Exclusive: U.S. waived laws to keep F-35 on track with China-made parts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon repeatedly waived laws banning Chinese-built components on U.S. weapons in order to keep the $392 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program on track in 2012 and 2013, even as U.S. officials were voicing conce…
U.S. appeals ruling against NSA phone surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government appealed on Friday a federal court ruling that the gathering of Americans’ telephone records by the National Security Agency of was likely unlawful.
Man accused in South Carolina double murder escapes facility
(Reuters) – A man accused of killing his mother and stepfather, whose plastic-wrapped bodies police found inside a locked basement room in South Carolina in 2006, escaped on Thursday from a psychiatric hospital, authorities said.
Exclusive: Turmoil at East-West Center in Hawaii as energy team quits
HONOLULU (Reuters) – The East-West Center in Hawaii, a U.S. government-funded institute to promote better relations with Pacific and Asian nations, is hardly a center of harmony these days.
U.S. asks top court not to extend Catholics’ contraception exemption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government asked the Supreme Court on Friday not to allow Roman Catholic-affiliated groups a temporary exemption from a part of the Obamacare healthcare law that requires employers to provide insurance policies covering …
Gay marriage supporters ask top court not to block Utah weddings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gay marriage proponents on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a request from Utah officials seeking to block a federal court ruling that allowed same-sex weddings to go ahead in the heavily Mormon state.
Execution set for Florida killer whose case altered sex predator law
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a death warrant for a man who raped and murdered a Miami-area boy in 1995, in a case that triggered changes in U.S. laws on violent sexual predators.
Manhattan apartment sales reach highest level in 25 years
(Reuters) – Sales volumes of Manhattan apartments jumped 30 percent in the fourth quarter, a report on Friday showed, as buyers put aside concerns about the strength of the overall economy and pushed inventory levels to historic lows.
Libya releases two U.S. basketball players held in Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan authorities have released two Americans detained by the army in the violence-hit eastern city of Benghazi, the basketball club they played for said on Friday.
Pennsylvania asks state Supreme Court to reconsider decision on oil, gas law
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The state of Pennsylvania on Thursday asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider its December decision that struck down parts of an oil and gas law.
