Citing shootings, Obama says must ‘go back at’ gun-control push
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged supporters on Saturday to “go back at it” and pursue gun-control measures after mass shootings in Washington and Chicago in the past week put the spotlight back onto the problem of gun violence in the…
Four dead in shootings as Chicago gun-death toll rises
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A new spate of gun violence in Chicago left four men dead, Chicago police said on Saturday, less than two days after a shooting spree at a park in the city wounded 13 people, including a 3-year-boy.
Harvard seeks $6.5 billion in record fundraising drive
BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard, the richest university in the United States, said on Saturday it would seek to raise some $6.5 billion in donations to fund new academic initiatives and bolster its financial aid program.
Two cyclists killed in annual group bike ride in New Hampshire
(Reuters) – Two cyclists died in New Hampshire on Saturday when a car slammed into an annual group bike ride up the New England coast that draws up to 1,600 riders a year, police said.
Harvard asks donors for $6.5 billion
BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard, the richest university in the United States, said on Saturday it would seek to raise some $6.5 billion in donations to fund new academic initiatives and bolster its financial aid program.
Tourists behind bars: Old prisons cater to the curious
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Halfway through a tour of the bleak, deserted Missouri State Penitentiary – notorious in its day for assaults, murders and gas chamber executions – nurse Donna Springer tried to explain why she wanted to visit such …
Even in a U.S. government shutdown, Obamacare exchanges could function
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. State officials behind the launch of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform on October 1 say they could weather a federal government shutdown, though the scenario would add new pressure to the political attacks and technic…
Americans injured in Kenya mall attack: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Saturday it had reports that American citizens were injured in an attack when gunmen stormed a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and it condemned the shooting as a “senseless act of v…
Four dead in latest Chicago shootings after 13 wounded at park
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A series of gun attacks overnight in Chicago left four men dead, following a shooting at a South Side park that wounded 13 people this week, police said on Saturday.
County clerks on front lines of U.S. gay marriage battle
(Reuters) – For weeks, the lesbian couple courted the Guilford County register of deeds in North Carolina before asking for a marriage license. They went for coffee, shared life stories and, finally, prayed with him in a big circle on the grass outside…
