Republicans demand hearings in Congress over soldier’s release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers angered by a White House deal to swap five Taliban prisoners for a captured U.S. soldier in Afghanistan on Monday demanded hearings over why the Obama administration reached the agreement without consulting C…
Seattle approves hike in minimum wage to $15 per hour
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The Seattle city council voted unanimously on Monday to approve a hike in the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, to be phased in over the next seven years.
Years after shooting, ex-U.S. Marine faces trial in unusual case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Navy corpsman Michael Carpeso, Marine Corporal Wilfredo Santiago and an Iraqi translator known as “Hollywood” were alone in a trailer at a Marine station in Iraq on Jan. 26, 2008 when a bullet tore through Carpeso’s head, leaving h…
San Francisco commuters stuck as transit workers call in sick
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco Bay Area train and bus commuters were stranded or facing long delays on Monday when many transit workers called in sick, days after a vote on a new contract, bringing the city’s famed cable cars to a halt.
Texas woman arrested on suspicion of shooting her caged dog
DALLAS (Reuters) – Police in Texas have arrested a 44-year-old woman on suspicion of shooting dead her caged dog that had just given birth to a litter of puppies because she was “growing agitated” with her pet, police said on Monday.
At D-Day event, Obama to connect World War Two, Sept. 11 veterans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will draw a connection between the “Greatest Generation” that fought in World War Two to the “9/11 generation” that emerged after the Sept. 11 attacks when he marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasio…
Dropout charged in Connecticut college bomb threat appears in court
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – A college dropout accused of calling in bomb threats to a commencement ceremony in Connecticut to keep her family from learning she was not graduating made her first court appearance on Monday since her arrest and arraignment …
Teen accused of Pennsylvania school stabbing waives preliminary hearing
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The teen accused of a stabbing spree at a Pittsburgh-area high school in April that injured 20 students and a security guard waived his preliminary hearing on Monday and is headed for trial on charges of attempted murder, accor…
Envelope with white powder prompts scare at Minnesota governor’s mansion
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Two employees at the Minnesota governor’s mansion were decontaminated as a precaution on Monday after staff members opened a letter and found a small amount of white powder, a state spokesman said.
Accused Boston bomber friend: Didn’t feel free during questioning
BOSTON (Reuters) – A friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber charged with interfering with the investigation into the blasts said on Monday he had no idea he could have walked away from hours of questioning four days after the attack.
