Elder Bush in fair condition after breaking bone in neck
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush, at 91 the oldest living former president, was hospitalized Thursday in fair condition after breaking a bone in his neck during a fall.
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South Carolina judge extends order sealing court documents in church massacre
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina judge on Thursday extended a temporary order sealing court documents and silencing all participants in the Charleston church massacre case until next Wednesday. The South Carolina Press Association is challenging the gag order by Ninth Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson last week banning the release of documents in the case, including 911 police dispatch calls, coroner’s reports and witness statements. (Reporting by Harriet McLeod;
Obama: Prison rape is no joke
The president is calling for sweeping reforms to fix a criminal justice system he says is “skewed by race and wealth” and plagued with problems in its prisons. Among them: Overcrowding, gang activity, and rape.
In Arab world, worries that deal will boost Iran's power
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The nuclear deal with Iran was met with a profound wariness in the Arab world, where concerns are widespread that the easing of its international isolation could tip the already bloody contest for power in the region toward Shiite-led Tehran.
Iran nuclear deal: Fine 'new chapter' or 'historic mistake'?
A landmark Iran nuclear agreement was reached Tuesday after clearing final obstacles, and a senior diplomat said it included a compromise between Washington and Tehran that would allow U.N. inspectors to press for visits to Iranian military sites as part of their monitoring duties.
Obama says Iran nuclear deal prevents ‘more war’ in Middle East
Clinton pledges U.S. income equality, bashes Wall Street
By Luciana Lopez and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton put the fight for higher wages for everyday Americans at the heart of her economic agenda on Monday and talked tough against Wall Street in the first major policy speech of her White House bid. Clinton said the U.S. economy will only run at full steam when middle-class wages rise steadily along with executive salaries and
How Scott Walker became a conservative star
The Wisconsin governor is one of seven current or former Republican governors to enter the 2016 race — and the only one to survive a recall election in his own state.
Obama remains the ‘Scrooge’ of pardons
What does it take to get a pardon from President Obama? It’s a question Sala Udin, a former Pittsburgh City Council member and onetime civil rights Freedom Rider, is asking a lot this summer, more than three years after he first asked a president he deeply admires to grant him a pardon for a 44-year-old federal firearms conviction.
Greece reaches deal with creditors, avoids euro exit
The tentative deal includes “serious reforms” and removes an immediate threat that Greece could collapse financially and leave the euro.