indictment handed down on Wednesday.
Obamacare enrollment hits 7.1 million so far for 2015 coverage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration said on Wednesday that more than 7.1 million people have signed up for 2015 healthcare coverage through the federal government’s insurance marketplace as of last Friday.
Washington state attorney general seeks to raise smoking age to 21
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Washington state’s top lawyer was set to unveil legislation on Wednesday seeking to raise the legal smoking age to 21 from 18 in a move that could make the state the first in the nation with such a threshold, his office said.
Supreme Court backs former air marshal in whistleblower case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a former air marshal can seek whistleblower protections for disclosing sensitive information to the news media about the absence of security officers on certain flights.
Texas to execute man for triple murder in San Antonio home
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas plans to execute on Wednesday a man who was convicted of stabbing three people to death with a screwdriver, including his great-uncle and great-aunt, in a San Antonio home robbery in 1993.
Three inmates released from hospital after Texas prison bus crash
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Three inmates who were injured in a crash that killed 10 people last week when a Texas prison bus skidded off an icy overpass and into a moving freight train have been released from the hospital, prison officials said on Wedne…
U.S. solar product trade ruling opens way to import duties on China, Taiwan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Wednesday imports of solar products from China and Taiwan injure U.S. producers, clearing the final hurdle for import duties on the goods.
Volvo names new U.S. chief as sales decline
DETROIT (Reuters) – Volvo Cars on Wednesday named a new head of North America as the Swedish auto brand tries to reverse lagging sales in a growing U.S. market.
Suspected smuggler shot in gunfight at Texas border: officials
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A suspected smuggler in a group allegedly bringing drugs over the border from Mexico was shot on Wednesday in an exchange of gunfire with a U.S. Border Patrol agent near the south Texas town of Chapeño, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.
Town to vote on demolishing Sandy Hook killer’s Connecticut home
NEWTOWN, Conn. (Reuters) – Civic officials will vote on Wednesday evening whether to demolish the Connecticut home of the 20-year-old man who killed 26 children and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 in one of the deadliest school shootings …
