Court clears way for California to sell $8 billion of bullet-train bonds
(Reuters) – A California appeals court has ruled a state authority may issue $8 billion in bonds to help finance a high-speed rail system in the most populous U.S. state, removing a substantial obstacle to the proposed $68 billion plan.
N.Y.’s Met Opera, unions extend talks for 72 hours, lockout delayed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s Metropolitan Opera agreed to extend negotiations with its labor unions for 72 hours, preventing a threatened lockout at the nation’s largest performing arts organization, the Met said late on Thursday.
Man extradited to U.S. from Mexico over slaying of border patrol agent
(Reuters) – A Mexican man has been extradited to the United States in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. border patrol agent during a late-night gun battle near the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona four years ago, federal prosecutors said on Th…
Obamacare subsidy case could be reviewed by U.S. Supreme Court
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a case about whether the federal government can subsidize health insurance for millions of Americans, a party involved in the lawsuit said on Thursday.
U.S. residents sue over immigration denials said to target Muslims
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Five long-time U.S. residents who are Muslim or from Muslim-majority countries sued the federal government on Thursday, saying the Department of Homeland Security was unfairly denying or delaying requests for citizenship and per…
Tea Party out-muscles Boehner on border-security funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill to fund border security blew up in House Speaker John Boehner’s face on Thursday, leaving Republicans in disarray and struggling to reconcile Tea Party demands with the need to deal with a humanitarian crisis on the southw…
Sudanese woman who had faced execution for conversion arrives in U.S.
MANCHESTER N.H. (Reuters) – A Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for converting from Islam to Christianity, then detained after her conviction was quashed, arrived in the United States on Thursday.
U.S. reforms poultry inspections to boost food safety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Thursday reforms to decades-old processes for inspecting poultry facilities in a bid to cut down on the number of foodborne illnesses, but dropped an industry-backed plan to speed u…
Tea Party out-muscles Boehner on border-security funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill to fund border security blew up in House Speaker John Boehner’s face on Thursday, leaving Republicans in disarray and struggling to reconcile Tea Party demands with the need to deal with a humanitarian crisis on the southw…
CIA concedes it spied on U.S. Senate investigators, apologizes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The CIA conceded on Thursday that it had improperly monitored computers used by the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee in an investigation of interrogation tactics and secret prisons for terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11, 200…
