Obama pledges to uphold ‘sacred trust’ with U.S. veterans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At the end of a week rocked by allegations of mismanagement and cover-ups at the Department of Veterans Affairs, President Barack Obama used his weekly address on Saturday to vow again to make sure veterans get the necessary medi…
Teen accused of killing Pennsylvania cabbie for taking long route
(Reuters) – A teenager who thought a Pennsylvania taxi driver was taking a long route to charge him extra money has been accused of killing the cabbie, police said.
Republican star Mia Love gets second chance to make political history
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Utah’s Mia Love, a Republican darling who could become the first conservative black woman elected to U.S. Congress, is getting a second, and likely better, chance to make history after narrowly losing to a popular incumbent D…
California mother charged with stabbing three young daughters to death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California mother was charged on Friday with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of her three daughters – all younger than 3 years of age – at their home in a working-class suburb of Los Angeles, prosecutors said.
Warehouse of chemical company near Atlanta goes up in flames
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Flames engulfed a warehouse outside of Atlanta late on Friday, prompting an evacuation of nearby businesses, but firefighters kept the blaze from spreading to other structures, and no injuries were reported, emergency management off…
Donald Sterling hands control of L.A. Clippers to wife: source
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, banned from the NBA for racist remarks, has handed controlling interest in his team to his wife, the co-owner, and she is negotiating with the league to sell the club, a source with kn…
Boy Scouts leader Gates won’t press gay adult membership issue
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he would not press during his term as Boy Scouts of America president for an end to the group’s ban on gay adult leaders for fear of causing permanent damage to the century old organiza…
Crash of small plane kills four in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) – A small airplane crashed while making a landing approach on Friday outside the southwestern New Mexico town of Silver City, killing all four people aboard and sparking a grass fire that prompted the evacuation of a n…
Colorado judge defers on bid to move trial of accused theater gunman
DENVER (Reuters) – The Colorado judge presiding over the case of James Holmes, the man charged with mass murder in the shooting deaths of 12 people in a movie theater, ruled on Friday it was premature to consider moving the trial to another jurisdictio…
Commercial approaches spur change in U.S. military space business
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s growing acceptance of commercial military satellites is opening the $20 billion-a-year market to new companies and forcing big arms makers such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing to change how they o…
