Key U.S. official faces grilling over Obamacare website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two months before the troubled October 1 launch of Obamacare exchanges, a key administration official overseeing the program assured a congressional oversight panel that work was on track to roll out a tested website that would m…
Hawaii lawmakers to hold special session to consider gay marriage
HONOLULU (Reuters) – Hawaii, which had a pioneering role in the acceptance of same-sex marriage in the United States two decades ago, could become the 15th state to extend marriage rights to gay couples when state lawmakers meet this week for a special…
Ride operator arrested after five hurt at North Carolina State Fair
(Reuters) – The operator of a carnival ride at the North Carolina State Fair, where five people were hurt when the attraction suddenly restarted as passengers exited, has been arrested after a probe revealed the ride was tampered with, officials said o…
Gunman kills four, commits suicide at Phoenix apartment complex
(Reuters) – A gunman killed four members of a family and their two dogs and then shot himself to death at a Phoenix apartment complex on Saturday, police said.
Macy’s joins Barneys in NYC ‘shop-and-frisk’ scandal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York civil rights leaders on Saturday decried the city’s brewing “shop-and-frisk” scandal, in which major retailers Barneys and Macy’s are accused of profiling black shoppers who say they were detained by police after buying lu…
Man arrested with four guns at New York’s Kennedy airport
(Reuters) – A Tennessee man faces six felony weapons charges after police found two rifles, two handguns and high-capacity ammunition in luggage he was trying to check at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, an official said.
Protesters march in Washington against NSA spying
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Protesters marched on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday to protest the U.S. government’s online surveillance programs, whose vast scope was revealed this year by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Estuaries in Puerto Rico’s capital get ‘mega clean up’
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – A flotilla of fishing skiffs and kayaks plied through the channels and lagoons that comprise the San Juan estuary system Saturday, as volunteers dove beneath bridges and trudged through the thick mangrove forest lining…
Man arrested with four guns at New York’s Kennedy airport
(Reuters) – A Tennessee man faces six felony weapons charges after police found two rifles, two handguns and high-capacity ammunition in luggage he was trying to check at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, an official said.
Protesters march in Washington against NSA spying
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Protesters marched on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday to protest the U.S. government’s online surveillance programs, whose vast scope was revealed this year by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
