Massachusetts prosecutors to toss 6,000 cases tied to drug chemist
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts prosecutors on Thursday said they would dismiss more than 6,000 convictions linked to a former forensic chemist who authorities said for eight years stole drug evidence and worked in a state lab under the influence.
Magnitude 4.1 quake strikes Delaware: USGS
(Reuters) – A magnitude 4.1 quake struck Delaware on Thursday, in a rare seismological occurrence for the U.S. Northeast, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Magnitude 4.4 quake strikes Delaware: USGS
(Reuters) – A magnitude 4.4 quake struck Delaware on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Oklahoma ex-state-senator pleads guilty to hiring boy prostitute
(Reuters) – A former Oklahoma state senator who had campaigned as a champion of family values has pleaded guilty to hiring a 17-year-old boy prostitute “to engage in a commercial sex act,” court papers filed on Thursday showed.
Lawsuit seeks to block Illinois abortion coverage expansion
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Abortion opponents in Illinois filed a lawsuit on Thursday to block a recently approved law expanding state-funded coverage of abortions for low-income Medicaid recipients and state workers.
Exclusive: U.S. health regulator Verma eyes new methods for drug pricing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government is considering setting new payment methods aimed at curbing costs for Medicare and Medicaid coverage of breakthrough medical treatments with very high prices, particularly novel gene-based therapies for cancer a…
Hundreds of American Air flights still lack pilots in December
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Airlines still has hundreds of flights without pilots assigned to them in December, the company said on Thursday, after a scheduling error gave too many pilots time off.
U.S. Interior Dept. says federal energy, mineral revenues rose by $1 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Energy and mineral production on federal and tribal land generated $7.1 billion in disbursements in fiscal year 2017, $1 billion more than the previous year, the U.S. Interior Department said on Thursday.
U.S. officials worry immigrant fears could make census inaccurate
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Early test surveys have found that some immigrants are afraid to provide information to U.S. Census workers because of fears about being deported, which could compromise the accuracy of the 2020 census, a government official warned…
Bikram hot yoga bankruptcy should be dismissed: U.S. Trustee
(Reuters) – The bankruptcy of hot yoga pioneer Bikram Choudhury Yoga Inc should be dismissed or converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation due to a failure to file required documents, according to papers filed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s bankruptcy w…
