Rare white rhino dies at San Diego zoo, leaving only five on earth
(Reuters) – One of only six northern white rhinoceros left on earth died over the weekend at a San Diego zoo, bringing the species closer to extinction, zoo officials said on Monday.
U.S. seeks to use letters from bin Laden raid at terror trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have asked a federal judge to allow them to use documents seized during the 2011 military raid that killed Osama bin Laden at the January trial of suspected al Qaeda figure Abu Anas al-Liby.
Top court rejects Arizona appeal over abortion drug law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked Arizona from enforcing a state law that restricts access to abortion-inducing drugs by prohibiting off-label uses of RU-486, the so-called “abortion pill.”
UAW chief backs labor board decisions on email, organizing votes
DETROIT (Reuters) – The president of the United Auto Workers union on Monday called the National Labor Relations Board’s recent decisions to allow employees to use company email to organize and unions to hold faster elections to represent workers “the …
Boston Marathon bomber suspect to appear in court this week
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is due to appear in court in Boston this week for the first time in more than a year, at a final hearing before his trial begins next month, one of his attorneys said on Monday.
UAW chief backs labor board decisions on email, organizing votes
DETROIT (Reuters) – The president of the United Auto Workers union on Monday called the National Labor Relations Board’s recent decisions to allow employees to use company email to organize and unions to hold faster elections to represent workers “the …
Police capture last of three Alabama jail escapees
(Reuters) – The final of three inmates who broke out of an Alabama county jail after overpowering a guard in a weekend escape has been captured, authorities said on Monday.
U.S. asks Vatican for help with Guantanamo inmates
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The United States, which is seeking ways to close Guantanamo Bay prison camp and to transfer inmates to third countries, asked the Vatican on Monday for help finding “humanitarian solutions” for inmates, Vatican spokesman Fathe…
Puerto Rico to present power-authority overhaul ideas to creditors
NEW YORK/SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Restructuring experts will present different scenarios to overhaul Puerto Rico’s troubled electric power authority (PREPA) to creditors on Monday, but will stop short of recommending job cuts, the president of…
U.S. top court backs police in car brake-light confusion case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a police officer in North Carolina lawfully stopped a car with a faulty brake light – and then found a stash of cocaine in the vehicle – even though driving with one working light is no…
