Pentagon cuts list of places where U.S. troops get danger pay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Friday it had cut by about a third the list of places where U.S. troops would receive imminent danger pay, dropping locations like Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf in a move expected to reduce costs by abou…
Marijuana plants found at home of rogue U.S. banker: police
ATLANTA (Reuters) – More than 200 marijuana plants were found at the rented Florida home of a former Georgia bank director captured this week after vanishing for 18 months under suspicion of embezzling $21 million, authorities said on Friday.
Exclusive: U.S. waived laws to keep F-35 on track with China-made parts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon repeatedly waived laws banning Chinese-built components on U.S. weapons in order to keep the $392 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program on track in 2012 and 2013, even as U.S. officials were voicing conce…
U.S. appeals ruling against NSA phone surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government appealed on Friday a federal court ruling that the gathering of Americans’ telephone records by the National Security Agency of was likely unlawful.
Man accused in South Carolina double murder escapes facility
(Reuters) – A man accused of killing his mother and stepfather, whose plastic-wrapped bodies police found inside a locked basement room in South Carolina in 2006, escaped on Thursday from a psychiatric hospital, authorities said.
Exclusive: Turmoil at East-West Center in Hawaii as energy team quits
HONOLULU (Reuters) – The East-West Center in Hawaii, a U.S. government-funded institute to promote better relations with Pacific and Asian nations, is hardly a center of harmony these days.
U.S. asks top court not to extend Catholics’ contraception exemption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government asked the Supreme Court on Friday not to allow Roman Catholic-affiliated groups a temporary exemption from a part of the Obamacare healthcare law that requires employers to provide insurance policies covering …
Gay marriage supporters ask top court not to block Utah weddings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gay marriage proponents on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request from Utah officials seeking to block a federal court ruling that allowed same-sex weddings to go ahead in the heavily Mormon state.
Execution set for Florida killer whose case altered sex predator law
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a death warrant for a man who raped and murdered a Miami-area boy in 1995, in a case that triggered changes in U.S. laws on violent sexual predators.
Manhattan apartment sales reach highest level in 25 years
(Reuters) – Sales volumes of Manhattan apartments jumped 30 percent in the fourth quarter, a report on Friday showed, as buyers put aside concerns about the strength of the overall economy and pushed inventory levels to historic lows.
