U.S. Army helicopter with four aboard crashes over weekend in New Mexico
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. Army helicopter with four people aboard crashed over the weekend during a training exercise near Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, a military official said on Monday.
Supreme Court declines to hear Nebraska immigration case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact a Nebraska town’s ordinance that cracks down on illegal immigration, declining to hear an appeal filed by a civil rights group.
U.S. Supreme Court declines new gun regulations challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh in on whether gun owners have a constitutional right to carry handguns outside the home.
Fewer in U.S. lack health insurance, but issues remain: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The percentage of adults in the United States who lack health insurance has fallen to its lowest rate since 2008, down to about 13 percent in April from a peak of 18 percent last year, according to a Gallup poll released on Monda…
Regret, relief draw former inmates to Pennsylvania prison reunion
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – William Harrison knows the Eastern State Penitentiary all too well, having spent years locked up in the imposing fortress that today is a popular tourist attraction in Philadelphia.
Ford recalls about 4,000 Super Duty F-Series trucks for transmission issue
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co is recalling almost 4,000 commercial versions of its F-Series full-size pickup truck, mostly in the United States, because they could slip into reverse and increase the risk of a crash, according to documents filed wit…
Briton arrested in Las Vegas in carbon trading probe
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – U.S. officials have arrested a 56-year-old Briton in Las Vegas in connection with suspected tax fraud worth 136 million euros ($189 million), deepening a European carbon trading probe that has also drawn in Deutsche Bank.
Six hurt when US Airways flight from Philadelphia hits turbulence
(Reuters) – Four passengers and two crew members were injured on Sunday when a US Airways jet hit severe turbulence after leaving Philadelphia International airport, the airline said.
Oklahoma wildfire kills one, forces residents to flee
(Reuters) – A wildfire stoked by high winds and temperatures near 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) killed at least one man, destroyed several houses and forced people to flee near the Oklahoma town of Guthrie on Sunday, officials and local media said.
Former Congressman Jim Oberstar of Minnesota dies at age 79
(Reuters) – Jim Oberstar, who represented northeastern Minnesota for 36 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and rose to a key position for transportation and infrastructure, died on Saturday at age 79, his family said.
