Hundreds of snakes, many dead, found in Southern California house
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hundreds of snakes and rodents were found on Wednesday in the home of a Southern California elementary school teacher after neighbors complained of a stench emanating from the squalid house in the city of Santa Ana, police said….
Man who lost legs to Boston Marathon bomb meets Obama, writes memoir
BOSTON (Reuters) – Jeff Bauman became a symbol of a national tragedy after a photograph of him, legless and bloodied in a wheelchair at the scene of the Boston Marathon bombing, circled the world.
Convicted Cuban agent due for release next month, but not free to go home
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Cuban intelligence agent jailed for 15 years for spying on Cuban American exiles in Miami is due to be freed on February 27, but must remain in the United States for three years of supervised release, according to the Federal Bureau…
Amid test scandal, U.S. Air Force sees ‘systemic problem’ in ranks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force is likely suffering from a “systemic problem” among the officers who oversee America’s nuclear missile launch systems, the new head of the military branch said on Wednesday as an exam-cheating scandal widened.
Treasury to pick manager for Obama myRA retirement program
WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s new “myRA” retirement savings program will be run by a private-sector money management firm chosen by the U.S. Treasury Department from a field of up to 30 firms, a senior administration official s…
Wary of Obamacare, some Republicans sign up anyway
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Julie Davis has every reason to be skeptical of Obamacare: She’s a Republican, her father is a physician who is wary of socialized medicine and her insurance was canceled because of new requirements imposed by the hea…
Snowden gets Nobel Peace Prize nomination from Norwegian MP
OSLO (Reuters) – A Norwegian member of parliament nominated former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday, arguing that his release of classified documents made the world a safer place.
At the White House, the State of the Union is #social
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – High school teacher Jason Knoll came to the White House on Tuesday from Madison, Wisconsin, on a mission: to show his students that tweets can be used for “more than selfies at the mall,” and that political Twitter can transcend …
U.S. should consider re-design of missile defense system: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Missile Defense Agency should consider redesigning a key part of its ground-based missile defense system after a series of test failures in recent years, the Pentagon’s chief arms tester said in a new report due to be re…
War hero’s story draws standing ovation in Obama’s speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama invoked the struggles faced by a wounded Army Ranger as he urged the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to work with him to tackle big problems such as boosting the economy and promoting justice and fairness.
