CIA collecting data on international money transfers: media
(Reuters) – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is collecting records of international money transfers under the same law that the National Security Agency uses to collect Americans’ phone and Internet records, the New York Times and Wall Street Journ…
White House: Obama would veto Republican healthcare bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama would veto a bill sponsored by a Republican congressman that would allow insurers to offer healthcare plans slated to be canceled because they do not meet the new U.S. healthcare law’s standards, the White …
Woman arrested after bomb found at Washington state hospital
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A 43-year-old Washington state woman was arrested after a bomb was found in a vehicle parked in front of a hospital roughly 30 miles outside of Seattle, the Bremerton Police Department said on Thursday.
50 years after JFK’s death, daughter takes public office in Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Caroline Kennedy, daughter of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy, arrived in Japan on Friday to take up her first high profile job in public office, making a late start to a political career for which her family is renowned.
U.S. Navy to declare Boeing’s P-8A spy plane ready for use: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy is expected to announce soon that Boeing Co’s P-8A aircraft, a long-range maritime surveillance plane based on the company’s 737 airliner, is ready for initial operational use, sources familiar with the program said…
Hawaii judge refuses to block new same-sex marriage law
HONOLULU (Reuters) – Opponents of Hawaii’s new gay marriage law failed in their bid to block implementation of the measure on Thursday when a judge refused to grant a court order preventing marriage licenses from being issued to same-sex couples beginn…
Military says ordnance blast killed four U.S. Marines in California
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – An explosion of live ordnance caused Wednesday’s accidental deaths of four U.S. Marines while they were conducting routine maintenance in an artillery zone at Camp Pendleton in California, a base spokesman said on Thursday.
U.S. officials crush 6 tons of ivory in bid to end illegal trade
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Reuters) – Highlighting a pledge to crack down on the multibillion-dollar illicit global trade in wildlife, U.S. authorities on Thursday pulverized 6 tons of seized ivory from thousands of elephants slaughtered by poachers for the…
Obamacare advocate poised to become next U.S. surgeon general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will nominate the head of a doctors group that promotes his signature healthcare law to be the next U.S. surgeon general, the White House said on Thursday, shortly after Obama proposed a “fix” for the lates…
Pilot says passenger plunges from small plane over Miami area
MIAMI (Reuters) – The pilot of a small plane said a passenger tumbled out of the aircraft as it flew near Miami on Thursday, but authorities could not confirm the incident as there was no trace of the individual, authorities said.
