United fires flight attendant who exited plane via emergency slide
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – United Airlines has fired a flight attendant who deployed an emergency evacuation slide on an airplane after it arrived in Houston this week and used it to exit a plane packed with passengers, an airline official said on Wedne…
U.S. girl going blind sees Pope as part of ‘bucket list’
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A five-year-old American girl who does not know she is gradually going blind met Pope Francis on Wednesday as part of her parents’ “visual bucket list” to show her people and things while she can still see.
Eleven Boeing workers arrested in South Carolina for tax evasion
(Reuters) – Eleven Boeing Co employees have been arrested in South Carolina for allegedly attempting to evade state income taxes, and the state’s revenue department said more arrests were likely.
California sea lion pup rescued from restaurant returned to wild
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A young California sea lion found malnourished and injured inside a waterfront San Diego restaurant was returned to the wild on Tuesday, after eight weeks of rehabilitative care at SeaWorld’s animal rescue center.
Florida pledges better health care for poor children to settle lawsuit
(Reuters) – Florida officials will boost access to health and dental care for poor children in settlement of an 11-year-old class-action lawsuit, the groups behind the legal action said on Tuesday.
Lack of ballots mars municipal elections in St. Louis County, Missouri
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – A shortage of ballot papers during municipal elections in St. Louis County, Missouri, on Tuesday prompted a judge to extend voting hours at affected polling stations, officials said.
Two men charged with killing, beheading protected bighorn sheep in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Two men accused of hunting a pair of protected bighorn sheep on private land and beheading them alongside an interstate highway in northern Oregon have been arrested on suspicion of poaching, police say.
Three Kentucky men indicted in $600 million federal fraud case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A Kentucky lawyer, a retired administrative law judge and a psychologist have been charged with committing $600 million in disability fraud by submitting phony medical records to the government, according an indictment unsea…
Mississippi enacts law that allows denying services to gays
(Reuters) – Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Tuesday signed a far-reaching law allowing people with religious objections to deny wedding services to same-sex couples and protecting other actions considered discriminatory by gay rights activists.
Body found on University of Texas campus, homicide suspected
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The body of a woman in her 20s was found in a creek on the main University of Texas campus in Austin on Tuesday and the case is being investigated as a possible homicide, authorities said.
