In campaign mode, Obama touts wages and Obamacare success
ANN ARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, needing a spark to nudge Democratic voters to the polls in November, pressed his case on Wednesday for job-creation measures that have little chance of passing Congress.
Judge halts Texas executions over drug supplier information
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge has temporarily suspended the execution of two inmates planned for this month in Texas, saying the state has hidden information about the supplier of the drugs to be used in the lethal injections.
Mississippi religious freedom bill criticized as discriminatory
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) – Mississippi’s governor said he will sign a religious freedom bill approved by state lawmakers over the objections of opponents who say it could be used as an excuse to refuse services to gays and minorities.
Bankruptcy judge OK’s $120 million loan for Detroit
(Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved Detroit’s plan to borrow $120 million from Barclays PLC to improve services in the cash-strapped city.
Daughter to testify in high-profile California murder trial of Iraqi man
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The trial of an Iraqi-American man accused of murdering his wife, a killing first investigated as a hate crime, resumed on Tuesday with his 19-year-old daughter expected to take the stand to testify about finding her mother bludge…
US judge halts Texas executions over drug supplier information
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge has temporarily suspended the execution of two inmates planned for this month in Texas, saying the state has hidden information about the supplier of the drug to be used in the lethal injections.
Possible tornadoes in the forecast for Midwest
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A large swath of the U.S. Midwest is bracing for potentially dangerous weather including possible tornadoes as an intense storm system moves through the region on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
With an eye on 2016, Louisiana’s Jindal offers healthcare plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who is testing the waters for the 2016 presidential race, on Wednesday unveiled a set of ideas on U.S. healthcare policy that he said could take the place of President Barack Obama’s signature hea…
Thousands of U.S. firefighters mourn comrade killed in Boston blaze
WATERTOWN, Massachusetts (Reuters) – Thousands of firefighters from across the United States lined the streets of a Boston suburb on Wednesday to grieve for one of two firefighters who died battling a blaze in a downtown apartment building.
Former U.S. analyst sentenced to 13 months in rare leak case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge sentenced a former State Department analyst on Wednesday to 13 months in prison for sharing classified information about North Korea with a reporter in 2009 without authorization.
