Salt Lake City’s latest push for LGBT equality found at street level
(Reuters) – Lawmakers in Salt Lake City, capital of the conservative, predominantly Mormon state of Utah, have voted to rename a downtown street after the slain San Francisco gay rights activist Harvey Milk.
Planned Parenthood hits states on defunding after U.S. warning
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Planned Parenthood, the women’s healthcare group under attack recently by U.S. anti-abortion activists, hit back on Wednesday, criticizing some states for trying to block funding for the organization.
Ohio teen electrocutes himself during home experiment
(Reuters) – A 15-year-old Ohio boy electrocuted himself while trying to conduct a high-voltage experiment he saw on YouTube, a sheriff’s official said on Wednesday.
GM cites progress in ignition-switch case settlement talks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawyer for General Motors said on Wednesday the company has made “significant progress” toward resolving lawsuits involving injuries and deaths allegedly linked to a faulty ignition switch that prompted the recall of 2.6 million …
Illinois says five more people with bacterial infection have died
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Illinois Department of Public Health said on Wednesday that five more people had died after being infected with Elizabethkingia, a disease linked to the deaths of 15 people in neighboring Wisconsin.
Trial set for Ohio stepmother in scalding death of four-year-old
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio woman will go on trial in September accused of murdering her 4-year-old stepson by holding him in a scalding-hot bath as a punishment, a county prosecutor said on Wednesday.
In U.S. bathroom battles, Florida transgender student fights for equality
SARASOTA, Fla. (Reuters) – For 17-year-old transgender male Nate Quinn, using the bathroom at school became a battle.
New Jersey education trustee to Muslims: ‘Stay in your desserts’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A northern New Jersey board of education member accused of Facebook posts urging Muslims to “stay in your desserts” is refusing to step down despite a growing list of educators and lawmakers calling for her resignation.
Exclusive: U.S. students given SATs that were online before exam
(Reuters) – At least five times in the past three years, U.S. high school students were administered SAT tests that included questions and answers widely available online more than a year before they took the exam, a Reuters analysis shows.
Five ex-Madoff employees lose U.S. appeal of convictions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of five former employees of Bernard Madoff’s firm who prosecutors said helped their boss conceal his multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme for years.
