Pentagon recalling most civilian defense employees idled by shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Saturday it will recall most of the roughly 400,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the government shutdown, in a move that could greatly lessen the impact of feuding in Washington on U…
Man who set himself on fire near monuments in Washington dies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man who set himself on fire in the heart of the U.S. capital as tourists and joggers watched in horror has died from his injuries, a Washington police spokesman said on Saturday.
Women seek access to traditionally male-only Mormon gathering
(Reuters) – Women seeking priesthood in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints said they will attempt to attend a traditionally men-only leadership session of the church in Salt Lake City on Saturday, despite having been denied tickets.
Former NYPD sergeant questions sister’s killing by police in Washington
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police in Washington could have avoided shooting dead a woman pursued by officers in a car chase that led to the lockdown of the Capitol this week, the driver’s sister, former New York police sergeant Valarie Carey, said late on Fr…
Detroit union wins victory worth ‘refund on deck of Titanic’
(Reuters) – Detroit’s largest public sector union scored a symbolic victory Friday when a Michigan administrative law judge reinstated an extra annual pension check for city workers and retirees, although the judge in the city’s bankruptcy case has pro…
U.S. judge orders release of mentally ill Guantanamo prisoner
MIAMI (Reuters) – A federal judge has ordered the release of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner suffering from severe mental illness who has been spent much of his time at a psychiatric ward on the U.S. naval base since he arrived more than 11 years ago.
Man in critical condition after being engulfed in flames
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man went up in flames in the middle of the National Mall on Friday before bystanders extinguished the fire and he was rushed to a hospital, police and witnesses said.
Alex Rodriguez sues Major League Baseball, Selig
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has sued Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig and accused them of trying to destroy his reputation and his career.
Ormet says shutting Ohio aluminum smelter immediately
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ormet Corp will immediately close its 270,000-tonne-per-year aluminum smelter in Hannibal, Ohio, a casualty of historically low metal prices and “uncontrollable” power costs, the company said on Friday.
Washington still deadlocked on shutdown and debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington headed into the fifth day of a partial government shutdown with no end in sight even as another, more serious conflict over raising the nation’s borrowing authority started heating up.
