U.S. charges 28 in ‘sprawling’ Dallas healthcare fraud scheme
DALLAS (Reuters) – Twenty-eight people from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including doctors and federal employees, have been charged in a scheme that defrauded the worker compensation program and cost the U.S. government $8.7 million, federal prosecutors…
Utah judge removes himself from case of lesbian couple’s foster baby
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A Utah judge who sparked an outcry when ordered a foster child to be taken from the home of her married lesbian foster parents removed himself from the case on Monday.
Six killed in Texas campsite incident, suspect in custody
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Six people were killed over the weekend at an east Texas campsite and a suspect has been taken into custody for suspected murder, the Anderson County Sheriff’s office said on Monday.
Transgender Occupy protester may sue NYC for discrimination
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Manhattan federal judge said a transgender Occupy Wall Street protester may sue New York City for treating him differently from other male protesters following their arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Harvard University sounds all clear, no bombs found after threat
BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard University said on Monday that a search of four campus buildings targeted by an “unconfirmed” bomb threat had turned up no explosives and that the buildings had reopened for normal business.
Six killed in Texas campsite incident, suspect in custody
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Six people were killed over the weekend at an east Texas campsite and a suspect has been taken into custody for suspected murder, the Anderson County Sheriff’s office said on Monday.
Transgender Occupy protester may sue NYC for discrimination
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Manhattan federal judge said a transgender Occupy Wall Street protester may sue New York City for treating him differently from other male protesters following their arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Minneapolis mayor requests federal probe of police shooting
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said on Monday she had requested a federal civil rights investigation of a police shooting over the weekend that put a 24-year-old African-American man in the hospital, parallel to a probe by state aut…
U.S. firefighter gets world’s most extensive face transplant
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A volunteer firefighter from Mississippi whose face was burned off during a home fire rescue received the world’s most extensive face transplant, New York University Langone Medical Center said on Monday.
New York City police shows muscle after Paris attacks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton deployed a new counterterrorism team on Monday, three days after the deadly attacks in Paris by militants he says will likely target his city next.
