American in North Korea denounces U.S., seeks Venezuela asylum: media
SEOUL (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen who illegally entered North Korea delivered a lengthy denunciation of U.S. domestic and foreign policy on Sunday and said he was seeking political asylum in Venezuela, the North’s official media said.
Texas lawmakers put new gun rights laws in their sights
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Several proposed new gun laws await the new Texas legislature when it opens next month, including one to allow open carrying of handguns in public and another providing a sales tax holiday for firearms purchases.
Football player shot dead near Alabama campus
(Reuters) – An 18-year-old Auburn University football player was shot dead early on Sunday at an apartment complex near his campus in eastern Alabama, police said.
UK lawmakers will ask U.S. for secret parts of CIA report, to scrutinize UK spies
LONDON (Reuters) – A powerful British parliamentary committee will ask the United States to hand over blacked out parts of a report into the CIA, to try to establish whether British spies were complicit in torture or rendition, its chairman said on Sun…
U.S. taxpayers help fund oil-train boom amid safety concerns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For the past 18 months, Americans from Albany to Oregon have voiced growing alarm over the rising number of oil-laden freight trains coursing through their cities, a trend they fear is endangering public safety.
Marchers in Washington, New York, Boston protest against police killings
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, New York and Boston on Saturday to protest against killings of unarmed black men by police officers.
Senate passes spending bill, ends government shutdown threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Saturday passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill that lifts the threat of a government shutdown as Congress attempts to wrap up a two-year legislative session marked by bitter partisanship and few major accomplish…
SantaCon merrymakers hit midtown Manhattan for annual pub crawl
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Waves of revelers dressed in Santa Claus outfits invaded Midtown Manhattan on Saturday as part of New York’s version of SantaCon, a massive pub crawl that organizers scaled back this year in part to prevent conflicts with a nearby …
New Jersey college buys Atlantic City casino for dorm, branch campus
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A New Jersey college said on Saturday it has completed its $18 million purchase of the shuttered Showboat Atlantic City casino resort from Caesars Entertainment Corp , a deal that would usher in a new dormitory and a branch cam…
$1.1 trillion spending bill clears hurdle in Senate
(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted to advance a $1.1 trillion government funding bill late on Saturday, clearing the way for a final vote on the massive spending package.
