U.S. author Ursula K. Le Guin dies at 88: family

(Reuters) - Science fiction and fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin, author of “The Left Hand of Darkness” and the Earthsea series, died in her home in Portland, Oregon, her son said on Tuesday. She was 88. Her son, Theo Downes-Le Guin, said by telephone that the cause...

Government workers begin shutdown as Senate vote looms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of federal workers began shutting down operations on Monday with the U.S. government closed, as a bipartisan group of senators tried to negotiate a deal just hours before the full Senate planned another vote to restore...