Obama asks high court to review contraception mandate ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to review the legality of a politically volatile provision of the 2010 federal healthcare law requiring employers to provide health insurance that covers birth control….
Ex-New Orleans mayor seeks delay in corruption trial
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Thursday asked for a delay in his upcoming corruption trial, saying his right to a fair hearing was compromised by prosecutors posting inflammatory comments online including one calling him …
North Carolina man charged in dirt pit collapse that killed two children
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – A North Carolina man was charged with involuntary manslaughter on Thursday in the April deaths of his 6-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old boy in a pit he had been digging on his property.
Pentagon test-fires two SM-3 missiles on one target
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military conducted the second test of the ship-based Aegis missile defense system in a week, firing two SM-3 missiles on Wednesday to intercept a separating target in space, the U.S. Defense Department said.
California regulators OK on-demand ridesharing, with conditions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – On-demand ride services got the green light from California regulators Thursday in a move the services hope will help clear their legal status in other jurisdictions.
Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Halliburton Co pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges of destroying evidence, stemming from its role in the 2010 BP oil disaster that killed 11 men and sent more than 4 million barrels of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexi…
Man sentenced for shooting at Washington lobbying group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Virginia man who had planned to shoot people at a conservative Washington lobbying group and then rub Chick-fil-A sandwiches in his victims’ faces was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday.
Texas set to execute man convicted in botched gang murders
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man convicted in a 2002 gang-related killing of four women near the Mexico border is set for execution on Thursday.
South Carolina service station sells winning $400 million Powerball ticket
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – A gasoline station in central South Carolina sold the winning ticket in the $400 million Powerball jackpot drawing, lottery officials said on Thursday, as they waited for the winner to claim the prize.
Memories of JFK, ‘Uncle Ted’ at Kennedy hearing for Japan post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Caroline Kennedy faced a friendly U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday on her nomination as President Barack Obama’s next ambassador to Japan, amid memories of her father, the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and uncl…
