MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida's Department of Motor Vehicles said on Tuesday it had lifted the suspension of a South Florida man's driving license after it accused him of fraud for adopting his wife's last name. "It was a mistake on our part," Florida DMV spokesperson Kirsten Olsen-Doolan said. "The suspension will be lifted." The DMV stripped Boca Raton real estate investor Lazaro Dinh, 40, of his license in December after he changed his last name from Sopena to help his wife's Vietnamese family perpetuate their family surname. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Rifle Association will argue that greater restrictions are not the answer to gun violence at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, which is likely to stoke skepticism that legislation to tighten controls will advance very far this year. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, in testimony released on Tuesday on the eve of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, showed no signs of backing down from opposition to gun controls advocated by President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers after a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school in December. ...
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The flu isn't the only illness adults should be immunized against, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday, as a new study found current adult vaccination rates in the country "unacceptably low." The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded that a "substantial increase" in adult vaccinations is needed to prevent diseases including pneumonia, tetanus, diphtheria, hepatitis, shingles and whooping cough. "Far too few adults are getting vaccinated against these important diseases, and we need to do more," said Dr. ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Declaring "now is the time" to fix broken immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Tuesday heralded a rare show of bipartisanship between the White House and Senate lawmakers on principles for putting millions of illegal immigrants on a pathway to citizenship, cracking down on businesses that employ people illegally and tightening security at the borders.
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that if Congress is unable to act in a timely fashion on changing immigration laws, he will propose legislation of his own and demand lawmakers vote on it. Pledging swift action, Obama said in a speech that Washington should have the resolve to "finally put this issue behind us." (Reporting by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason; Editing by Will Dunham)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday improper maintenance was the likely cause of a December 7, 2011, sightseeing helicopter crash near Las Vegas that killed the pilot and four passengers. The board said its investigation of the crash of a Sundance Helicopters Eurocopter AS350 found inadequate maintenance, including degraded material, improper installation and inadequate inspections. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat in the Senate says that lawmakers should redouble efforts to replace looming across-the-board cuts to the Pentagon and domestic programs with alternative spending cuts and tax hikes.
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — International aid officials are framing their latest gathering on Syria's humanitarian crises in terms not seen in the region since the height of the Iraq war: Refugee numbers possibly swelling toward 1 million, more than double that number in need of help inside the country and political policymaking among Bashar Assad's foes torn between the battlefield strategies and the civilian costs.
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama appealed for a "common-sense" and comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigrations laws on Tuesday to help illegal immigrants "get on the right side of the law." In a speech in Las Vegas, Obama said an overhaul would strengthen the U.S. economy. He said some issues will be difficult to negotiate with Congress, but "now's the time" for change. (Reporting by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason; Editing by Will Dunham)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng on Tuesday urged China's people to end the communist-governed nation's "leadership of thieves" and for Washington not to "give an inch" on human rights in its relations with Beijing.
Two days before his bid for immigration reform died in the Senate, President George W. Bush accidentally told a group of lawmakers that his plan would grant undocumented individuals “amnesty.” “You know, I’ve heard all the rhetoric — you’ve heard it, too — about how...
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. atomic watchdog made clear on Tuesday it had seen no sign of any explosion at one of Iran's most sensitive nuclear plants, backing up Tehran's denial that such an incident had taken place last week. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in an unusual move, made a brief statement following media reports at the weekend of significant damage at the underground Fordow uranium enrichment site. IAEA inspectors regularly visit Iranian nuclear sites, including the one at Fordow, and the U.N. ...
PARIS (Reuters) - France favors a quick deployment of international monitors to Mali to ensure that human rights are not abused, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Tuesday. French and Malian troops over the past two weeks have driven Islamist insurgents out of some areas of north Mali they occupied last year. The Islamists imposed severe sharia (Islamic law) in areas they seized, authorizing stoning for adulterers and amputations for thieves while forcing women to don veils. ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has canceled a planned visit to Paris this week, France's presidency said on Tuesday, as a political crisis flares in Egypt. Mursi had been due to arrive in Paris on Thursday afternoon following a visit to Berlin on Wednesday and later meet Hollande over breakfast on Friday. Mursi's spokesman Yasser Ali said in Cairo that the president would reschedule a visit at another time. When pressed to give a reason, he said: "The president will travel to Germany on a one-day trip and return to Egypt to closely follow the situation. ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder asked the state Supreme Court to rule whether a law passed last month making payment of union dues voluntary is constitutional, a move critics said was designed to circumvent legal challenges by labor unions. The new law is expected to make it harder for unions to organize in Michigan, the home of the U.S. auto industry and a major manufacturing center. Snyder on Monday sent a letter to Robert P. Young Jr., the chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, asking that the court issue an opinion before its term ends on July 31. ...
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — You might not have heard of New Jersey state Sen. Barbara Buono, though you've probably heard of the man she's itching to take on in the November election — Gov. Chris Christie.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department urged the U.S. telecommunications regulator on Tuesday to "defer" action on its investigation of Japan's Softbank Corp's takeover of Sprint Nextel, according to an FCC filling. Softbank and Sprint agreed last year that Softbank Corp would pay $20 billion for control of Sprint Nextel Corp, giving the Japanese firm entry into the U.S. market and Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. carrier, much-needed cash. ...
Marco Rubio is leading the GOP charge on immigration reform, but he says new policies won’t work without changing President Obama’s health-reform law. In a radio interview with Rush Limbaugh today, Rubio warned that if undocumented immigrants are granted the opportunity to gain legal status,...
