More than 440,000 customers without power in Carolinas due ice storm
(Reuters) – More than 440,000 homes and businesses were without power in North Carolina and South Carolina on Friday due to a strong ice storm.
Maryland girl believed abducted by father after mother found dead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Maryland man suspected of abducting his 11-year-old daughter is wanted by police in connection with the death of the girl’s mother, authorities said on Friday.
One person wounded in shooting at crowded Tennessee mall
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – One person was critically wounded in a shooting at a crowded Tennessee mall late on Thursday afternoon, and four people were arrested, the shopping center and local media said.
Idaho lawmakers pass bill allowing concealed guns on college campuses
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Idaho lawmakers on Thursday approved a measure allowing concealed guns to be carried onto university and college campuses.
Exclusive: U.S. Navy aims to put 22 Boeing fighters on ‘unfunded’ list – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy plans to add 22 Boeing electronic attack jets to a list of “unfunded” priorities requested by Congress, but the document must still be vetted by senior Pentagon officials, who have underscored their commitment to Lo…
Abu Ghaith urged Qaeda recruits to ‘pledge’ to bin Laden: witness
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, Suleiman Abu Ghaith, urged al Qaeda recruits en route to a training camp in Afghanistan to pledge their lives to bin Laden a few months before September 11, 2001, a government witness told jurors on Th…
U.S. freedom of navigation operations in 2013 targeted China, Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military carried out freedom of navigation operations challenging the maritime claims of China, Iran and 10 other nations last year, asserting its right to use the seas in defiance of their restrictions, a Pentagon repor…
Florida court bars immigrants in U.S. illegally from being lawyers
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Immigrants in the U.S. illegally, including those who moved as children, cannot work as lawyers in Florida, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday even as its sole Hispanic member decried the decision as …
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.
