California insurer delays policy cancellations tied to Obamacare
(Reuters) – Health insurer Blue Shield of California said on Tuesday it will delay policy cancellations for 113,000 customers who were due to lose coverage at the end of the year as a result of new requirements from President Barack Obama’s healthcare …
Three-year-old treks for help after mother is killed in Florida
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A 3-year-old girl walked more than a mile down a busy road in Florida to her grandmother’s house to seek help after her father allegedly murdered her mother, officials said on Tuesday.
Jimmy Carter works for global end to blindness caused by houseflies
(Reuters) – As Jimmy Carter approaches 90, he is reaching for victory in a 15-year war against an infection spread by houseflies that blinds millions in developing countries and posed a threat to his own family and neighbors as a child on a Georgia far…
A year after Sandy, New York’s Rockaway surfers ride on
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wyatt Earp was first into the water, followed by Captain America, the Statue of Liberty, a nun and a gorilla. As the surf barreled in, Superman, Beetlejuice and dozens of others followed, struggling through the white water, out to …
Man in kilt set on fire on Oakland, California, bus
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A man wearing a kilt-like garment was set on fire as he slept on a public bus in Oakland, California, during evening commuter hours, and police were searching on Tuesday for another passenger suspected of the crime.
FAA issues rule to enhance commercial pilot training
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday issued a final rule that it said would “significantly advance” the way commercial airline pilots are trained in the United States.
Lawsuit calls Georgia’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law unconstitutional
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A national coalition led by the Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. is seeking to have Georgia’s “Stand Your Ground” statute ruled unconstitutional, arguing in a federal lawsuit filed late Monday that the law discriminates against minorities…
Australian asks U.S. court to overturn his Guantanamo conviction
MIAMI (Reuters) – Australian David Hicks was so desperate to get out of the Guantanamo prison that he pleaded guilty under duress to a charge that was not actually a war crime, his lawyers said in an appeal filed on Tuesday.
Teens armed with BB guns arrested in Denver school standoff
DENVER (Reuters) – Denver police arrested two teenage boys early on Tuesday after they broke into a middle school carrying BB guns that looked like assault rifles and refused to leave for several hours.
Up to 17 million Americans eligible for Obamacare tax credits: report
(Reuters) – As many as 17 million low- to moderate-income Americans should be eligible for tax credits to buy private health insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law in 2014, according to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
