After troubled rollout, Obamacare’s new test starts on New Year’s Day
(Reuters) – New Year’s Day will bring a fresh test for President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, as hundreds of thousands of Americans will begin to use the program’s new medical coverage for the first time.
Exclusive: U.S. government urged to name CEO to run Obamacare market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is coming under pressure from some of its closest allies on healthcare reform to name a chief executive to run its federal health insurance marketplace and allay the concerns of insurers after the rocky rollout of…
Slain suspect in Phoenix robbery believed to be killer of Mississippi officer
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) – A man killed by police after robbing an Arizona bank is believed to be the same suspect who days before killed a police officer four states away in Mississippi, authorities said late on Saturday.
Former Congressman Andrew Jacobs Jr. of Indiana dead at age 81
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Andrew Jacobs Jr., a Democrat from Indiana who fought in the Korean War and later became an early opponent of the Vietnam War, died on Saturday at his home in Indianapolis at age 81, said friend and former campaig…
L.A. Dodgers star Yasiel Puig charged with reckless driving
MIAMI (Reuters) – Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Yasiel Puig was arrested on Saturday after he was caught driving 110 miles per hour in a 70-mph (112-kph) zone in Florida, a highway patrol spokesman said.
Skier, snowmobiler die in Wyoming avalanches
(Reuters) – A skier and a snowmobiler died less than two hours apart this week in separate snow avalanches in western Wyoming, a National Forest official said on Saturday.
Obama faces smattering of protests on Hawaiian vacation
KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) – The serenity of President Barack Obama’s Hawaiian vacation was rattled a little on Saturday when demonstrators aired grievances against unmanned aircraft and other issues in a small protest zone near the first family’s upscal…
Times Square visitors purge bad memories ahead of the New Year
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hoping to forget the heart-breaks and hard memories of 2013, people lined up in New York’s Times Square on Saturday to discard physical reminders of unpleasant experiences with the help of industrial shredding machines.
Killer of Mississippi policeman may have robbed Georgia bank: FBI
(Reuters) – A bank robbery suspect who shot two police officers in Mississippi, killing one, has been linked to another attempted robbery two states away in Georgia, the FBI said on Saturday.
First state-licensed marijuana retailers to open January 1 in Colorado
DENVER (Reuters) – The world’s first state-licensed marijuana retailers, catering to Colorado’s newly legal recreational market for pot, are stocking their shelves ahead of a New Year’s grand opening that supporters and detractors alike see as a turnin…
