Walt Disney’s daughter, Diane Disney Miller, dies at age 79
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Diane Disney Miller, philanthropist and daughter of cartoon and theme park pioneer Walt Disney, died on Tuesday in California. She was 79.
Toronto mayor vows to go clean while city hall changes the locks
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford vowed on Tuesday he would stay away from drugs, alcohol and “bad company” as he tries to rebound from a drug scandal that prompted city council to strip away much of his power.
Nation remembers Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 150 years later
GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Thousands of spectators gathered on Tuesday to mark the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, considered one of the greatest speeches in American history for saying so much in so few w…
Tea Party Florida congressman to be arraigned on drug charge
MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Trey Radel, a Tea Party Republican from Florida, is due to be arraigned in a Washington, D.C. court on Wednesday on a misdemeanor charge of drug possession, according to court documents.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to block Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A split U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to block implementation of a new abortion law in Texas that already has prompted a dozen clinics in the state to stop performing the procedure.
Some cyber security experts recommend shutting Obamacare site
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s HealthCare.gov site is riddled with security flaws that put user data of millions of people at risk and it should be shut down until fixed, several technology experts warned lawmakers on Tuesday.
Some cyber security experts recommend shutting Obamacare site
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s HealthCare.gov site is riddled with security flaws that put user data of millions of people at risk and it should be shut down until fixed, several technology experts warned lawmakers on Tuesday.
Judge grants Missouri convicted killer grant stay of execution
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday granted an avowed white supremacist serial killer a stay of execution hours before he was scheduled to be put to death, allowing him time to challenge Missouri’s new lethal drug protocol.
Accused L.A. gunman moved from hospital to U.S. marshals’ custody
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The man charged with a deadly shooting frenzy at Los Angeles International Airport has been released from the hospital where he was recovering from bullet wounds and turned over to federal marshals, a U.S. attorney’s spokesman s…
Texas bank robber ‘Mesh Mask Bandit’ pleads guilty: records
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas man, dubbed the “Mesh Mask Bandit” by the FBI, pled guilty in federal court on Tuesday to robbing five banks and admitted robbing more than a dozen others in a plea agreement with prosecutors, according to court records.
