Articles by: Omesh Persaud

Justice Sotomayor to drop ball, not gavel, on 2014 Times Square countdown

NEW YORK Sun Dec 29, 2013 3:40pm EST U.S. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor gestures to the audience after speaking at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, California January 28, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/ROBERT GALBRAITH (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court […]

by · December 29, 2013 · Domestic News, News

Suicide bomber kills at least 16 at Russian train station

BY SERGEI KARPOV VOLGOGRAD, Russia Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:20pm EST Interior Ministry members stand guard in front of the train station where a bomber detonated explosives in Volgograd December 29, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/SERGEI KARPOV (Reuters) – A suicide attacker set […]

by · December 29, 2013 · News, World News

U.S. Tax Court rules against MBA student seeking tuition tax break

BY PATRICK TEMPLE-WEST WASHINGTON Thu Dec 26, 2013 3:45pm EST (Reuters) – The U.S. Tax Court has dealt a setback to young MBA students with little work experience who try to claim their tuition costs as a tax-deductible business expense, lawyers […]

by · December 27, 2013 · Domestic News, News

American held by al Qaeda in Pakistan urges Obama for help

ISLAMABAD Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:06am EST (Reuters) – A U.S. development worker kidnapped in Pakistan by al Qaeda two years ago appealed to President Barack Obama to intervene and help negotiate his release, in a video released on Thursday. In a 13-minute […]

by · December 27, 2013 · News, World News

Utah officials suspect bald eagle deaths linked to die-off of shore birds

BY LAURA ZUCKERMAN Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:43pm EST (Reuters) – The tally of unexplained bald eagle deaths in Utah this month rose to 20 on Thursday as state wildlife officials looked for possible links to diseases suspected in a […]

by · December 27, 2013 · Domestic News, News

Philadelphia court overturns priest’s conviction in sex cover-up

Monsignor William Lynn walks from the courthouse as the jury deliberates in his sexual abuse trial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in this June 4, 2012, file photo. CREDIT: REUTERS/TIM SHAFFER/FILES BY DAVE WARNER PHILADELPHIA Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:22pm EST (Reuters) – […]

by · December 27, 2013 · Domestic News, News

Connecticut police to release Newtown massacre documents Friday

BY EDITH HONAN NEW YORK Thu Dec 26, 2013 8:39pm EST (Reuters) – Connecticut state police plan to release a trove of documents on Friday tied to their investigation of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year that […]

by · December 27, 2013 · Domestic News, News

Target meets with state attorneys as lawsuits pile up

BY JIM FINKLE AND DHANYA SKARIACHAN BOSTON/NEW YORK Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:53pm EST People shop at a Target store during Black Friday sales in the Brooklyn borough of New York, November 29, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/ERIC THAYER (Reuters) – Target Corp’s […]

by · December 23, 2013 · Domestic News, News

Committee for unsecured creditors appointed in Detroit bankruptcy

DETROIT Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:01pm EST A woman walks through the Midtown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan December 3, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/JOSHUA LOTT (Reuters) – An independent federal trustee helping to administer Detroit’s historic bankruptcy case on Monday named a committee […]

by · December 23, 2013 · Domestic News, News

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

NEW YORK Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:47pm EST (Reuters) – A father and his 3-year-old son died after the man threw the boy from the roof of a luxury Manhattan high-rise and then leapt off the building on Sunday following “domestic […]

by · December 23, 2013 · Domestic News, Local News, News

Gay marriages proceed in Utah as judge refuses to block ruling

BY JENNIFER DOBNER SALT LAKE CITY Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:07pm EST Shauna Griffen (L) and Brooke Shepherd get married at the Salt Lake County Government Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 23, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/JIM URQUHART (Reuters) – Same-sex […]

by · December 23, 2013 · Domestic News, News

Reuters Exclusive: Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer

BY JOSEPH MENN SAN FRANCISCO Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:07pm EST An RSA SecurID dongle used for internet VPN tunnelling is seen in Toronto December 18, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/CHRIS HELGREN (Reuters) – As a key part of a campaign to embed […]

by · December 20, 2013 · Domestic News, News

Snowden makes case for Brazil asylum, offers help

SAO PAULO Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:30am EST Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden’s new refugee documents granted by Russia is seen during a news conference in Moscow August 1, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/MAXIM SHEMETOV (Reuters) – Former National Security […]

by · December 17, 2013 · Domestic News, News, World News

U.S. judge says phone surveillance program likely unlawful

BY DAVID INGRAM AND MARK HOSENBALL WASHINGTON Mon Dec 16, 2013 8:18pm EST A National Security Agency (NSA) data gathering facility is seen in Bluffdale, about 25 miles (40 km) south of Salt Lake City, Utah, December 16, 2013. Jim Urquhart/ […]

by · December 17, 2013 · Domestic News, News

Last words revealed in Arizona blaze that killed 19 firefighters

BY DAVID SCHWARTZ PHOENIX Mon Dec 16, 2013 7:08pm EST San Diego firefighter Robert Bunsoldat takes a picture of each of the Prescott Fire Department’s Granite Mountain Hotshots team from a banner that circles the entrance to their memorial in Prescott […]

by · December 17, 2013 · Domestic News, News