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.
Amish girl in Ohio will not be forced to resume chemo for cancer
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A court-appointed guardian will stop trying to force an Amish girl with leukemia to resume chemotherapy against her Ohio parents’ wishes, according to a court filing on Friday.
In rainy Washington, Obama lights national Christmas tree
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Braving rain and cold, President Barack Obama and his family ventured across the street from the White House on Friday to preside over the lighting of the U.S. national Christmas tree.
Federal judge criticized by Supreme Court Justice fires back
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge this week defended his custom of urging lead law firms in class actions to staff the lawsuits with women and minority lawyers, two weeks after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito took the unusual step of critici…
