Accenture named lead contractor for Obamacare website: government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Accenture has been chosen to replace CGI Federal as the lead contractor for the Obamacare enrollment website, which failed to work when it launched in October for millions of Americans shopping for health insurance, the U.S. Cent…
Tap water fix in West Virginia still days away, official says
CHARLESTON, W., Virginia (Reuters) – Tap water in Charleston, West Virginia, and nearby communities will remain unsafe in the coming days, an official said on Saturday as residents spent a third day unable to bathe, shower or drink from the faucet due …
Lawmakers pledge to continue probing New Jersey bridge scandal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey lawmakers on Saturday pledged to continue to seek more details in the bridge scandal engulfing Governor Chris Christie, with the Democratic Assembly speaker-elect saying he planned to call the body into special session.
Silicon Valley executive and family found dead in missing plane in Idaho
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Searchers combing snowbound mountains in Idaho on Friday found the wreckage of a plane that crashed in early December, killing the pilot, a Silicon Valley software executive, his two adult children and their partners, a family…
Former spokesman for President Ronald Reagan dies
(Reuters) – Larry Speakes, who took over as press secretary for President Ronald Reagan in 1981 after his predecessor was wounded in an assassination attempt against the president, died on Friday in Mississippi, a funeral home owner said.
White House weighs in on Jimmy Kimmel China controversy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House has weighed in on a petition calling for the government to crack down on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” a television talk show that sparked a furor in China in October with a joke about killing Chinese people to avoid payin…
North Carolina police say teenager in custody shot himself
DURHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) – A teenage suspect who died in North Carolina while he was handcuffed in the back of a police car shot himself in the head with a gun he hid from an officer, according to a police report released on Friday.
Lawmaker seeks to halt bond sales for California high-speed rail
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Republican California lawmaker proposed on Friday to put a measure before voters to stop bond sales for the state’s planned high-speed rail system, in the latest bid by critics to derail the ambitious project.
Arkansas lieutenant governor resigns over ethics violations
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) – Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr, under political siege from fellow Republicans as well as Democrats after admitting to numerous violations of state ethics laws, announced on Friday that he would resign effective…
Human foot on Florida beach identified as mystery deepens
ORLANDO (Reuters) – The human foot found on a southeast Florida beach on New Year’s Day has been matched by investigators using DNA to a missing local boater, who media reports say lost a brother in similar circumstances.
