U.S. Midwest, Northeast brace for Arctic blast, record lows
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Many parts of the U.S. Midwest braced for a blast of Arctic air this weekend that could bring some of the coldest temperatures in two decades before advancing to the Northeast, where residents are still digging out from a deadly sn…
Former first lady Barbara Bush leaves hospital
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Former first lady Barbara Bush was discharged from the Houston Methodist Hospital on Saturday morning following six days of treatment for pneumonia.
Early days of Obamacare bring trickle, not flood, of patients
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. medical providers are seeing only a trickle of patients newly insured under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, as insurers, hospitals and doctors try to work out any hitches in coverage.
U.S. court allows more phone snooping
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The secretive U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Friday renewed the authority of U.S. intelligence agencies to collect data on millions of Americans’ telephone calls in a program that has set off a legal battle over …
U.S. court allows phone ‘metadata’ collection for three months more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The secretive U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Friday renewed the authority of U.S. intelligence agencies to collect data on millions of Americans’ telephone calls in a program that has set off a legal battle over …
Marines back off pull-up requirement for women after many fail
(Reuters) – After more than half of last year’s female Marine recruits were unable to do at least three pull-ups, the Corps announced it will delay the new requirement for women to graduate boot camp.
Escaped South Carolina hospital inmate accused in killings caught
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – An escaped South Carolina mental hospital inmate charged with the 2006 murders of his mother and stepfather was captured in Tennessee on Friday, police said.
Hospital, family agree on moving brain-dead girl
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The family of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy gone wrong will be allowed to take their daughter to a new facility without removing the ventilator that is keeping her heart and lungs working.
Pentagon cuts by third places where U.S. troops get danger pay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Friday it had cut by about a third the list of places where U.S. troops get imminent danger pay, dropping locations like Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf in a move expected to reduce costs by about $100 mil…
Detroit manager sought SEC probe of banks over interest rate swaps
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit asked a U.S. regulator to consider bringing charges against two banks for costly interest-rate swaps that factored in the city’s record-setting municipal bankruptcy case, Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr testified on Frid…
