Toronto mayor’s lawyer tells police to release alleged crack video
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s lawyer said on Friday his client was not smoking crack cocaine in a video that has been seen only by a few but has dominated Canadian headlines for months, and he urged the city’s police to release the video…
GM recalls some new pickup trucks in U.S. to fix seatbacks
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co is recalling nearly 19,000 of its all-new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks to repair a problem with the manual reclining seatback, according to a notice from U.S. auto safety regulators on Frid…
U.S. appeals court backs employer in ‘contraception mandate’ case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in Washington joined other courts on Friday by ruling for an employer who raised religious objections to a provision of the 2010 U.S. healthcare law requiring companies to provide insurance that covers bir…
Oklahoma gay couple marry under Native American law
EL RENO, Oklahoma (Reuters) – In a small chapel at historic Fort Reno, a same-sex couple has exchanged wedding vows in Oklahoma, a state where gay marriage is banned.
Scaffolding fall injures three in New York’s Times Square
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A scaffolding collapse amid strong winds and heavy rains injured three people in New York City’s busy Times Square on Friday, authorities said.
Snowden writes to Germans to seek support in spy row
BERLIN (Reuters) – Fugitive U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has told Germany he is counting on international support to stop Washington’s ‘persecution’ of him for revealing the scale of its worldwide phone and Internet surveillance.
National groups send a prayer to the Supreme Court
GREECE, New York (Reuters) – Bankrolled by powerful outside interests, what began as a dispute aired in the pages of a town’s local newspaper next week moves to the U.S. Supreme Court where justices could potentially roll back legal precedents that lim…
Ford recalls 2,600 Focus Electric cars for potential power loss
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co is recalling 2,618 Focus Electric cars because of potential loss of power to the wheels while driving.
Disgraced NY politician inspires ‘The Weiner Monologues’ play
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Anthony Weiner, the New York City mayoral candidate undone by a sexting scandal, stands in a schoolyard – the butt of his classmates’ jokes. A chorus of reporters breaks out into a sexually charged dance number during a Weiner pres…
Federal appeals court reinstates abortion restrictions in Texas
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday reinstated a Texas abortion restriction that was blocked by a lower court this week, allowing nearly all of the state’s sweeping anti-abortion law to go into effect.
