Police search for body of U.S. teacher killed in Nepal
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Police in Nepal were searching a river on Tuesday for the body of an American woman who had traveled there to help earthquake victims and was killed for her money, an officer said.
Ohio hospital separates Ugandan conjoined twins
(Reuters) – Conjoined 11-month-old twin girls were successfully separated after a 16-hour surgery last week in a hospital in Columbus, Ohio, the hospital said in a statement on Tuesday.
Police investigate Texas football players who blindsided official
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas police have launched a criminal investigation into an incident in which two high school football players crashed into a referee from behind during a game, officials said on Tuesday.
Puerto Rico stability plan to be made public Wednesday: Gov office
(Reuters) – A plan to turn around indebted U.S. territory Puerto Rico will be delivered to its governor on Tuesday and made public on Wednesday, according to a statement from the governor’s chief of staff Victor Suarez.
Goodell denies connection between ‘Deflategate’ and ‘Spygate’
(Reuters) – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell denied on Tuesday a report that he came down hard on the New England Patriots over “Deflategate” because the league was light-handed in dealing with the team over the so-called Spygate scandal in 2007.
Oil train risks affect many U.S. schools, group says
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Thousands of U.S. schools sit along rail corridors used to carry toxic substances such as crude oil and would be at risk in the event of a derailment, an environmental group said on Tuesday as it called for a temporary halt on oil t…
As Pope visit nears, U.S. Catholic Church faces financial strain
BOSTON (Reuters) – When Pope Francis makes his first visit to the United States this month he will face a national Catholic Church whose finances are staggering under a shrinking membership and huge payouts to sex-abuse victims, threatening to undermin…
Planned Parenthood faces unexpected challenge from Obamacare
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Angered by videos in which Planned Parenthood officials discussed compensation for providing fetal tissue from abortions, Republicans in Congress are again demanding an end to government funding for the nearly 100-year-old provider of women’s health services. 
In haven for Mideast emigres, a hope U.S. will take more refugees
DEARBORN, Mich. (Reuters) – Akeel Asady, the usually cheerful part-owner of Iraqi Kabob restaurant, lifted a kitchen towel draped over his left shoulder to wipe tears that formed seconds after he spoke of the 3-year-old Syrian boy who drowned last week during his refugee family’s desperate attempt to make it to Greece.
At least four people dead in small plane crash in Colorado mountains
(Reuters) – Rescue teams in Colorado were working to recover the bodies of at least four people who died in a small plane crash in a rugged area of the Rocky Mountains, federal and local officials said on Monday.
