Reformers hail limit on U.S. crop insurance subsidies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Farm subsidy reformers praised a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to make the wealthiest growers pay more for federally subsidized crop insurance, the first eligibility limit on a program that costs $9 billion a year.
Hunter, 72, survives 19 days in snowy California wilderness
(Reuters) – A 72-year-old California deer hunter was recovering Monday after surviving on squirrels and packing leaves around him for warmth for nearly three weeks while he was lost and alone in the snowy wilderness, authorities said.
FBI investigating suspected dry ice bomb at Los Angeles airport
(Reuters) – The FBI and other law enforcement officials are investigating a suspected dry ice bomb that exploded at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday evening, officials said.
New book raises doubts about 1979 Kennedy assassination probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new book raises doubts about a 1979 congressional probe that concluded President John F. Kennedy’s assassination 50 years ago was the result of an undefined conspiracy.
Six-year-old drowns aboard Carnival Cruise ship
MIAMI (Reuters) – A 6-year-old Florida boy drowned over the weekend in a crowded swimming pool during a family getaway aboard a Carnival Cruise ship, authorities said on Monday.
Cuban-American novelist Oscar Hijuelos dies at 62: New York Times
(Reuters) – Cuban-American writer Oscar Hijuelos, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling novel “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love,” has died at the age of 62, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
Chevron goes to trial in New York over $18 billion Ecuador award
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chevron Corp will try to convince a U.S. judge this week that a group of Ecuadorean villagers and their U.S. lawyer used bribery to win an $18 billion judgment against Chevron from a court in Ecuador, in the latest chapter in a lon…
San Francisco transit unions postpone strike for 24 hours
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Unions representing transit workers in the San Francisco area agreed on Sunday night to postpone for 24 hours a planned walkout that could cripple a rail system serving 400,000 riders a day.
U.S. justices to hear race case; one side has two voices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will delve into a decades-old debate over university admissions policies that favor racial minorities, hearing a Michigan case that picks up where the justices left off last session in a dispute …
Nine missing New Mexico teens accounted for-police
(Reuters) – Nine teenage boys who were missing from a ranch for troubled youths in southern New Mexico that has been under investigation for alleged abuse have been accounted for, police said on Sunday.
