A U.S. senator representing the country’s leading car-building state has called on the top U.S. trade official to demand Russia stop what she calls unfair trade practices against American-made cars. Democrat Debbie Stabenow of Michigan wrote in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk Wednesday that Russia’s position must not be tolerated. She says […]
US Senator Demands Russia Stop ‘Unfair’ Car Trade Practices
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 5:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Accused Fort Hood Shooter Arraigned in Military Court
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas has been arraigned in a military court. Major Nidal Hasan did not enter a plea during his arraignment hearing Wednesday before a judge at Fort Hood. The judge set a March trial date. The arraignment came shortly […]
Hurricane Dora Strengthens Off Mexico’s Pacific Coast
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. weather forecasters say Hurricane Dora has strengthened off Mexico’s Pacific coast and could become a major hurricane within hours. The National Hurricane Center in Miami Wednesday classified Dora as a Category 2 storm on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity. Forecasters say Dora currently has winds of 165 kilometers per hour and is […]
Somalis Plead Not Guilty to Killing Americans in Pirate Attack
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Three accused Somali pirates have pleaded not guilty to charges they killed four Americans in February after hijacking their yacht off the coast of Africa. The men entered their pleas Wednesday in a U.S. federal court in Virginia. They denied all 26 counts related to the murder and kidnapping of the Americans. Most of the […]
Texas Man to Be Executed for 9/11 Revenge Killings
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. man who carried out a fatal shooting spree in retaliation for the 2001 terrorist attacks is scheduled to be executed in the southern state of Texas Wednesday. Mark Stroman has a request before the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his execution. But if it fails to go through, by the end of the […]
Minnesota Governor Signs Budget, Ends State Shutdown
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
The governor of Minnesota has signed a new budget, ending the state’s crippling 20-day government shutdown — one of the longest in recent U.S. history. Democratic Governor Mark Dayton signed the spending bills Wednesday just hours after lawmakers approved them. The Republican-controlled legislature met in a special session to approve the last of 12 measures […]
Minnesota Legislature Votes to End Government Shutdown
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
Lawmakers in the northern U.S. state of Minnesota have passed a budget deal expected to end the state’s crippling 20-day government shutdown — one of the longest in recent U.S. history. Minnesota’s Republican-controlled legislature approved the last of 12 measures needed to end the impasse early on Wednesday during a special session. Democratic Governor Mark […]
Obama Says “Gang of Six” Plan is Balanced Approach to Deficit Reduction
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 4:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Republican and Democratic lawmakers to continue searching Wednesday for a last-minute compromise on a budget deal tied to raising the nation’s borrowing limit. A possible breakthrough emerged on Tuesday when a bipartisan group of senators known as the “Group of Six” unveiled a deficit reduction plan that calls for […]
Acused Teen Hitman On Trial In Mexico
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
A teenaged boy accused of being a drug cartel hitman has gone on trial in Mexico. Edgar Jimenez Lugo, who was born in the United States, is charged with killing and mutilating four people. The victims’ bodies were found strung from a bridge last year in the central Mexican resort town of Cuernavaca, in Morelos […]
Obama: No More Time ‘to Posture’ on US Debt
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 9:10 pm (UTC-5)
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives has approved a plan to cut more than $100 billion from the federal budget next year, in exchange for raising the country’s borrowing limit. By a mostly partisan vote, the so-called Cut, Cap and Balance Act was approved Tuesday night. It would cut non-defense federal spending, limit future spending […]
