Cuban dissidents shaken by U.S. rapprochement, seek new tactics
HAVANA (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s decision to end five decades of enmity with Cuba has shaken the island’s political dissidents, dividing their ranks and forcing them to rethink tactics.
U.S. says 6.4 million signed up for 2015 HealthCare.gov plans
(Reuters) – About 6.4 million Americans have selected a new individual healthcare plan or have been automatically signed up again for a 2015 insurance plan through the HealthCare.gov website, a top U.S. health official said on Tuesday, putting the agen…
Police in Massachusetts seek charges over copycat cop killer Facebook post
BOSTON (Reuters) – Police in Massachusetts are pursuing criminal charges against a man for posting the words “put wings on pigs” on his Facebook page, a phrase similar to the one posted by a man who killed two officers in New York City last weekend.
FBI warns of Islamic State threat to Mississippi River bridge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI has warned local authorities of a threat that Islamic State militants would blow up the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge spanning the Mississippi River, an agency spokesman said on Tuesday.
Long-stalled Seattle tunnel project delayed nine months to 2017
SEATTLE (Reuters) – An expressway tunnel central to Seattle’s $3.1 billion roadway overhaul will not open to traffic until August 2017, extending by some nine months a delay-plagued project to replace a waterfront highway, Washington state officials sa…
U.S. State Department’s Guantanamo envoy resigns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department envoy responsible for negotiating prisoner transfers from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is resigning, officials said on Monday, even as President Barack Obama is promising a stepped-up pus…
Rolling Stone magazine requests audit of discredited gang rape story
(Reuters) – Rolling Stone magazine has asked Columbia University’s journalism school to investigate a discredited article it ran in November alleging gang rape at a campus fraternity, the New York-based school said.
Three men face attempted murder charges in Oregon school shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Three men suspected in a gang-related shooting this month outside an Oregon high school for homeless and other vulnerable students are facing attempted murder and other charges, Portland police said on Monday.
Cruelty case against U.S. senator’s son dropped in Arizona dog deaths
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Animal cruelty charges against the son and daughter-in-law of U.S. Senator Jeff Flake and two others will be dismissed after new information came to light about the deaths of 21 dogs at a suburban Phoenix kennel in June, prosecutors…
U.S. West Coast port employers seek mediation in dockworker talks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Shipping lines and terminal operators at 29 U.S. West Coast ports asked the union representing 20,000 dockworkers on Monday to consent to federal mediation in contract negotiations, saying the parties remained far from a deal af…
