US stocks move higher following a surge in consumer spending
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are edging higher in midday trading as investors were encouraged by a big jump in U.S. consumer spending last month.
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Norway proposes extending transgender rights to children
Norway’s government proposed on Thursday that children as young as seven should be allowed to change their legal gender with parental support, among the lowest ages in the world for transgender rights. “Today’s rules in this area are unacceptable and have been unchanged for almost 60 years,” Health Minister Bent Hoie said in a statement on the plan, to be debated by experts before any formal bill goes to parliament.
Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies
The Supreme Court spared a key part of President Barack Obama’s signature law in a 6-3 decision Thursday, ruling that the federal government may continue to subsidize health insurance in the dozens of states that did not set up their own exchanges.
Supreme Court upholds discrimination claims in housing case
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday embraced a broad interpretation of the type of civil rights allegations that can be made under the landmark Fair Housing Act by ruling that the law allows for discrimination claims based on seemingly neutral practices that may have a discriminatory effect. On a 5-4 vote in a major civil rights case, the court handed a victory to
The Obama legacy on race
When future historians look back on Obama’s presidency and try to understand his place in America’s racial evolution, they will almost certainly zero in on the one he gave Marc Maron in the comedian’s southern California garage last week, in which Obama dared to publicly utter the most explosive racial epithet in American life.
Second prison worker arrested in New York escape
A veteran guard allegedly swapped paint and tools for art by one of the escaped killers.
Obama to Clyburn: Charleston victims 'are my people'
Rep. James Clyburn recalls an anguished call with President Obama the day after the tragedy.
Obama scolds heckler at gay pride event: 'You're in my house'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama took on a heckler head-on at a gay pride month reception at the White House Wednesday, scolding the protester for being disrespectful in “my house.”
Supreme Court upholds key Obamacare insurance subsidies
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Barack Obama a major victory on Thursday by upholding tax subsidies crucial to his signature healthcare law, with Chief Justice John Roberts saying Congress clearly intended for them to be available in all 50 states. The court ruled on a 6-3 vote that the 2010 Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, did not restrict the subsidies to
NY prison guard charged with giving tools to escapees for art
A corrections officer was due in court on Thursday as the second person charged with helping two murderers escape an upstate New York prison, accused of passing them tools hidden in frozen hamburger in exchange for artwork, court documents said. Guard Gene Palmer, 57, who was suspended with pay from Clinton Correctional Facility, was freed after posting $25,000 cash bail early on Thursday, the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department said. Law