U.S. surveillance programs threaten freedom of press, report says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. surveillance programs are making it more difficult for government officials to speak to the press anonymously, two rights groups said on Monday.
Colorado attorney general again seeks to halt gay marriage in Boulder
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado’s attorney general asked the state’s highest court on Monday to order the Boulder County Clerk to stop giving out marriage licenses to gay couples, saying her actions must be governed by the current state of the law, court d…
Two men charged in deadly Philadelphia carjacking
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Philadelphia prosecutors have charged two men they say killed three children and injured three others when a carjacked SUV they were driving swerved out of control last week, city officials said in a news conference on Monday.
U.S. court backs government demand for names of ‘straw buyers’ of guns
DENVER (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday backed a federal government demand that firearms dealers in four southwestern border states report “straw buyers” suspected of purchasing multiple weapons for Mexican drug gangs.
Family of Texas doctor with Ebola not showing signs of virus
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – The family of a Texas doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa had traveled back to the United States before he showed symptoms and was not at risk for getting or spreading the disease, U.S. health offi…
Arrest made in case of kidnapped New Hampshire teenage girl
MANCHESTER N.H. (Reuters) – Police in New Hampshire on Monday arrested a 34-year-old man on charges of kidnapping a 15-year-old girl who disappeared from her small town in the White Mountains last fall and reappeared mysteriously last week.
Deadly lightning strike was rare event for Southern California coast
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lightning storms that killed a 20-year-old beachgoer in Los Angeles and sent eight other people to the hospital stemmed from a combination of atmospheric conditions relatively unusual for coastal Southern California, weather exp…
Crews make headway against destructive Northern California wildfire
(Reuters) – Firefighters began to gain the upper hand on Monday against a Northern California wildfire that has destroyed 13 homes and blackened nearly six square miles in the drought-parched foothills east of Sacramento, officials said.
Slower U.S. healthcare cost rise extending life of Medicare fund: trustees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tamer spending at U.S. hospitals and expected savings from President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul are shoring up the funding outlook for the Medicare program for the elderly, trustees of the program said on Monday.
Man killed in Florida beach plane crash on wedding anniversary
(Reuters) – The U.S. Army sergeant killed by a plane that crashed on a Florida beach was there celebrating his ninth wedding anniversary with family and friends, according to one of his last Facebook postings.
