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.
U.S. justices question woman’s chemical weapons conviction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled concern that the federal government may have wrongly used a chemical weapons law to prosecute a Pennsylvania microbiologist convicted of trying to poison her husband’s love…
Accused Boston bomber scrawled messages expecting death: lawyers
BOSTON (Reuters) – The messages that accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote on the inside walls of the boat he hid in during a police manhunt four days after the attack were intended to explain his actions should he die, his lawyers arg…
Even with changes, U.S. prisons might stay overcrowded: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Overcrowding in U.S. federal prisons is so severe that the problem could go on for years even if Congress takes steps to reduce the number of people behind bars, according to a report released on Tuesday.
Top White House aide met insurers on Obamacare fixes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough met with insurance company executives on Tuesday to update them about efforts to fix its troubled new healthcare insurance website, presidential spokesman Jay Carney said.
Exclusive: Cargill to change beef labeling in wake of ‘pink slime’ furor
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cargill Inc, one of the world’s largest beef processors, will begin labeling when its finely textured beef is used in the making of its U.S. ground beef products, the company told Reuters on Tuesday.
