Walmart workers announce Black Friday protest locations
(Reuters) – A pressure group pushing for higher wages at Walmart stores said employees would stage protests at 1,600 U.S. stores on Black Friday, including 60 in Washington, D.C.
Conservatives, states set to launch legal blitz against Obama over immigration
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The morning after President Barack Obama announced his sweeping action to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, conservative groups and states were already pulling together legal strategies to dismantle the plan.
Widespread flooding ahead for snowy western New York: officials
EVANS N.Y. (Reuters) – Warm temperatures and rain were forecast for the weekend in the city of Buffalo and western New York, bringing the threat of widespread flooding to the region bound for days by deep snow.
Obama unveils U.S. immigration reform, setting up fight with Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama imposed the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation on Thursday, easing the threat of deportation for some 4.7 million undocumented immigrants and setting up a clash with Republicans who vow to fig…
House Republicans sue over Obama’s healthcare law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday filed a long-anticipated lawsuit challenging the implementation of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law over employer-based coverage and payments to insurers…
Florida approves silencers for game hunting
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – Florida wildlife officials lifted a 57-year-old ban on game hunters using silencers on their rifles and pistols after brief discussion at a public meeting on Friday.
Texas school board to vote on textbooks criticized for religious bent
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – The Texas State Board of Education, whose decisions can have national ramifications, on Friday plans to vote on whether to approve textbooks criticized for exaggerating the influence biblical figures had in forming the U.S. sys…
Thanksgiving grease cooks up plumbing disasters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thanksgiving is a royal pain in the U.S. drain.
NSA chief warns Chinese cyber attacks could shut U.S. infrastructure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China and “probably one or two” other countries have the ability to invade and possibly shut down computer systems of U.S. power utilities, aviation networks and financial companies, Admiral Mike Rogers, the director of the U.S. …
More arrests as protesters await Ferguson grand jury decision
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – Riot police arrested at least two demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, for a second night running as tensions simmer ahead of a grand jury decision in the case of a white officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in Augus…
