Road to financial distress in varies by city in U.S.: report
(Reuters) – Detroit, Chicago and three other U.S. cities fell into financial distress for a variety of reasons, according to analyses of financial data released on Thursday.
Former U.S. auto czar Ron Bloom to advise Detroit retirees
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ron Bloom, one of the architects of the Obama administration’s restructuring of the U.S. auto industry, is advising Detroit retirees facing cuts in healthcare benefits and pensions in the city’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy case, U.S. inves…
Likely death toll from Colorado flooding rises to 10 as body of elderly man recovered
DENVER (Reuters) – Rescue workers recovered the body of an elderly man killed in flooding in Colorado, raising the likely death toll from the disaster to 10, state Office of Emergency Management spokeswoman Micki Trost said on Thursday.
Navy Yard shooter seemed to aim at random, FBI chief says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The contract worker who opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard this week appeared to have no particular target as he moved through a building and shot and killed 12 people, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday.
U.S. Air Force general wants simpler weapons quicker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The three-star general who heads the secretive U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command is pressing arms makers to speed up the development of new weapons and move toward greater standardization of aircraft and sensors.
Same firm checked background of Navy Yard shooter, Snowden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The same company that scrutinized former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden for a U.S. government security clearance said on Thursday it also checked the background of the Navy Yard shooter, allowing him to obtain a “secret” cl…
Obamacare supporters in Ohio begin petition drive to expand Medicaid
(Reuters) – An Ohio panel on Thursday approved a petition designed to pressure the Republican-led state legislature to expand the Medicaid health program for the poor as part of President Barack Obama’s health reform law.
Rights activists urge Obama to prevent Sudan leader’s U.N. visit
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Hollywood actors George Clooney, Don Cheadle and Mia Farrow and other human rights activists on Thursday urged U.S. President Barack Obama to do everything in his power to prevent Sudan’s indicted president from attending the…
House Republicans ignore Obama veto threat on spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday plowed ahead with a bill to gut President Barack Obama’s healthcare law while temporarily funding other government programs, ignoring a warning from the White House that the…
New U.S. sentencing policy might apply to existing drug cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new Justice Department policy that favors shorter prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders could be applied retroactively in some cases, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday.
