Biden announces mental health push on eve of Newtown anniversary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a new push to increase access to mental health services with $100 million in new government funding nearly a year after a school shooting rampage in Newtown, Connecticut.
U.S. hearing to probe autopilot reliance in Asiana crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. safety investigators are looking closely at whether an over-reliance on autopilot systems in modern aircraft has degraded human flying skills, increasing the risk of accidents.
Two Britons plead guilty to U.S. terrorism-related charges
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) – Two British nationals who ran a website that U.S. authorities charged raised money and solicited equipment donations for al Qaeda and the Taliban pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Tuesday to charges of providing mater…
New York state commission proposes $2 billion in tax cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York State commission is proposing $2 billion in tax cuts over the next three years as lawmakers prepare to wrangle over the state’s $140 billion budget early next year.
Chinese man gets US prison term in military jet material plot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Chinese man accused of trying to export high-grade carbon fiber to his home country from the United States for use in military aircraft was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly five years in prison, federal prosecutors in New York said…
Reporter can keep sources secret in Colorado theater shooting: court
ALBANY, New York (Reuters) – A Fox News reporter will not have to divulge the confidential sources who provided information for her story on the 2012 mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, New York’s highest court ruled on Tuesday, reversing two lo…
Georgia National Guard to grant identity cards to same-sex spouses
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Same-sex spouses of Georgia National Guard members will be able to receive military identity cards, leaving Mississippi as the only state yet to comply with a U.S. Defense Department directive to grant access to benefits for married…
Oklahoma to execute inmate; Missouri execution stayed
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma on Tuesday was scheduled to execute a man convicted of raping and murdering two elderly women in the 1980s, while a federal appeals court panel has stayed a Missouri execution planned for hours later.
Google bus blocked in San Francisco gentrification protest
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Google Inc commuter bus was blocked in San Francisco’s Mission district for about a half hour Monday morning, highlighting many residents’ growing concern that an influx of affluent technology workers is driving up costs in …
U.S. defense bill boosts funding for missile defense to $9.5 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A compromise defense bill proposed on Monday by U.S. lawmakers would boost spending on missile defense by $358 million to $9.5 billion, mandating an additional homeland defense radar and increasing funding for U.S.-Israeli cooper…
