Heimlich, developer of maneuver to save choking victims, dead at 96
(Reuters) – Henry Heimlich, the medical maverick who came up with a maneuver credited with saving thousands of choking victims but who damaged his standing as a proponent of the curative powers of malaria, died on Saturday at the age of 96.
Ex-Georgia policeman convicted of murder in Taser death of suspect: media
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A former Georgia policeman was found guilty of murder on Friday in the death of a suspect shocked repeatedly with a Taser while handcuffed, media reported, in a rare criminal conviction of a law enforcement officer for a stun gun-re…
U.S. to disclose estimate of number of Americans under surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. intelligence community will soon disclose an estimate of the number of Americans whose electronic communications have been caught in the crosshairs of online surveillance programs intended for foreigners, U.S. lawmakers …
Uber fires back at California DMV in self-driving car spat
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technolgies Inc [UBER.UL] on Friday again defied a demand by California regulators that the ride-services firm apply for a permit to test self-driving cars, setting up a possible legal battle.
Michigan loses court case to stop home water deliveries due to lead
(Reuters) – Michigan must deliver bottled water or provide in-home filtration to all qualified residents in the city of Flint, where lead contamination sparked a public health crisis, a U.S. appellate panel ruled on Friday upholding a lower-court order…
South Carolina church gunman’s two death penalty trials a rarity
(Reuters) – White supremacist Dylann Roof’s conviction on federal hate crimes in the Charleston church massacre sets him up to be the first person to face back-to-back federal and state death sentences since the United States reinstated the death penal…
FBI agent leaked insider trading probe involving gambler, pro golfer: U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors said on Friday that an FBI agent had confessed to being a “significant source” of leaks to journalists covering an insider trading probe involving a famed Las Vegas sports gambler as well as professional golfer Phi…
New York’s anti-Trump sticky notes head for museum preservation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A historical group on Friday began preserving thousands of sticky notes placed on the walls of a busy New York subway station over the past month to lament the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president.
Transgender Ohio child may continue to use girl’s restroom: appeals court
(Reuters) – An 11-year-old transgender Ohio child must be allowed to continue to use the girls’ restroom while her school district appeals a court ruling in her favor, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday.
U.S. lawmakers press Heritage Pharma on high prices for antibiotic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. lawmakers are questioning whether Heritage Pharmaceuticals misled them in response to a 2014 congressional inquiry about the rising price a common antibiotic, after 20 U.S. states this week accused the company of price f…
