U.S. judge supervising Oakland police, California prisons to retire
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The federal judge overseeing California’s prison healthcare system and the city of Oakland’s police department plans to retire in August, raising questions about how reform of both troubled institutions will unfold.
‘Pharma bro’ Shkreli suspended from Twitter for harassment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. drug executive Martin Shkreli, dubbed the “pharma bro” and vilified for raising the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000 percent, was suspended by Twitter on Sunday for harassing a female journalist.
Stars’ plane makes emergency landing, smoke in cockpit
(The Sports Xchange) – A plane carrying the Dallas Stars National Hockey League team was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff at a St. Louis-area airport on Sunday because of smoke in the cockpit.
Senate to act this week on Obamacare repeal, McConnell says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday.
Replacing, repealing Obamacare at same time ‘ideal’: top Trump aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Repealing and replacing the U.S. Affordable Care Act in one action would be “ideal,” but it “may take time” to get all elements of the heath care law’s alternative ready, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming chief of staff sai…
Video shows Florida airport shooter open fire, passengers scatter
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – The gunman who killed five people at a Florida airport walked calmly through the baggage claim area before wordlessly pulling a handgun from his waistband and shooting at victims who fled or dived to the floor in panic…
Pennsylvania mother, boyfriend raped and dismembered daughter: police
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Authorities in suburban Philadelphia have charged a man and woman of raping, murdering and dismembering the woman’s 14-year-old adopted daughter to fulfill a bizarre sexual fantasy.
Charles Manson in California prison, no comment on condition: official
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Convicted mass murderer Charles Manson is at the California prison where he is serving a life sentence, corrections officials said on Saturday, following recent reports that the hippie-era cult leader had been hospitalized.
Gun was given back to Florida shooting suspect last month
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – Police in Alaska took a handgun from the man accused of killing five people at Fort Lauderdale’s airport on Friday, but they returned it to him last month after a medical evaluation found he was not mentally ill, autho…
Gorilla, 32, dies at Cleveland zoo after years of heart disease
(Reuters) – One of two male western lowland gorillas at the Cleveland zoo has died, several years after he was diagnosed with heart disease, zoo officials said.
