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.
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…
