Exclusive: Pentagon to boost missile defense spending by over $4 billion: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department plans to ask Congress for $4.5 billion in extra missile defense funding over the next five years as part of the fiscal 2015 budget request, say congressional sources and an expert.
Four family members dead in apparent Ohio triple murder-suicide
(Reuters) – A 68-year-old man killed his wife, daughter and 15-year-old granddaughter in a triple murder-suicide in a rural swath of northwestern Ohio, county officials said on Thursday.
Insight: Republicans still seen falling behind in election data wars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, many political strategists saw it as a triumph of the Obama team’s technological prowess, allowing it to identify likely Democratic voters and get the…
Chicago jury deliberates in alleged NATO summit attack plot
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago jury began deliberations on Thursday in the trial of three men who face terrorism charges for allegedly plotting to attack high-profile targets during a 2012 NATO summit.
U.S. consumer officials seek input on improving mortgage data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators plan to seek input on how to improve public data used to spot discriminatory lending and other possible abuses in the mortgage market, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Friday.
Thirty Minnesota school children treated for carbon monoxide
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A southern Minnesota school building was evacuated on Thursday and 30 elementary students were treated at a local hospital for possible carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said.
Last native speaker of Klallam language dies in Washington state
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – The last known native speaker of the Klallam language, which the U.S. government once sought to phase out before funding an effort to preserve it, died in Washington state on Tuesday at age 103, friends and tribal leader…
Hundreds of thousands lose power after U.S. Northeast storm
(Reuters) – Utility crews worked on Thursday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the U.S. Northeast after a snow and ice storm slammed the region, but flights began returning to normal after thousands of delays or cance…
Three killed as suspected migrant boat capsizes off Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – A boat smuggling suspected migrants to the United States capsized off Florida’s southeast coast on Thursday, killing at least three people on board, authorities said.
Teachers set strike deadline in contract dispute in Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Portland teachers put Oregon’s largest school district on formal notice Thursday that they intend to go on strike February 20, disrupting classes for nearly 48,000 students, unless the two sides reach agreement by then on a…
