Groups favoring right to abortion ask high court to halt Texas law
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Groups opposed to new restrictions on abortion in Texas filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court on Monday to halt part of a law that prompted a dozen clinics in the state to stop performing the procedure.
Supreme Court lets stand ruling throwing out ‘abortion pill’ limits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday left intact a state court decision invalidating an Oklahoma law that effectively banned the so-called abortion pill RU-486, with the justices deciding to sidestep a potentially contentious case.
Millions of bees swarm Georgia interstate after truck overturns
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An overturned tractor-trailer let loose millions of honeybees on Sunday and left a sticky mess on a major highway south of Atlanta, after hitting a guardrail and spilling its cargo of hives and honey.
Boeing seen in advanced talks to make 777X near Seattle
(Reuters) – Boeing is in advanced talks with its machinists’ union to assemble the company’s new 777X jet and build its wings in the Seattle area, several people familiar with the negotiations told Reuters.
Why run for Detroit mayor? Winner may have real chance for change
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit, saddled with $18 billion in debt, has filed for bankruptcy. Crime is rampant, and the city cannot provide its depleted population with basic services. So why would anyone want to run for mayor, especially when a state-appoi…
Maine Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michaud says he is gay
BOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) – Mike Michaud, a six-term U.S. congressman from Maine and a Democratic candidate for governor in the state’s elections next year, publicly stated on Monday that he is gay, saying he was responding to “whisper campaigns” int…
Student wedged between New York buildings for up to two days is freed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A college student reported missing by friends was recovering on Monday after being pulled from a narrow space between two buildings in New York City, where he had been trapped for up to two days, fire officials said.
New York’s next mayor could be a night owl
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York might be known as the city that never sleeps, but the leading candidate for mayor is the kind of New Yorker who likes to sleep in.
Wisconsin voter ID law challenge set to go to trial
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A federal trial to determine whether Wisconsin’s controversial voter identification law discriminates against minorities is scheduled to begin on Monday in a case seen as a possible precedent for similar laws in other states.
Google’s Schmidt says NSA spying outrageous if true – WSJ
(Reuters) – Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said widespread U.S. government spying on its data centers would be outrageous and potentially illegal if true, the Wall Street Journal reported.
