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.
U.S. preterm births fall to 15-year low, still worst in developed world
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rate of preterm births in the United States dropped to a 15-year low of 11.5 percent in 2012, according to a report released on Friday, but the country still came in dead last among industrialized nations on this measure of inf…
U.S.-Mexico drug-smuggling tunnel closed in California
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have shut down a secret underground tunnel equipped with electricity, ventilation and a rail system for smuggling drugs between a San Diego industrial park and Tijuana, Mexico, officials said on Thursday.
Flight diverted to Phoenix after undisclosed threat
(Reuters) – A United Airlines commuter flight carrying 47 people from San Francisco to San Antonio was diverted to Phoenix on Thursday after an undisclosed threat was made against the plane, authorities said.
Santa Monica sues for control over historic California airport
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The city of Santa Monica filed a lawsuit on Thursday to wrest control of its municipal airport from the federal government, marking the latest chapter in a decades-long dispute over the future of the historic general aviation hu…
Analysis: In removing stop-and-frisk judge, U.S. court enters rare territory
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In a series of interviews in May, U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin said federal judges are too cautious in exercising their creativity and independence.
