U.S. Top News: McConnell coasts to Kentucky win, Tea Party falls in key primaries

	Click to View in Browser 05/21/2014 McConnell coasts to Kentucky win, Tea Party falls in key primaries WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell easily beat a Tea Party primary challenger in Kentucky on Tuesday, setting up one of November's most expensive and hard-fought Senate races against Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes. U.S. judge strikes down Pennsylvania law barring gay marriage HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A federal judge struck down Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage on Tuesday in the latest court decision extending the rights of matrimony to gay and lesbian couples in the United States. Probe of U.S. Veterans Affairs facilities expands: report WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. Veterans Affairs facilities being investigated for problems involving delays in treating patients has more than doubled to 26, CNN reported on Tuesday. U.S. to disclose legal justification for drone strikes on Americans WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will disclose its legal justification for the use of drones against U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism, a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday. U.S. high court halts execution of inmate claiming rare health defect KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted an 11th-hour reprieve to a Missouri death row inmate said by his lawyers to have a rare health condition that could lead to undue suffering from a lethal injection. Former California fire chief charged with stabbing girlfriend to death SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - A former California fire chief, who evaded capture for two weeks after his live-in girlfriend was found stabbed to death in the home they shared, was charged with murder on Tuesday. Rural Oregon voters back ban on GMO crops amid U.S. labeling uproar PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Voters in two small Oregon counties on Tuesday approved controversial ballot measures to ban cultivation of genetically engineered crops within their boundaries, though one measure is vulnerable to legal challenge under a new state law. Nevada to move online healthcare enrollment to federal site (Reuters) - Nevada's health insurance exchange board on Tuesday voted to transfer control over its online program from its vendor, Xerox, to the federal government's enrollment system. Federal prosecutors subpoena Oregon health agency in grand jury probe PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed documents from Oregon's health exchange agency as part of a grand jury investigation into how the state used federal money to set up the now-failed health insurance exchange, state officials said on Tuesday. Chipotle bans firearms at restaurants after Texas demonstration DENVER (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill will no longer allow firearms in its restaurants after gun-rights activists posed with military-style assault rifles at one of its Texas outlets, the company said on Tuesday. Related Video Dutch celebrity chef cooks up a storm in Serbia Death toll of Nigeria blasts passes 100 Great Debate How far right can Republicans go? Rob Cox: ITT's ghost hangs over Silicon Valley A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend