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.
Likely death toll in Colorado floods rises to at least nine
DENVER (Reuters) – The likely death toll from massive Colorado flooding rose to nine on Thursday after a 46-year-old man whose home was washed away was listed as missing and presumed dead, and 143 other people remained unaccounted for, authorities said…
Starbucks vs. Pentagon: Guantanamo court debates whose network is more secure
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – Using the Wi-Fi connection at Starbucks was a better bet than risking putting confidential defense documents on a glitch-prone Pentagon computer network, a senior Defense Department official testified on…
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.
