By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Methodist pastor accused of violating the denomination’s teachings by officiating at a same-sex marriage was set to face a church trial on Monday in rural Pennsylvania. The trial for Rev. Frank Schaefer, who […]
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Supreme Court justice expressed concerns on Monday about how a federal judge required plaintiffs’ lawyers to take race and gender into account in picking their legal team. The court declined to review […]
By Karen Brooks (Reuters) – A record-holding diver died during a freediving competition in the Bahamas on Sunday in what officials said was the first fatality in the sport’s 21 years of official competition. American diver Nicholas Mevoli of Brooklyn […]
By Steven C. Johnson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Foreigners fled from short-term U.S. assets in September as a budget battle in Washington raised fears the government could default on some obligations, though demand for longer-term securities rose, U.S. Treasury data […]
PARIS (Reuters) – An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Monday it had information about an underground nuclear site being built in Iran and that this was among a number of secret venues for an atomic bomb program. The National […]
By Nina Chestney WARSAW (Reuters) – Global economic losses caused by extreme weather events have risen to nearly $200 billion a year over the last decade and look set to increase further as climate change worsens, a report by the […]
By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO (Reuters) – A fast-moving storm system spawned multiple tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana, threatening some 53 million people across 10 Midwestern states on Sunday, U.S. weather officials said. The storm was headed toward Chicago with […]
Thursday, November 14th, 2013 Two Very Important Lines Crossed Last Month, and It Means Big Things for Our Energy Security: For the first time in nearly two decades, we’re importing less foreign oil than we’re producing domestically — and we’re […]
By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – The mayor of Richmond, Virginia, announced plans on Monday to build a minor-league baseball park on the site of a slave market and cemetery, prompting an outcry over what protesters said would be […]
Saturday morning Nov. 9, 2013, a terrible accident on the Hutchinson River Parkway occurs. There are two fatalities with very sever trauma. Sal Conforto reports that on site law enforcement advised that the fatalities include a decapitation. Use alternate routes, […]
During what is possibly the most hard-hitting GMO report ever aired by mainstream media, Max Goldberg states: “No long-term studies have ever been done on humans, but when you look at the studies that have been done on animals, it’s […]
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In recognition of the sacrifices that are made by loved ones in the service of our Veterans, Seniors, and the Disabled President Barack Obama has declared November 2013 National Family Caregivers Month. The following is the proclamation as issued by […]
The following is a statement issued by Mayor Bloomberg on the state of the capital improvements that are being made to the Delware water tunnel. Mayor Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Operations Cas Holloway and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Carter […]
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