Spies worry over “doomsday” cache stashed by ex-NSA contractor Snowden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British and U.S. intelligence officials say they are worried about a “doomsday” cache of highly classified, heavily encrypted material they believe former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has stored on a data cl…
Cleveland woman held captive 11 years to write memoir
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The Cleveland kidnapper’s longest-held survivor will write a memoir recounting her 11 years in captivity, a publishing company announced on Monday.
Newtown gunman’s motives may never be understood: prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An investigation into last year’s shooting rampage at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school has been closed and questions surrounding the gunman’s motivation “may never be answered,” the State’s Attorney said in a report issued …
U.S. winter storm threatens to snarl Thanksgiving travel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A major winter storm set to hit the East Coast on Tuesday and Wednesday is threatening to snarl millions of Thanksgiving travelers’ holiday plans, forecasters said on Monday.
U.S. justices to weigh corporate religious rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices could decide on Tuesday to review religious objections made by corporations to a provision of the 2010 federal healthcare law requiring employers to provide health insurance that covers birth control.
Fisker Automotive failure could hit U.S. taxpayers for years to come
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The bankruptcy of Fisker Automotive could end up costing the U.S. government much more than the $168 million it loaned to the maker of the Karma plug-in hybrid sports car.
Amtrak train derails in South Carolina; four suffer minor injuries
(Reuters) – An Amtrak train headed to New York with about 200 passengers aboard derailed in South Carolina early on Monday, causing minor injuries, officials said.
Bankrupt U.S. city to dispute debt with California pension fund
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bankrupt San Bernardino, California, enters mediation with its creditors on Monday and will immediately dispute the amount the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers) says the city owes in pension arrears, accor…
Newtown braces for Monday release of report on school shooting
(Reuters) – Schools in Newtown, Connecticut, will employ extra security on Monday as the state releases its long-awaited report on the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children and six adults.
Jeddah U.S. consulate attacker sentenced to death, others jailed
RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi court has sentenced one man to death and another 19 to jail terms ranging from 18 months to 25 years for taking part in storming the U.S. consulate in Jeddah in 2004, killing nine, one of a series of al Qaeda attacks last dec…
