WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stewart Udall, interior secretary for presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and a member of a major Democratic political family, has died at age 90, his family said on Saturday. Udall, father of New Mexico Senator Tom Udall and brother of the late congressman and one-time presidential contender Morris Udall, was the last surviving member of Kennedy's ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama planned a Capitol Hill visit on Saturday to rally support on healthcare as Democrats in the House of Representatives tried to nail down the last votes to pass his sweeping overhaul. House Democratic leaders, closing in on the 216 votes they need for final approval, decided to take a separate vote on the Senate-passed overhaul ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles-area sushi restaurant that made international headlines after it was charged with serving endangered whale meat will close forever as a "self-imposed punishment," according to a statement on its website. The parent company of the The Hump, a popular Santa Monica restaurant, and sushi chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto were charged on March 11 with violating the ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - A threatened strike in Major League Soccer (MLS) has been averted after league management and the players union announced they had reached a deal. "We have signed a new five-year collective bargaining agreement," MLS commissioner Don Garber told a teleconference on Saturday. Players had voted to strike if a deal was not reached by midnight on Tuesday. It ...