U.S. government plan adjusts 2014 risk payments for health insurers
(Reuters) – The U.S. government has issued a proposal that would likely increase risk payments in 2014 to health insurers offering plans on the Obamacare exchanges after the companies complained a recent policy change allowing people to keep their insu…
Insight: A new wave of U.S. mortgage trouble threatens
(Reuters) – U.S. borrowers are increasingly missing payments on home equity lines of credit they took out during the housing bubble, a trend that could deal another blow to the country’s biggest banks.
Florida Republican party calls on Congressman Radel to resign
(Reuters) – The Republican Party of Florida called on Republican Congressman Henry “Trey” Radel on Monday to resign after he pleaded guilty last week to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession.
Seven wounded in Oakland shooting, police say
(Reuters) – A shooting in a residential area of Oakland left seven people wounded on Monday evening, police said.
No rise in Mass attendance for American Catholics, despite pope’s popularity
(Reuters) – The popularity of Pope Francis, who became pontiff in March, has failed to draw more U.S. Catholics to attend Mass, according to a Pew Research Center poll released on Monday.
In California, a vision of Republicans’ challenge on immigration
CERES, California (Reuters) – For most Republicans in the U.S. Congress, a large gathering of Hispanic voters to discuss immigration would be politically perilous – an invitation to complaints about the party’s longtime resistance to measures aimed at …
California university president says he ‘failed’ black student in hate crimes case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The president of a California university said on Monday that he “failed” a black student whose roommates have been charged with hate crimes and battery for allegedly clamping a bicycle lock on his neck and weeks of harassment….
Wife of American pastor imprisoned in Iran fears for his life
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – The Idaho wife of an Iranian-American Christian pastor imprisoned in Iran said on Monday she felt betrayed and feared for her husband’s life after the Obama administration failed to secure his release as a condition of an Iran…
Family of U.S. man detained in North Korea asks for Thanksgiving reunion
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The wife of an 85-year-old American man detained in North Korea appealed to the reclusive Asian nation on Monday to free him and allow him to return home to California for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Judge orders defense contractor in U.S. Navy bribery held without bail
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A Singapore-based defense contractor accused of plying U.S. Navy officials with cash, travel, concerts and prostitutes in a bid to win business for his firm was ordered held without bail by a federal judge in San Diego on Monday p…
