Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has become the latest high-profile Republican to join the U.S. presidential race, hoping to deny President Barack Obama a second term. Romney launched his 2012 campaign Thursday in the northeastern state of New Hampshire, telling supporters Mr. Obama “has failed America.” He pledged to slash government spending, repeal President Obama’s […]
US: Mitt Romney Entering Race to Oust Obama in 2012
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
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CDC: Too Many Americans Underestimate HIV Risk
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has warned that far too many Americans underestimate their risk for HIV or mistakenly believe the virus that causes AIDS is no longer a serious health threat. A statement was issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 30 years after the first report of the mysterious and deadly […]
Investigators Demand Information From Major US Bank
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
Investigators are demanding information from one of the largest U.S. banks, seeking details on the firm’s activities leading into the financial crisis. New York prosecutors have sent a subpoena to Goldman Sachs, which says it will “fully cooperate” with officials. The subpoena is a formal legal demand for information, and not an accusation of wrongdoing. […]
US Blasts Call from International Panel to Legalize Some Drugs
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
The United States is dismissing as “silly” a new report that calls on governments to fight the use of illegal drugs by making some of them legal. The Office of National Drug Control Policy says drug addiction is a disease that can be treated successfully. A spokesman with the agency says drug use in the […]
US: Mitt Romney Entering Race to Oust Obama in 2012
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
Mitt Romney — a former state governor and head of the Salt Lake City winter Olympics — is entering the 2012 U.S. presidential contest to try to oust President Barack Obama. Romney failed to win the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. But he has been laying the groundwork for months in a renewed bid to […]
US: Authorities Execute 20th Prisoner This Year
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 1:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. authorities have carried out the 20th execution this year of a condemned prisoner. Prison officials in Texas executed Gayland Bradford, a 42-year-old man convicted of the 1988 killing of a security guard during a grocery store robbery in which he and a partner fled with only $7. Bradford had spent 22 years on death […]
Vancouver Canucks Win Opening Game of NHL Stanley Cup Series
Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 12:55 am (UTC-5)
Raffi Torres scored the game-winning goal with just 19 seconds remaining in regulation to give the host Vancouver Canucks a 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins in the first game of the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup championship series. The game had been a defensive standoff up until that point, with Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo […]
Tornadoes Strike Northeastern US, Killing Four
Posted June 1st, 2011 at 11:35 pm (UTC-5)
At least two tornadoes ripped through a heavily populated area of the northeastern United States on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring others. The latest in a string of twisters to hit the country in recent weeks struck the western area of the state of Massachusetts, a region where tornadoes are relatively rare. The tornadoes […]
Major Panel: Drug War a ‘Devastating’ Failure
Posted June 1st, 2011 at 9:40 pm (UTC-5)
A panel of former world leaders says the so-called war on drugs has failed with “devastating consequences” for individuals and communities worldwide. In a report released Thursday, the Global Commission on Drug Policy said governments should consider fundamentally reforming their approach to drug use, including making marijuana legal. The report says “vast” sums have been […]
Tornado Strikes Northeastern US
Posted June 1st, 2011 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
A tornado has touched down in a heavily populated area of Massachusetts, causing damage and injuring a number of people. The National Weather Service said witnesses reported sighting the tornado near the city of Springfield on Wednesday afternoon. Television footage of the area showed dangling power lines, shattered windows, and debris strewn on the road. […]
