White House to showcase HealthCare.gov fixes at crucial juncture

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two months after Obamacare's disastrous launch, senior adminis...

Obamacare website enters critical phase, unclear if fixes are enough

The rollout of President Barack Obama's healthcare law entered a critical phase on Saturday, the deadline for substantially fixing the p...

Unforgotten fighter of Korean war: U.S. pensioner a POW at 85

By Ju-min Park and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) - As autumn descended on a Korean countryside devastated...

Senate Democrats stop filibusters on nominations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led Senate, in a historic rule change, stripped Republicans on Thurs...

Jailed 11 years for murder, Kennedy cousin could be freed on bail

By Richard Weizel MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel could walk out of Stamfo...

Search continues for two missing in Learjet crash off Florida

MIAMI (Reuters) - A private jet that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from Fort Laude...

Missouri executes serial killer after U.S. Supreme Court clears way

(Reuters) - Missouri serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin was executed by lethal injection early Wednesday a...

Illinois governor expected to sign gay marriage into law

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign same-sex marriage ...

Secret U.S. court approved wider NSA spying even after finding excesses

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A secret U.S. intelligence court let the National Security Agenc...

U.S. healthcare website has security bugs, expert warns Congress

By Jim Finkle and Alina Selyukh (Reuters) - The website at the center of U.S. President Barack Obama'...

Recovery begins after U.S. storms kill eight in Midwest

By Mary Wisniewski WASHINGTON, Illinois (Reuters) - Rescue workers in a small Illinois city raked by a po...

Insight: Health site woes show Washington misses out on cutting edge technology

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One part of the Obama administration's technically flawed Hea...

Survivors of deadly U.S. Midwest tornado sift through wreckage

By Mary Wisniewski WASHINGTON, Illinois (Reuters) - When a powerful tornado bore down on the small city o...

Survivors of deadly Midwest tornado sift through wreckage

By Mary Wisniewski WASHINGTON, Illinois (Reuters) - Some residents of Washington, Illinois, picked throug...

Survivors of deadly Illinois tornado sift through wreckage

By Mary Wisniewski WASHINGTON, Illinois (Reuters) - Some residents of Washington, Illinois, picked throug...

Illinois city locked down as officials assess tornado damage

By Mary Wisniewski WASHINGTON, Illinois (Reuters) - Police were turning residents away from Washington, I...

Six killed as tornadoes rip through U.S. Midwest

By Mary Wisniewski WASHINGTON, Illinois (Reuters) - A fast-moving storm system triggered multiple tornado...

White Detroit-area man charged with murder of black woman

By Joseph Lichterman DETROIT (Reuters) - Prosecutors charged a white suburban Detroit homeowner with seco...

White Detroit-area man charged in shooting death of black woman

By Joseph Lichterman DETROIT (Reuters) - Prosecutors charged a white suburban Detroit homeowner with seco...

U.S. ban on guns that escape metal detectors set to expire

By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 25-year-old U.S. ban on any firearms that can escape discovery by a metal detector is scheduled to ...

Detroit-area man charged in shooting death of black woman

By Joseph Lichterman DETROIT (Reuters) - Prosecutors charged a white suburban Detroit homeowner with second-degree murder, manslaughter and ...

U.S. Postal Service narrows loss for 2013 fiscal year

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said on Friday its 2013 fiscal-y...

U.S. Postal Service ends fiscal year with smaller loss of $5 billion

By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service ended its 2013 fiscal year with a loss of $5 billion, down from nearly $16...

White House: Obama would veto Republican healthcare bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama would veto a bill sponsored by a Republican congressman that...

Newtown families mark anniversary with a plea for parents to unite

By Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Barden liked to call his son Daniel the "custodian of all l...

Obama to tout U.S. economic recovery in Ohio steel mill visit

By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is set to tout the U.S. economic recover...

White House tech chief tells testy hearing health portal on mend

By Susan Cornwell and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top government technology officials told an ...