Scott Walker drops out of 2016 race
The Wisconsin governor becomes the second GOP candidate to leave the crowded field...Read More ...
Carson won’t back down from Muslim comments
The GOP presidential hopeful says a commander in chief should be “sworn in on a stack of Bibles, not a Koran.”Read More ...
Clinton says she won't let GOP 'tear up' health care law
BATON
ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday hailed President
Barack Obama's health care law for reducing the rate of uninsured
Americans and vowed to defend it against Republican opposition if she
wins the White House.Read More ...
Catholic lawmakers thrilled by upcoming visit of Francis
WASHINGTON
(AP) — House Speaker John Boehner has been trying for 20 years to get a
pope to come talk to Congress. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says
it's "thrilling beyond words."Read More ...
U.S. expands VW pollution-skirting probe to other carmakers
The
US government has expanded its investigation of pollution-skirting
devices in diesel vehicles to other manufacturers after Volkswagen
admitted it used them to thwart US environmental standards. The
Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it will screen for
so-called "defeat devices" in diesel vehicles on the road that are
produced by other manufacturers. The California Air Resources Board is a
partner in the investigation, an EPA spokesperson said in an email to
AFP.Read More ...
Plan to admit more refugees faces stiff opposition in Congress
By
Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House plans to allow
thousands more refugees into the United States face stiff opposition on
Monday in the U.S. Congress, where Republican lawmakers demanded the
right to review, and reject, the effort, citing fears of terrorism.
Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday announced an increase of 15,000
per year for the next two years in the number of refugees the country
takes in. Under current law, Congress does not have to approve the
Democratic administration's plan.Read More ...
Prosecutor: Short life of Baby Doe marked by neglect, abuse
BOSTON (AP) — In her short, tumultuous life, Bella Bond loved cats, dancing to country music and the color green.Read More ...
APNewsBreak: US weighs abstention on Cuba embargo vote at UN
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Obama administration may allow the U.N. to condemn America's
economic embargo against Cuba without a fight, The Associated Press has
learned, an unprecedented step that could increase pressure on Congress
to end the 54-year-old restrictions.Read More ...
Kentucky clerk Davis not complying with court order-plaintiffs
By
Steve Bittenbender LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - A county clerk from
Kentucky who went to jail rather than issue marriage licenses to gay
couples made material changes to the forms upon her return and is not in
compliance with a federal court order, lawyers for couples suing her
said on Monday. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis should be ordered to allow
the licenses to be issued under the earlier format or the clerk's office
should be put in receivership and fines imposed, the attorneys from the
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky said in a federal court
filing. The issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in
Kentucky and other states has become the latest focal point in a
long-running debate over gay marriage in the United States.Read More ...
Walker exits 2016 presidential race
By
Steve Holland, Ginger Gibson and Erin McPike WASHINGTON/NEW YORK
(Reuters) - Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin abruptly
pulled out of the 2016 U.S. presidential race on Monday, doomed by a
lightning-quick collapse from serious contender to also-ran candidate
struggling to raise money. Walker's departure left his rivals seeking
the Republican nomination for the November 2016 presidential election
scrambling to appeal to his supporters in the early-voting states of
Iowa and New Hampshire as well as elsewhere. Experts saw potential gain
for conservative candidates like Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee as well as
center-right contenders such as Marco Rubio, John Kasich and Jeb Bush.Read More ...
Former peanut company CEO sentenced to 28 years for salmonella outbreak
The
former owner of a peanut company in Georgia was sentenced to 28 years
in prison on Monday for his role in a salmonella outbreak that killed
nine people and sickened hundreds, a rare instance of jail time in a
food contamination case. Stewart Parnell, 61, who once oversaw Peanut
Corporation of America, and his brother, Michael Parnell, 56, who was a
food broker on the company's behalf, were convicted on federal
conspiracy charges in September 2014 for knowingly shipping
salmonella-tainted peanuts to customers. Contamination at the company's
plant in Blakely, Georgia, led to one of the largest food recalls in
U.S. history and forced the company into liquidation.Read More ...
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