Clinton plan to cut health costs includes tax credits, more sick visits
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unveiled a plan on Wednesday to lower out-of-pocket health costs, including expanded coverage of sick visits to the doctor and tax credits for those with substantial medical…
Oregon court upholds civil rights of transgender bar customers
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – A Portland bar owner violated Oregon’s civil rights laws by denying service to a group of transgender and gay customers whose presence he said would damage his business, a state appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
Judge rejects latest stay request from Kentucky clerk Davis
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday denied Kim Davis a stay of his order requiring her office to issue marriage licenses to all eligible couples who want one, the latest setback for the Kentucky county clerk who went to jail rather…
Prison jumpsuit with ‘Whitey’ Bulger signature gets $25,000 bid
BOSTON (Reuters) – A jumpsuit allegedly worn by notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger during his time in a Massachusetts prison has drawn bids as high as $25,000 at auction, even though authorities believe the uniform is a fake.
Chicago man arrested, charged in connection with Bali suitcase murder
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago man was arrested on Wednesday for his long-distance role in the August 2014 murder of Chicago-area woman Sheila von Wiese-Mack, who was killed in Bali by her daughter’s boyfriend and stuffed into a suitcase, prosecutors sa…
Los Angeles police chief finds violations in rough arrest of black man
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Several Los Angeles police officers are facing possible disciplinary action, at least two for excessive use of force, after a probe into the violent arrest of a black man whose detention already has resulted in a charge against …
Family of Texas teen arrested over homemade clock retains lawyers
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The family of a Texas teenager who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb has hired two Dallas attorneys to pursue his legal rights, a representative for the two said on Wednesday.
Unlicensed pilot at controls in deadly Georgia plane crash: NTSB
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The pilot of an experimental aircraft that crashed in south Georgia last week, killing all five people on board, was not licensed to fly, a federal agency has found.
Massive bee swarm descends on Arizona neighborhood, four hospitalized
(Reuters) – Thousands of bees swarmed through a suburban Phoenix neighborhood, stinging six people, including four who had to be hospitalized, before firefighters drove them off with foam and fire hoses.
Chicago-area district clears three school buildings due to Legionella
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Three school buildings in suburban Chicago were closed and students sent home on Wednesday after annual air quality testing of cooling towers found higher-than-normal levels of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, a schoo…
