Supreme Court justice denies stay in airline merger
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Supreme Court justice on Saturday night denied a last-ditch effort by a group of consumers and travel agents to stop the merger of American Airlines and US Airways.
Teenager dies on Atlanta-bound flight, plane diverted
(Reuters) – A 16-year-old boy from a military family died on Saturday while traveling on an Atlanta-bound Delta Air Lines flight to celebrate the Christmas holidays with relatives, officials said.
U.S. ice storm causes blackouts, delays in Texas, Arkansas
DALLAS (Reuters) – Freezing weather gripped parts of the United States on Saturday, with hundreds of thousands of people in Texas and Arkansas coping in the cold without power after a winter storm made roads impassable and caused severe flight delays.
Obama takes up new agenda item after battering on healthcare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, battered by weeks of turmoil over the malfunctioning HealthCare.Gov website, turned to a fresh item on his agenda on Saturday as he pressured Republicans in Congress to extend benefits for jobless American…
U.S. war veteran released by North Korea returns home
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An 85-year-old Korean War veteran held for more than a month by North Korea as a war criminal arrived in San Francisco on Saturday to be reunited with his family
Pearl Harbor survivors to commemorate attack that drew U.S. into World War Two
HONOLULU (Reuters) – American survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, many of them in their 90s, will gather on Saturday near Honolulu to mark the anniversary of the attack in 1941 that took the lives of more than two thousand of their peers …
Pennsylvania newlyweds “just wanted to murder someone together:” police
(Reuters) – A newlywed couple in Pennsylvania killed a man whom the wife had lured to a rendezvous though an online dating advertisement, strangling him and stabbing him repeatedly, police said on Friday.
U.S. teacher killed Libya remembered as force for change
(Reuters) – Ronnie Smith, the American teacher shot dead by gunmen in Libya, was remembered on Friday by his students and friends as an inspirational figure making a difference in the troubled North African country.
Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $344 million for next week
(Reuters) – The Mega Millions jackpot rose to an estimated $344 million for next week’s drawing after no one won the top prize of $297 million on Friday evening, lottery organizers said.
Colorado baker discriminated by denying gay couple wedding cake: judge
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado bakery owner illegally discriminated against a gay couple when he refused to bake a wedding cake for the pair last year because of his Christian religious beliefs, a judge ruled on Friday.
