U.S. top court declines to revive New Jersey sports betting law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New Jersey’s attempt to introduce licensed sports betting has failed, with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday leaving intact a lower court ruling that said a federal law did not allow it.
U.S. top court rejects Wisconsin abortion case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in the legal fight over a new Wisconsin law that requires any doctor performing an abortion to have privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital.
Obama’s parenting advice: give kids lots of love and a few rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama, dad to two teenage girls, has some simple advice for raising kids.
Mideast scholar Fouad Ajami dead at 68
(Reuters) – Fouad Ajami, a prolific writer who became one of the world’s most prominent Middle East historians, died on Sunday aged 68, Stanford University said.
Exclusive: CDC reassigns director of lab behind anthrax blunder
ATLANTA/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reassigned the director of the bioterror lab behind the potential anthrax exposure of dozens of scientists and staff, sources told Reuters, as the anthrax controversy i…
Louisiana’s Poverty Point earthworks named a UNESCO world heritage site
(Reuters) – UNESCO on Sunday designated the ancient monumental earthworks of Poverty Point, Louisiana, as a world heritage site, making it the 22nd such U.S. site alongside such landmarks as the Grand Canyon and Statue of Liberty, officials said.
Mayors call on Congress to tackle illegal immigration
DALLAS (Reuters) – U.S. mayors on Sunday called for Congress to draw up bipartisan legislation to address a surge of illegal immigrants into the United States and asked for help to ease the resulting financial burden on local governments.
Former Afghanistan POW Bergdahl discharged from hospital: Army
(Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years as a Taliban prisoner of war before being released last month, has been discharged from a military hospital in Texas and will continue treatment as an outpatient, the Army said Sunday.
Former U.S. Attorney General Thornburgh in hospital: family
(Reuters) – Richard Thornburgh, a former U.S. attorney general and two-term Pennsylvania governor, has been hospitalized in Pittsburgh, his family said on Sunday.
Firefighters see progress battling Navajo reservation wildfire
(Reuters) – Firefighters on Sunday reported good progress working to contain a wildfire that has torn through pine woodlands and brush on a Navajo reservation in northwestern New Mexico.
