Lifting U.S. curbs on gay blood donors seen years away: experts
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. health regulators are under increasing pressure to remove restrictions keeping most gay and bisexual men from donating blood, but experts say any change would require years of research to guarantee the safety of the…
U.S. transgender woman’s journey turns into constitutional fight
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (Reuters) – Kate Lynn Blatt once lived as a woman at home but went to work in a battery factory as a man, a painful phase in her gender transition that would later propel her to the forefront of a constitutional battle for transgender r…
Obama meets Orlando massacre survivors, assails homegrown terrorism
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday met survivors of a massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub and relatives of the 49 people killed and said the United States must act to control gun violence and fight what he called homegrown te…
Workers at four Atlantic City casinos vote to strike
(Reuters) – Workers at four casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey’s gambling hub, voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to authorize a strike if they are not offered what they consider to be a fair contract by the start of the busy July 4 holiday weekend.
Disney faces PR crisis, risk of legal action after gator attack
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – June was supposed to have been a triumphant month for Walt Disney Co theme parks, with the flashy opening of a long-planned resort in Shanghai and a new Florida attraction based on its wildly popular animated movie “Fro…
Stop oil by rail in our state, Oregon asks U.S. regulator
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oregon has called for federal regulators to ban trains carrying oil in the state, ramping up pressure for more stringent safety checks weeks after an oil train derailed near Portland, the first major oil-by-rail accident in a year….
Disney to post alligator warning signs after boy’s death
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, plans to install signs warning of alligators in the area where a 2-year-old boy was killed by one of the reptiles, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
Newtown families see hope for gun control after Orlando
(Reuters) – Since his 7-year-old son, Daniel, was gunned down in his elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, 3-1/2 years ago, Mark Barden has been an outspoken advocate for gun control.
Coroner said death of Baltimore detainee Freddie Gray an accident -witness
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Maryland medical examiner twice told investigators that the death of black detainee Freddie Gray from a broken neck in a police van was an accident, a Baltimore detective testified on Thursday.
Arkansas captures convicted murderer who escaped prison detail
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A convicted murderer who escaped three days ago from an Arkansas prison work detail was captured on Thursday, corrections officials said.
