U.S. insurance mega mergers could hurt care: psychiatric group
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The American Psychiatric Association warned U.S. antitrust regulators this month that two proposed health insurance deals could worsen access to mental health care services, adding to public opposition from several prominent doctor…
Charleston divvies $2.5 million in donations after church shooting
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Relatives of the nine people slain at a historic black Charleston church, as well as survivors of the June shooting, will share in $2.5 million donated from around the world to benefit the families, Mayor Joe Riley said on …
U.S. business spending slips, new home sales rise in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. business investment fell slightly in August, excluding spending on aircraft and defense equipment, but new home sales rose, suggesting that global economic headwinds were doing little to impede U.S. growth.
Son of missing Connecticut couple pleads not guilty to gun charges
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Reuters) – The 27-year-old son of a Connecticut couple who went missing last month pleaded not guilty to federal gun charges during his arraignment on Thursday in U.S. District Court.
Chicago okays $2.7 billion in bond sales amid credit rating warnings
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago is poised to issue more than $2.7 billion of debt amid warnings that its core credit ratings could be downgraded depending on the outcome of the city’s fiscal 2016 budget.
Paralyzed California man recounts re-learning to walk via computer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – For paraplegic Adam Fritz, the thrill of the computer-assisted first steps he took five years after being paralyzed in a motorcycle crash came only after he was unhooked from the system that enabled him to walk briefly in a bioe…
New Jersey’s Hudson City Bank to pay some $33 million in redlining case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hudson City Bancorp will pay nearly $33 million to settle civil charges alleging the New Jersey-based bank wrongfully discriminated against prospective black and Hispanic home buyers, in a case that marks the largest ever redlini…
Senate blocks Republican bill denying Planned Parenthood funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday stopped an effort by Republicans to deny federal funding for women’s healthcare provider Planned Parenthood as part of a bill keeping government agencies operating on Oct. 1, the start of the new fisca…
Shhh! New Orleans takes steps to turn down the music
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – In New Orleans, a city synonymous with music and raucous revelry, government officials are launching a public health campaign aimed at turning down the volume.
Texas football coach suspected of ordering hit on referee has lost job
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The assistant San Antonio high school football coach thought to have ordered his players to blindside a referee during a game no longer works for the Texas school district that employed him, a school official told an investiga…
