Six people killed in apparent murder-suicide in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Six people, including two children, were shot to death in a South Carolina home on Tuesday in what police believe is a murder-suicide involving members of a family, authorities said.
A year after Sandy, many still rebuilding damaged homes
NEW YORK/SEASIDE PARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Victims of Superstorm Sandy returned the waterfront where their neighbors and loved ones were killed a year ago Tuesday, honoring the dead while many are still struggling to rebuild their damaged homes.
American support for death penalty falls to 60 percent: Gallup
(Reuters) – Sixty percent of Americans favor capital punishment for convicted murderers, the lowest percentage since 1972, according to a Gallup poll released on Tuesday.
NSA chief defends agency amid U.S. spy rift with Europe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the National Security Agency defended his beleaguered organization on Tuesday, saying it acts within the law to stop militant attacks and calling reports that the NSA collected data on millions of phone calls in Europ…
Once turned away, Jesse Jackson Jr. finally in prison
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. began his first day of a 30-month sentence in a North Carolina federal prison on Tuesday, a day after he had attempted to report early and was turned away.
Obama under fire as Americans lose prior health plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is facing fresh attacks for his pledge that Americans who like their current healthcare plans can keep them under Obamacare after reports that thousands of Americans facing cancellation notices.
Bankrupt San Bernardino in showdown with California pension fund over arrears
RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) – The bankrupt city of San Bernardino and its largest creditor, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers), are set for a showdown over the city’s $17 million in pension arrears, a important milestone i…
Connecticut says Obamacare data hub ‘experiencing an outage’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Connecticut’s healthcare exchange “Access Health CT” said the U.S. government’s Obamacare data hub was ‘experiencing an outage’ on Tuesday evening, the second time in three days.
Food giants pour millions into defeating Washington GMO label measure
SEATTLE/KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Major U.S. food and chemical companies are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to block approval of a ballot initiative in Washington state that would make it the first in the United States to require labe…
San Francisco joins sugary drinks fray with tax proposal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco may become the latest U.S. city to try to curb the consumption of sugary drinks with a proposed ballot measure to impose a tax on beverages seen as a culprit in rising rates of childhood obesity and diabetes.
