Obama budget would shrink deficits by $1.2 trillion over 10 years: CBO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget proposal would shrink U.S. deficits by $1.232 trillion over 10 years compared to those expected under current tax and spending laws, the Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday.
NIH center to admit U.S. healthcare worker with Ebola
(Reuters) – The U.S. National Institutes of Health will admit to its hospital on Friday a U.S. healthcare worker who tested positive for the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone.
More than two decades after murder, New Hampshire man granted parole
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – Prison authorities in New Hampshire on Thursday granted parole to William Flynn, who was a teenager when he was found guilty of being the trigger man in a 1990 murder that generated national attention.
As Kleiner finishes cross examination, ex-partner Pao keeps cool
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A former partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers kept an even demeanor on Thursday as the venture firm’s lawyers finished a cross examination that has portrayed her decision to sue for gender discrimination as highly opportunistic.
Trial of accused murderer of missing New York boy focuses on drug use
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Testimony at the trial of a former grocery store worker accused of murdering a New York City boy in 1979 focused on Thursday on years of drug abuse by the accused man, who defense attorneys contend is severely mentally ill and delu…
The Rev. Willie Barrow, Chicago civil rights leader, dies at 90
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Rev. Willie T. Barrow, a Chicago civil rights leader known as the “Little Warrior” for her small stature and determination to fight for equality, died on Thursday at age 90.
Search for bodies ends after Army chopper crash off Florida kills 11
(Reuters) – Search teams stopped looking for more bodies after finding the wreckage of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed during a nighttime training mission off Florida’s Gulf Coast, killing all seven Marines and four soldiers on board, author…
Oklahoma football team seeks punishment for racist video
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The University of Oklahoma’s renowned football team has suspended practice for a week in protest against a racist video linked to a fraternity and called for punishment of its leadership, team members said on Thursday.
Judge removes local prosecutors from California salon massacre case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California judge on Thursday removed local prosecutors from the case against an ex-tugboat worker who killed eight people in a 2011 shooting rampage at an Orange County hair salon, citing discovery violations and accusations o…
Man who subdued gunman in 2011 Arizona shooting rampage dies
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A man hailed as a hero for tackling a gunman outside an Arizona grocery store in a 2011 shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded then-U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others has died, friends said on Thursday…
