Social costs of Flint, Michigan, water crisis total $395 million: study
(Reuters) – The social costs stemming from dangerous levels of lead in the drinking water of Flint, Michigan, such as the effect on children’s health, amount to $395 million, according to an analysis by a professor at the Columbia University Mailman Sc…
Florida is investigating apparent new case of locally transmitted Zika
(Reuters) – Florida health officials are investigating a new non-travel- related case of Zika virus in Palm Beach County, but it is not yet clear whether the person contracted the virus from local mosquitoes or from a recent trip to Miami.
A disenchanted Republican, fearing Trump, launches third-party run
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former CIA officer and congressional staffer on Monday launched a long-shot bid for president, a Republican billing himself as a conservative alternative to Donald Trump who disenchanted voters can rally around.
S&P affirms Chicago’s rating in wake of pension funding plan
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings on Monday affirmed Chicago’s credit rating, citing Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s new plan to save the city’s largest pension fund from insolvency with a new tax on water and sewer use.
Husband of Pennsylvania rock attack victim kills himself
(Reuters) – The husband of a woman who was permanently disfigured when a group of teenagers dropped a rock onto her car from a Pennsylvania highway overpass has killed himself, medical examiner officials said on Monday.
Family identified in Pennsylvania murder-suicide that left five dead
(Reuters) – The five people who died in a murder suicide in Pennsylvania over the weekend were identified as two parents and their three children, all of whom were shot to death, a local district attorney said on Sunday.
Lawmaker’s young son dies in accident at Kansas water park
(Reuters) – The young son of a Kansas lawmaker died at a popular water park in Kansas City on Sunday in an apparent accident on what has been dubbed the world’s tallest water slide, officials and media said.
Pennsylvania attorney general goes on trial in leak case
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane will go on trial on Monday on charges that she illegally leaked grand jury information to embarrass a rival, closing out a four-year term dominated by a web of allegations that hav…
Florida governor criticizes Washington for lagging in Zika fight
(Reuters) – Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott on Sunday accused the federal government of lagging in providing assistance to combat the spread of the Zika virus in a Miami-area neighborhood, the site of the first U.S. transmission of the virus.
Two dead in California skydiving accident
(Reuters) – Two California skydivers died on Saturday when their parachutes failed to open and they landed in a vineyard, the skydiving company’s owner said.
