Obamacare push accelerates as government shutdown nears
(Reuters) – The Obama administration accelerated its push to persuade individual Americans to sign up for the most extensive overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system in 50 years, even as the program’s foes in Congress fought to delay its launch with the …
At least five people trapped by rock slide in Colorado mountains
DENVER (Reuters) – Mountain rescuers were dispatched on Monday to save at least five people buried by rubble from a rock slide in the Colorado Rockies southwest of Denver, officials said.
NY driver beaten by motorcycle gang after highway chase
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gang of motorcyclists on Sunday chased a New York man driving his wife and baby along a Manhattan highway before dragging the man from his vehicle and beating him, a police source said on Monday.
U.S. Postal Service defaults on $5.6 billion for future health benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service on Monday defaulted yet again on a prepayment for the healthcare of its future retirees as its finances remain in the red and legislative reform remains elusive.
Last homeless Sandy victims to be evicted from NY city-funded hotel rooms
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Roughly 300 New Yorkers still living in hotels paid for by the city after being left homeless by Superstorm Sandy will be forced to vacate their rooms this week after a judge ruled the program was too costly to continue.
Italian judge orders new DNA tests on knife in Knox retrial
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – An Italian judge presiding over the retrial of American student Amanda Knox on Monday ordered new DNA tests on the knife that prosecutors say was used to kill her British roommate in 2007.
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…
