Ex-city official in California sentenced to one year in jail in corruption case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former elected official from the scandal-plagued California city of Bell was sentenced on Friday to one year in jail for inflating his salary by sitting on bogus boards, prosecutors said.
U.S. Medicaid enrollment nears 7 million since Obamacare rollout
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New enrollments in Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion and other healthcare programs for the poor have reached 6.7 million people since the launch of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms last year, the administration said on Fr…
Case of Pennsylvania sheriff accused of assault nears a close
BEAVER Penn. (Reuters) – Testimony concluded on Friday in the trial of a western Pennsylvania sheriff accused of threatening to beat up and shoot a local online reporter in the head.
Ex-Minnesota governor: no fight with ‘American Sniper’ author
ST PAUL Minn. (Reuters) – Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura said Friday he has not been in a fight in decades as he took the stand in his trial accusing a former Navy SEAL sniper of making up a 2006 altercation between them described in a best-se…
Thousands may telecommute in case of New York train strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of New Yorkers could work from home instead of commuting in a plan laid out by transportation officials on Friday to address the threat of a strike at the Long Island Rail Road.
New York man who threatened ex-President Bush gets house arrest
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man arrested for threatening to kill former President George W. Bush was sentenced to six months of home confinement on Friday.
White House trims 2014 deficit projection to $583 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House lowered its U.S. federal deficit forecast for the 2014 fiscal year by $66 billion to $583 billion on Friday on the basis of gathering economic momentum as evidenced by gains in hiring.
Accused Boston bomber spoke of martyrdom before attack -FBI
BOSTON (Reuters) – Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told his friends about martyrdom and bomb-building over lunch before the attacks last year, an FBI agent testified on Friday in the trial of one of the friends for obstruction.
Republicans wage uphill battle to win over black voters
CHARLOTTE N.C. (Reuters) – After losing the 2012 presidential election, Republicans vowed to expand their appeal beyond their shrinking base of white males. But as they concede, winning over black voters is likely to be a long and difficult task.
Philadelphia mayor rebuked for response to fire that killed four children
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Relatives of at least two of the four children killed in a weekend fire that destroyed eight homes in Philadelphia staged a sit-in at City Hall on Wednesday, demanding the mayor apologize for comments about the blaze they decri…
