Obama to seek $2 billion from Congress to tackle child migrant crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama is to ask Congress for more than $2 billion to deal with the surge in unaccompanied children from Central America flooding into the United States along its southern border.
Wendy Davis tries to get Texas campaign for governor back on track
DALLAS (Reuters) – For one day a year ago, Wendy Davis became the brightest star in the U.S. political universe when she donned pink tennis shoes and launched a one-woman, 10-hour filibuster against abortion restrictions that brought her international …
Magnitude-5.2 earthquake shakes New Mexico, Arizona
(Reuters) – A 5.2-magnitude earthquake near the border of Arizona and New Mexico rattled a significant swath of the U.S. Southwest late Saturday but caused no major damage or injuries, the United States Geological Survey said.
On eve of court ruling, Americans oppose contraceptive ban: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of Americans oppose letting employers, based on their religious views, exclude certain contraceptives from workers’ insurance coverage, says a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision expected on Monday.
Plaintiffs in historic gay marriage case lauded at lavish ceremony
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A year after becoming among the first same-sex couples to wed legally in California, two men who were plaintiffs in the case that led to a court overturning the state’s five-year ban on gay marriage held a lavish ceremony on Sat…
Child killed by falling security door at Philadelphia ice treat shop: report
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A 3-year-old girl was killed on Saturday when a metal security door fell on her at a flavored ice shop in Philadelphia, according to local media reports.
Conservationists rally outside Yellowstone to protest wolf hunting
(Reuters) – A rally to protest sport hunting and trapping of wolves in the United States drew about 150 participants on Saturday outside the gates of Yellowstone National Park, an organizer said.
Georgia father researched child death in hot car on Internet
(Reuters) – A Georgia father charged with murder after leaving his 22-month-old son in a sweltering car for seven hours told police he had researched how hot a vehicle needed to be to kill a child, according to a search warrant released on Saturday.
Hit-run driver sought in crash that killed three women in Florida
(Reuters) – Police in Tampa are looking for the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed three women, who according to local media reports were all single mothers, authorities said on Saturday.
New Jersey resort is rechristened with its once notorious name
VERNON N.J. (Reuters) – It’s hard to forget a trip on the Alpine Slide, the half-mile fiberglass track that sent riders careening down the side of a mountain on a cart at a New Jersey resort once known as Action Park.
