U.S. drug pricing watchdog gets funding to expand efforts
(Reuters) – A U.S. independent nonprofit organization that evaluates the clinical and cost effectiveness of new medicines said on Tuesday it has received significant new funding that will enable it to greatly expand its work.
Out for votes: Battle over rights inspires more U.S. transgender candidates
(Reuters) – Virginia Democrat Danica Roem has been called a man by conservative opponents attacking her views on LGBT rights as she campaigns to become the United States’ only transgender state legislator.
Defense to push for leniency for U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) – Lawyers for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl will build their case on Tuesday for why he should be spared prison time for walking off his Afghanistan post in June 2009 and endangering the troops who searched for him.
One dead at University of Utah shooting, police search for suspect
(Reuters) – One person was killed in a shooting at the University of Utah where students were told to shelter in place after a report of shots fired near the campus on Monday, police said.
NFL: Court denies Elliott’s injunction request
(The Sports Xchange) – Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s six-game suspension is again in effect after a ruling by U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla denied Monday a request for a preliminary injunction.
Exclusive: U.S. needs to improve oversight of labs handling dangerous pathogens – report
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A year-long audit of the program overseeing U.S. labs that handle lethal pathogens such as Ebola and anthrax found overworked safety inspectors, an absence of independent review and weak biosafety protections that could expose lab w…
Hundreds of thousands in U.S. Northeast without power after storm
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A rainstorm across the U.S. Northeast unleashed fierce winds that downed trees, knocked out power and halted commuter trains on Monday, five years after the deadly Superstorm Sandy struck the same region.
American Indian Movement founder Dennis Banks dead at 80
(Reuters) – Civil rights activist Dennis Banks, who co-founded the American Indian Movement that pushed for indigenous rights during the 1960s and ’70s, died in his native Minnesota, his family said on Monday. He was 80.
Death toll from California blazes rises to 43, after teen dies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The death toll from the deadliest rash of wildfires in California history has risen to 43, after a 17-year-old girl who was badly burned in the fires earlier this month died at a hospital, officials said on Monday.
Fake news hurts trust in media, mainstream outlets fare better: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Controversies over fake news have damaged trust in media in the United States and elsewhere, but the impact is far worse for social media and online-only outlets than it is for traditional print and TV outlets, a survey has found.
