Supreme Court agrees to review presidential protest case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether two U.S. Secret Service agents can be sued for allegedly treating protesters gathered in support of former President George W. Bush more favorably than protesters critica…
One killed, four injured in Texas hospital stabbing spree
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – One person was killed and four others injured when a man with a knife went on a stabbing spree on Tuesday at a hospital in the Texas city of Longview, officials said.
Ford recalls 2013 Escape SUVs for seventh time
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co’s bad safety streak with its 2013 Escape continued on Tuesday as the automaker issued two more recalls for the second most popular sport utility vehicle in the U.S. market.
Ho! Ho! Hold on! Massachusetts mall Santa charged with groping coworker
BOSTON (Reuters) – A man who worked as a Santa Claus in a Massachusetts shopping mall has been ordered not to put the red suit back on until a court resolves a charge that he groped an adult coworker over the weekend.
U.S. government plan adjusts 2014 risk payments for health insurers
(Reuters) – The U.S. government has issued a proposal that would likely increase risk payments in 2014 to health insurers offering plans on the Obamacare exchanges after the companies complained a recent policy change allowing people to keep their insu…
Insight: A new wave of U.S. mortgage trouble threatens
(Reuters) – U.S. borrowers are increasingly missing payments on home equity lines of credit they took out during the housing bubble, a trend that could deal another blow to the country’s biggest banks.
Florida Republican party calls on Congressman Radel to resign
(Reuters) – The Republican Party of Florida called on Republican Congressman Henry “Trey” Radel on Monday to resign after he pleaded guilty last week to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession.
Seven wounded in Oakland shooting, police say
(Reuters) – A shooting in a residential area of Oakland left seven people wounded on Monday evening, police said.
No rise in Mass attendance for American Catholics, despite pope’s popularity
(Reuters) – The popularity of Pope Francis, who became pontiff in March, has failed to draw more U.S. Catholics to attend Mass, according to a Pew Research Center poll released on Monday.
In California, a vision of Republicans’ challenge on immigration
CERES, California (Reuters) – For most Republicans in the U.S. Congress, a large gathering of Hispanic voters to discuss immigration would be politically perilous – an invitation to complaints about the party’s longtime resistance to measures aimed at …
