U.S. official in charge of Obamacare exchanges resigns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. healthcare official, accused by Republicans of misleading Congress about the readiness of the Obamacare rollout, will resign from his post at the end of March, officials said on Thursday.
U.S. Senators seek recovery of ‘unknown’ Pearl Harbor victims
BOSTON (Reuters) – Fifteen U.S. Senators on Thursday called on the military to identify the bodies of 21 “unknown” sailors from the U.S.S. Oklahoma who were killed during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and to return the remains to their families.
Two Marines relieved of command over California blast that killed four
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two U.S. Marines have been relieved of their commands over an explosion at the Camp Pendleton base that killed four bomb specialists in November, probably when a live grenade fell into a demolition pit, military officials said o…
Trainer admits guilt in New Jersey violent Jewish divorce scheme
(Reuters) – A New York personal trainer pleaded guilty on Thursday to being part of a New Jersey ring that used violence to coerce Jewish husbands to agree to grant their wives religious divorces, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Texas abortion provider closes two clinics, citing new law
DALLAS (Reuters) – Two more Texas abortion providers said they will shut down this week, saying their doctors were unable to get admitting privileges to nearby hospitals as required under new restrictions enacted by the state last year.
U.S. Army general admits to lesser counts in sex crimes trial
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) – A U.S. Army general pleaded guilty on Thursday to military crimes of having an adulterous affair, asking junior female officers for nude photos and possessing pornography on his laptop while deployed in Afghanista…
U.S. to pay legal fees of man in Boston bombing cover-up
BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday agreed to have a federal program pay the legal expenses of a man charged with helping the accused Boston Marathon bomber cover his tracks, but rebuffed his attorney’s request to have two lawyers on the defens…
Los Angeles urban swath to test Obama’s ‘promise zone’ plan
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Waiting for a bus in her heavily immigrant Los Angeles neighborhood, cleaning lady Yesenia Hernandez looked up at a new apartment block across the street that will boast such luxuries as a rooftop pool and dog park, with rents f…
Duke ordered to stop groundwater pollution at North Carolina coal plants
(Reuters) – A North Carolina judge ruled on Thursday that Duke Energy Corp must immediately stop the sources of groundwater pollution at its 14 coal-fired power plants in the state.
California woman rescued after 15 hours on sinking raft
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California woman who set out to sea in an inflatable dinghy to watch the sunset, spent about 15 hours clinging to the raft after it began taking on water in frigid Monterey Bay, before the U.S. Coast Guard plucked her to saf…
