U.S. birth control ruling fuels battle over corporate rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court has opened up a new front in the battle over corporate rights by ruling that family-owned and other closely held corporations can mount religious objections to government action.
Obama says to reform immigration on his own, bypassing Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday he would take executive action to revamp the U.S. immigration system and move additional resources to protect the border after hopes of passing broad reform legislation in Congress officially…
U.S. oil tankers built on spec face choppy waters as export ban eases
NEW YORK – U.S. ship builders are making a $500 million bet on robust domestic demand for crude oil from newly-tapped shale fields by building new tankers without having lined up customers to lease them.
Colorado attorney general asks county to stop same-sex marriage licenses
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado’s solicitor general wants a county in the state to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses until separate legislation over the status of such marriages is settled by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Denver Post reported Monday.
Exclusive: South Carolina jury awards $8.1 million to investor who was misled by BB&T
(Reuters) – A South Carolina jury on Monday awarded $8.1 million to a former adviser who sold his wealth management business to BB&T Corp and later alleged that the company mismanaged his retirement nest egg with a risky strategy, according to a person familiar with the matter.
U.S. soldier charged with murder after death of Panamanian woman
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. military authorities charged on Monday a U.S. soldier with “unpremeditated murder” after he allegedly killed a Panamanian woman, an army spokeswoman said.
U.S. to move some Central American immigrants to California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Some 140 illegal immigrants, many of them women with children, will be flown from Texas to California and processed through a San Diego-area U.S. Border Patrol station as federal officials deal with a crush of Central American m…
After wet weekend, new tornadoes, floods seen in U.S. Midwest
(Reuters) – A strong storm front that proved deadly in Iowa moved through northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin on Monday, bringing with it hurricane-force winds and thunderstorms that damaged homes and took down trees and power lines.
Boy, 12, found shot to death at Boy Scout camp in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A 12-year-old boy from Las Vegas was found dead of a gunshot wound at a Boy Scouts of America summer camp in San Diego, police said on Monday.
Former Calpers CEO plans to plead guilty to conspiracy
(Reuters) – A former chief executive of Calpers, the largest U.S. public pension fund, plans to plead guilty in a federal conspiracy case, according to his lawyer.
