U.S. tries to salvage case against bin Laden’s publicist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration tried on Monday to salvage a military tribunal’s conviction of Osama bin Laden’s publicist, the latest case to underscore the legal troubles surrounding the tribunal system at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Nava…
Yale receives $250 million donation, largest in its 312-year history
BOSTON (Reuters) – An alumnus of Yale University, who in June retired from a large U.S. money manager, has given the elite university $250 million, the largest donation in the school’s 312-year history.
Defiant District of Columbia to stay open despite federal shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. government offices from the Internal Revenue Service to the national parks may be headed for a midnight shutdown amid a congressional budget battle, but the District of Columbia will remain open.
Travelers in U.S. won’t see snarls from government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Air and rail travelers in the United States should not feel a big impact if Congress fails to avert a government shutdown on Tuesday, since passport inspectors, security officers and air traffic controllers will all continue to w…
Lawyers for accused Colorado theater gunman want witness list
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Attorneys defending accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes, who could face execution if convicted of murdering 12 moviegoers, said on Monday they need a witness list from the prosecution soon if they are to be ready …
New York police search for parachutists who landed near Ground Zero
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police in New York are searching for two men who appear to have parachuted onto a lower Manhattan street near Ground Zero before dawn on Monday and disappeared, authorities said.
New Jersey lawmakers call on state court to uphold gay marriage
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) – Leaders of the Democratic-controlled New Jersey State Senate on Monday asked the state Supreme Court to uphold a ruling by a lower state court late last week allowing same sex marriage.
A million government workers, unions brace for shutdown
(Reuters) – As many as a million government employees were making urgent plans on Monday for a possible midnight shutdown, with their unions urging Congress to strike a last-minute deal.
Billionaire Republican donor Adelson loses libel lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino magnate and prominent Republican donor, has lost a $60 million libel lawsuit in which he claimed a Democratic group spread a false accusation that he had condoned prostitution in his casinos …
Fugitive Snowden short-listed for European rights prize
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Fugitive U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden has made the shortlist for a European human rights prize whose past winners include Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi.
