Georgia lawmakers pass measure for Martin Luther King Jr statue
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia lawmakers have passed a measure allowing a monument to be erected on the state Capitol grounds to honor late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., nearly a half century after the Georgia-born Nobel Peace Prize winner’s…
Texas set to execute aspiring rapper for murdering studio manager
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas is set to execute on Wednesday an aspiring rap musician who was convicted of slitting the throat and stabbing to death a music studio owner in San Antonio so that he could rob him of equipment.
Bin Laden son-in-law takes stand in New York court in own defense
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law Suleiman Abu Ghaith took the stand in his own defense Wednesday in New York federal court against charges that he conspired to kill Americans.
Winning tickets in $400 million lottery jackpot sold in Florida and Maryland
(Reuters) – The holders of two winning tickets sold in Florida and Maryland will share about $400 million from Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing, lottery officials said, marking the third-highest jackpot in the game’s history.
Two tickets share $400 million U.S. lottery jackpot
(Reuters) – Two winning tickets in Florida and Maryland will share about $400 million from Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing, lottery officials said, marking the third highest jackpot in the game’s history.
Undocumented immigrant who hid in Chicago church re-enters U.S.
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – An undocumented Mexican immigrant who made headlines after seeking refuge from deportation in a Chicago church joined a growing protest of deportees crossing into the United States on Tuesday, asking to be allowed to stay, organiz…
In U.S. contraception case, a question of corporate rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court could dodge the contentious question of whether corporations have religious rights when it weighs objections to an Obamacare requirement that employers provide insurance coverage for contraception.
U.S. honors 24 minority veterans from World War Two, Korea and Vietnam
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two dozen U.S. Army veterans received the country’s top military honor at the White House on Tuesday for acts of bravery in World War Two, Korea and Vietnam as part of an effort to recognize those whose service may have been igno…
Two dead in news helicopter crash near Seattle Space Needle
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A news helicopter crashed and burst into flames in downtown Seattle near the Space Needle on Tuesday, killing a pilot and a photographer on board and setting three cars on fire in the popular tourist area, officials said.
San Francisco doubles housing assistance to middle-class residents
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco has doubled the amount of money it will lend to middle-class home buyers to help with down payments in a market where an influx of high-paid technology workers has pushed prices up, city officials said on Tuesday…
