House panel subpoenas ex-EPA Midwest chief over Flint water crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives has subpoenaed the former Midwest chief of the Environmental Protection Agency over the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis, Representative Jason Chaffetz said on Wednesday.
First U.S. Zika virus transmission reported, attributed to sex
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite, a day after the World Heal…
Retrophin to pay $3 million in U.S. lawsuit over Shkreli’s tenure
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Retrophin Inc has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve a lawsuit by investors accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to disclose various transactions that benefited former Chief Executive Officer Martin Shkreli, who has sinc…
Kansas man charged in Islamic State bomb plot expected to change plea
(Reuters) – A Kansas man accused of plotting a suicide car bombing at a U.S. Army base in support of Islamic State is expected to change his not guilty plea in court on Wednesday.
Madoff jewelry being sold at auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme proved one adage correct, it might be this: all that glitters is not gold.
Boston mobster Bulger’s girlfriend to plead guilty to contempt charge
BOSTON (Reuters) – The longtime girlfriend of former Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to contempt of court charges for refusing to testify whether anyone helped the couple during their 16 years on the run.
U.S. northern Midwest sees blizzards, tornadoes hit South
(Reuters) – A major storm system brought a mix of bad weather on Tuesday to much of the central United States, with a band of tornadoes downing trees in Alabama and Mississippi and heavy snow blanketing the northern Midwest.
DNA traces found of U.S. Marines killed in helicopter crash off Hawaii
(Reuters) – Trace elements of DNA have been discovered from U.S. Marines who died when two helicopters crashed off the coast of Hawaii last month, the Marine Corps said on Tuesday, although no bodies have been found.
Georgia executes oldest death row inmate for 1979 murder
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A 72-year-old man convicted of murdering a convenience store manager in a 1979 robbery in Atlanta’s suburbs was executed in Georgia early on Wednesday, corrections officials said.
Plug for California gas well leak draws closer in fits and starts
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A calamitous natural gas leak near Los Angeles is inching closer to finally being plugged after months of trial and error with different techniques aimed at sealing a foul-smelling hole that has forced thousands of residents from th…
