U.S. healthcare uninsured rises most in near decade: Gallup
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans without healthcare insurance rose by 3.2 million people between 2016 and 2017, or 1.3 percentage points to 12.2 percent, according to a Gallup poll released on Tuesday, the biggest jump in the uninsured ra…
Widow of Eagles guitarist Frey sues NYC hospital for wrongful death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The widow of Glenn Frey on Tuesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan over its treatment of the former co-lead singer and guitarist for The Eagles before he died in January 2016 at age 67.
Tortured, starved California children rarely seen outside home: neighbors
PERRIS, Calif. (Reuters) – The 13 California siblings who police said were starved and chained to beds by their parents rarely left their disheveled house and, when they did, appeared small and pale and acted strangely, neighbors said.
U.S. top court rejects former New York lawmaker Silver’s appeal
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s bid to avoid a retrial on corruption charges after his 2015 conviction was thrown out by a lower court.
Homeland Security chief: Deporting ‘Dreamers’ not top priority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Deporting immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children will not be a top federal law enforcement priority even if lawmakers do not pass a program to protect them, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security chief s…
Four South Carolina police wounded exchanging gunfire with suspect
(Reuters) – Four law enforcement officers were shot and wounded in South Carolina on Tuesday as they tried to apprehend a man accused of domestic violence, and one of the officers was in critical condition, the York County sheriff’s office said.
Parents charged after 13 siblings found starved, chained in California
PERRIS, Calif. (Reuters) – The 13 California siblings who police say were starved and chained to beds by their parents rarely left their disheveled house and, when they did, they appeared small and pale and acted strangely, neighbors said.
Foreign governments, candidates, trade groups spent at Trump properties: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sixty-four trade groups, foreign governments, Republican candidates and others stayed at or held events at properties linked to U.S. President Donald Trump during Trump’s first year in office, a political watchdog group said in a…
Three still missing in California’s deadly mudslides
(Reuters) – The number of people missing from last week’s deadly Southern California mudslides fell to three on Monday as hundreds of rescue workers searched for survivors from the rain-driven slides that killed 20 people.
Thirteen siblings found chained in California home; parents charged
PERRY, Calif. (Reuters) – A California couple has been charged with torture after police rescued their 13 malnourished children from a home where some of them had been chained to beds, and neighbors on Monday described the family as shut-ins who shunne…
