Obama on friendly confines of golf course as vacation starts
HONOLULU (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, hopeful of some rest and relaxation after a bruising year in politics, wasted little time getting his golf game in gear on the first full day of a two-week end-of-year family vacation to his home state of Ha…
Hollywood Park horse racing track enters final stretch
INGLEWOOD, California (Reuters) – Hollywood Park is giving horse racing fans a run for their money one last time this weekend, as the 75-year-old track near Los Angeles that was once the playground of movie industry elites closes down amid declining U….
Suspected tornadoes cause injuries, damage in Arkansas
(Reuters) – Suspected tornadoes wreaked havoc in Arkansas on Saturday, injuring several people, damaging some homes and in one case sweeping trucks off a highway, officials said.
San Francisco rail workers resolve final contract dispute
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Unionized workers and management for San Francisco’s rail system, the nation’s fifth largest, said on Saturday they have resolved a final sticking point in a labor contract dispute that lasted eight months and saw two cripplin…
Robots to the rescue at international trials in Florida
HOMESTEAD (Reuters) – As a squat, red-and-black robot nicknamed CHIMP gingerly pushed open a spring-loaded door a gust of wind swooped down onto the track at the Homestead-Miami Speedway and slammed the door shut, eliciting a collective sigh of disappo…
Four men arrested in deadly N.J. shopping mall carjacking
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Four men were arrested and charged with murder in the carjacking and death of a lawyer who was shot in front of his wife after shopping at a New Jersey mall, authorities said on Saturday.
India transfers diplomat to U.N. in bid to defuse row with U.S.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Saturday that it had transferred the diplomat at the center of a row with the United States to its U.N. delegation, a move that it hopes will give her protection from prosecution for visa fraud and underpaying a maid…
Snub of Boeing-made fighter rattles Missouri manufacturers
(Reuters) – Brazil’s decision not to buy the American F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet, and instead purchase an untested plane from a Swedish rival, hit the rural Missouri town of Alton this week, where Chet Sisco’s family-owned company has made parts f…
Obamas hit Hawaii for year-end vacation
HONOLULU (Reuters) – Barack Obama and family landed in Honolulu late Friday to kick off a two-week Hawaiian vacation, what the U.S. president earlier described as a chance for “sleep and sun” after a bruising year in Washington.
From crime to cigarettes, Bloomberg leaves his mark on New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Love him or hate him, one thing is for sure: New Yorkers will not forget outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg anytime soon.
