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Committee for unsecured creditors appointed in Detroit bankruptcy

Committee for unsecured creditors appointed in Detroit bankruptcy

An independent federal trustee serving to to administer Detroit’s historical bankruptcy case on Monday named a committee to signify interests of the unsecured collectors as the city prepares to put up a plan to the court to readjust its debt. United States Trustee Daniel McDermott named five collectors to the […]

 
 

Father, son killed in murder-suicide plunge from NYC high rise

The daddy was Dmitriy Kanarikov, a 35-year-previous Brooklyn resident, and his son was Kirill. “Tragically, he took the son to the roof and all indications are that he threw him off and… jumped himself,” New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly advised journalists.

 
 

New York City enjoys record highs amid volatile winter weather

New York City enjoys record highs amid volatile winter weather

A band of severe climate that left at least three folks useless in tornadoes and heavy storms in the southeastern United States pushed up the East Coast on Sunday, bringing file excessive temperatures to Philadelphia and New York City and ice storms to parts of New England. "This storm is […]

 
 

IMF says will raise U.S. economic growth forecast

IMF says will raise U.S. economic growth forecast

The World Financial Fund predicts the U.S. economy would increase at a faster p.c. next yr, given certain economic data and a few indicators of compromise in Congress, the pinnacle of the Washington-based lender mentioned on Sunday. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde additionally praised the U.S. Federal Reserve's communication of […]

 
 

Colorado student, 17, wounded in school shooting, dies

By way of Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – A 17-year-old Colorado scholar shot within the head prior this month with the aid of a gunman at her high school died on Saturday at a sanatorium along with her household at her side, the ability and her family stated. Claire Davis […]

 
 

Top U.S. Navy official knew of probe months before bribery scandal broke

Through David Alexander and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus stated on Friday he knew a few Navy contracting investigation for months earlier than it erupted into an incredible bribery scandal and that Navy investigators planted false information that helped result in the first arrests in […]

 
 

U.S., UK spies targeted Israeli PM, EU official: Snowden leaks

U.S., UK spies targeted Israeli PM, EU official: Snowden leaks

British and U.S. spies focused a senior European Union professional, German executive buildings, and the administrative center of an Israeli high minister, according to the newest leaked paperwork from Edward Snowden published on Friday. Snowden has shone a gentle on fashionable surveillance by the NSA and its British counterpart GCHQ, […]

 
 

Latest delay adds to chaotic rollout of Obama’s health law

Latest delay adds to chaotic rollout of Obama’s health law

With the aid of Susan Cornwell and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The government’s move to elongate for some individuals a requirement to purchase health insurance raised new doubts regarding the already chaotic rollout of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, merely days past than an enrollment cut-off date. The […]

 
 

New Mexico Supreme Court rules to allow same-sex marriage

New Mexico Supreme Court rules to allow same-sex marriage

Through Zelie Pollon SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) – The New Mexico Supreme Courtroom unanimously dominated on Thursday to permit related-intercourse marriage statewide, ending a patchwork arrangement that saw the unions permitted in some counties whereas prohibited in others. The ruling makes New Mexico the 17th U.S. state to legalize […]

 
 

New evidence delays U.S. general’s sex assault trial for third time

New evidence delays U.S. general’s sex assault trial for third time

By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – The court docket-martial for a U.S. Army normal accused of sexually assaulting a subordinate used to be delayed on Thursday for a third time after the discovery of a cellphone that could shed extra light on the case, in keeping with officials […]

 
 

Target holiday cyber breach hits 40 million payment cards

By using Jim Finkle and Dhanya Skariachan BOSTON (Reuters) – Goal Corp stated hackers have stolen knowledge from as much as forty million credit score and debit cards of shoppers who visited its outlets throughout the primary three weeks of the holiday season within the 2nd-largest such breach suggested by […]

 
 

U.S. court urged to reject Israeli attempt to silence witness

By using Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Lawyers for the domestic of an American teenager killed in a 2006 suicide bombing in Tel Aviv urged a U.S. court docket on Tuesday to reject an strive by using Israel to muzzle a witness in an anti-terrorism case, court docket paperwork showed. […]

 
 

Snowden makes case for Brazil asylum, offers help

Snowden makes case for Brazil asylum, offers help

Former Nationwide Security Company contractor Edward Snowden has provided to collaborate with a Brazilian investigation into the NSA surveillance application he revealed earlier this yr, consistent with a letter revealed in a neighborhood newspaper on Tuesday. In “An Open Letter to the Brazilian Individuals,” revealed by way of newspaper Folha […]

 
 

"I did not kill Meredith", Knox pleads in email to Italian court

By Cristiano Corvino FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – U.S. scholar Amanda Knox pleaded her innocence in the homicide of her roommate Meredith Kercher in an e-mail to an Italian courtroom on Tuesday, pronouncing she was once afraid to appear in individual for worry of conviction. I didn’t kill Meredith, I didn’t […]

 
 

Somber remembrances mark anniversary of Sandy Hook shooting

Somber remembrances mark anniversary of Sandy Hook shooting

Every other loved princess tea events, Justin Bieber and journeys to New York. Twelve months later, the mass taking pictures at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Newtown, Connecticut, still evokes uncooked emotion and unhappiness. On Saturday, a day after any other school capturing, this time at a Colorado highschool the […]