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.
Deadlocked Congress brings government to edge of shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Congress, still in partisan deadlock on Monday over Republican efforts to halt President Barack Obama’s healthcare reforms, was on the verge of shutting down most of the government starting on Tuesday morning.
Chicago trains collide, dozens injured
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago Transit Authority train collided with a standing train at a station in a western suburb of Chicago during Monday morning’s rush hour, leaving at least 33 people injured, according to an official with the CTA.
Jury selection begins in insider trading trial of Mark Cuban
DALLAS (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Monday in the civil trial of Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team, who faces charges of insider trading in shares of a little-known Internet search company nearly a dec…
