With new leader for Obamacare, White House shifts to election mode
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kathleen Sebelius’ departure as President Barack Obama’s health secretary signals a new chapter in the White House’s efforts to defend Obama’s signature healthcare law and help Senate Democrats who face tough battles for re-elect…
Obamas dine out, attend Broadway show in New York
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle dined out in New York on Friday and attended a Broadway show, “A Raisin in the Sun,” starring actor Denzel Washington.
Wild horses targeted for roundup in Utah rangeland clash
ENTERPRISE, Utah (Reuters) – A Utah county, angry over the destruction of federal rangeland that ranchers use to graze cattle, has started a bid to round up federally protected wild horses it blames for the problem in the latest dustup over land manage…
Parents of Texas ‘affluenza’ teen to pay part of state treatment
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas judge, who was criticized for sentencing a wealthy Texas teen to probation after he killed four people while driving drunk, on Friday ordered his parents to pay a small part of the cost of his treatment at a state-…
Detroit driver awake nine days after mob beating
(Reuters) – A truck driver beaten unconscious by a Detroit mob when he tried to assist a child he accidentally hit with his pickup nine days ago has begun to regain consciousness and is breathing on his own, his daughter said on Friday.
Arkansas to appeal ruling on abortion restriction law
TEXARKANA, Arkansas (Reuters) – Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said on Friday he would appeal a federal judge’s decision striking down a state law that bans most abortions starting at 12 weeks of pregnancy, one of the most stringent such sta…
Texas woman sentenced to life in stiletto-heel killing
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A Texas jury sentenced a woman on Friday to life in prison for stabbing her boyfriend to death with the 5-1/2-inch stiletto heel of her shoe during an argument after an alcohol-fueled night out last year.
Investigators focus on wreckage in deadly California crash
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A probe into a California crash that killed 10 people focused on Friday on whether the truck driver lost consciousness, his vehicle had mechanical failure or another collision caused him to swerve across a median and …
Detroit closer to exiting bankruptcy after swaps deal approval
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit’s plan to get out of bankruptcy cleared a major hurdle on Friday when a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved the cash-strapped city’s third attempt at settling costly interest-rate swap agreements with two investment banks.
U.S. asks if accused Boston bomber’s lawyers to claim mental illness
BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. team prosecuting accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asked defense attorneys on Friday to notify them by next month if they plan to make the 20-year-old defendant’s mental faculties an issue at trial.
