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NYC asks court to vacate order curbing stop-and-frisk by police

NYC asks court to vacate order curbing stop-and-frisk by police

With the aid of Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) – Metropolis attorneys have asked a U.S. appeals court to vacate a federal choose’s choice ordering the New York Police Department to curtail its cease-and-frisk ways, after the same court docket removed the decide from the case however left her ruling […]

 
 

Early Obamacare data to signal how many still waiting to enroll

Early Obamacare data to signal how many still waiting to enroll

With the aid of David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration will liberate healthcare enrollment numbers for Obamacare's rocky October rollout this week that could be more essential for what they fail to assert, than for what they do. President Barack Obama's Democratic administration, which is under severe drive […]

 
 

Miami Herald reporter detained in Venezuela

Venezuelan authorities had been preserving an American journalist from the Miami Herald for a 3rd day on Saturday after he was once picked up close to the border with Colombia reporting on economic shortages and an upcoming local election, his colleagues said. Bogota-based totally Jim Wyss was once believed to […]

 
 

Struggling U.S. cities hope small projects yield big results

With the aid of Mary Wisniewski GARY, Indiana (Reuters) – Struggling U.S. Rust Belt cities for years have tried to counter the lack of manufacturing jobs with large, pricey initiatives like casinos and stadiums. and Youngstown, Ohio, these tasks brought hope and headlines. Now, Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson and civic […]

 
 

Senate passes bill to ban discrimination against gay workers

Senate passes bill to ban discrimination against gay workers

By using Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-led Senate, reflecting an enormous shift prior to now decade in public opinion, passed a bipartisan invoice on Thursday to outlaw discrimination towards homosexual staff. But the measure faces an uphill battle within the Republican-led House of Representatives. The invoice cleared the […]

 
 

Detroit did not negotiate pre-bankruptcy: financial adviser

Detroit did not negotiate pre-bankruptcy: financial adviser

By Joseph Lichterman DETROIT (Reuters) – The financial adviser for Detroit's two pension funds testified in federal court on Thursday that the town did not negotiate previous to submitting the most important municipal bankruptcy in U.S. historical past in July. The adviser's testimony came on the eighth day of an […]

 
 

Attorneys for A-Rod, Major League Baseball meet in court

Attorneys for A-Rod, Major League Baseball meet in court

Via Curtis Skinner NEW YORK (Reuters) – Attorneys for Major League Baseball and embattled famous person Alex Rodriguez agreed on one factor at a judicial hearing in New York on Thursday – neither side needs to be in federal courtroom. The New York Yankees slugger, who’s suing MLB and Commissioner […]

 
 

Halloween costume, sword, may have sparked scare at Conn. university -police

Three people, including at the least one student, have been taken into custody at Relevant Connecticut State University on Monday after a security scare and lockdown that campus police stated can have been because of a scholar in a Halloween costume carrying a sword. University officers positioned the school on […]

 
 

Boehner opposes landmark U.S. gay-rights bill, dimming its chances

Boehner opposes landmark U.S. gay-rights bill, dimming its chances

Via Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Monday opposed a bill to ban place of job discrimination in accordance with sexual orientation and gender id, dimming the chances of the White Home-backed measure changing into law. “The speaker believes this law will raise frivolous […]

 
 

Florida man found guilty of killing NFL’s Sean Taylor

Florida man found guilty of killing NFL’s Sean Taylor

Through Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida jury on Monday convicted 23-12 months-outdated Eric Rivera, Jr. of second-degree murder within the 2007 slaying of Washington Redskins soccer megastar Sean Taylor right through a botched burglary at his Miami-area home. Rivera was additionally found responsible of armed housebreaking. After confessing […]

 
 

Six people shot to death in apparent murder-suicide in South Carolina

Through Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Six individuals, including two youngsters, have been shot to death in a South Carolina house on Tuesday in what police imagine is a murder-suicide involving contributors of a household, authorities said. Investigators still do not know which of the slain used to […]

 
 

A year after Sandy, many still rebuilding damaged homes

By means of Victoria Cavaliere and Dave Warner NEW YORK/SEASIDE PARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Victims of Superstorm Sandy lower back the waterfront where their neighbors and loved ones had been killed a year in the past Tuesday, honoring the useless while many are still struggling to rebuild their damaged […]

 
 

Obama under fire as Americans lose prior health plans

Obama under fire as Americans lose prior health plans

By using Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is facing contemporary assaults for his pledge that American citizens who like their current healthcare plans can maintain them underneath Obamacare after experiences that lots of American citizens dealing with cancellation notices. Accusations that the pledge was deceptive are potentially […]

 
 

U.S. NSA spied on 60 million Spanish phone calls in a month: report

U.S. NSA spied on 60 million Spanish phone calls in a month: report

MADRID (Reuters) – The U.S. Nationwide Safety Agency (NSA) just lately tracked over 60 million calls in Spain in the area of a month, a Spanish newspaper mentioned on Monday, citing a file which it said fashioned a part of papers received from ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Spain’s govt has […]

 
 

Doctor convicted in Michael Jackson death leaves prison

Doctor convicted in Michael Jackson death leaves prison

Via Eric Kelsey and Jonathan Alcorn LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson's non-public doctor, convicted of manslaughter for administering a lethal dose of anesthetic to the pop singer, was launched from a Los Angeles prison on Monday after serving half of his 4-year sentence. Conrad Murray was once released to […]