Back from brink, all-women Sweet Briar College faces rough road
SWEET BRIAR, Va. (Reuters) – High school senior Alexis Zsamboran was devastated when she heard that Sweet Briar College was planning to close and join a long line of U.S. all-women’s schools that have shut their doors.
Gay couple from U.S. in Thai custody battle over surrogate baby
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A gay couple from the United States said on Wednesday their lives were being “destroyed” after a Thai surrogate mother refused to sign papers allowing them to take their baby out of Thailand.
Some public hospitals win, others lose with Obamacare
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A year and a half after the Affordable Care Act brought widespread reforms to the U.S. healthcare system, Chicago’s Cook County Health & Hospitals System has made its first profit in 180 years.
New York moves to raise state minimum wage to $15 for fast-food workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York moved on Wednesday to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour by the end of 2018 in New York City and by mid-2021 in the rest of the state.
Four adults, three teens shot across Baltimore in overnight gun violence: police
(Reuters) – Seven people, including three teenagers, were shot and wounded across Baltimore in a spate of overnight gun violence that comes two weeks after the city’s police commissioner was fired amid a dramatic spike in murders, police said on Thursd…
Dog shot in Milwaukee following reports of lion on the prowl
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A dog in Milwaukee was expected to make a full recovery after being shot in apparent mistake for a lion reported to have been prowling city streets, authorities said on Wednesday.
Murder charge dropped against Texas hotel worker in newborn drowning
DALLAS (Reuters) – A murder charge has been dropped against a Dallas-area hotel worker accused of killing a baby she gave birth to in an employee locker-room toilet by allowing it to drown, police said on Wednesday.
Bill Cosby loses latest legal bid to block sexual abuse lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bill Cosby lost his latest bid to fend off a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1974, as the California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the comedian’s petition …
700-acre California fire threatens homes, prompts evacuations
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A 700-acre fire burning in Northern California on Wednesday has threatened homes, prompted evacuations and forced the closure of a highway, fire officials in the drought-parched state said.
Ohio police, university officials probe police slaying of unarmed black man
(Reuters) – The mayor of Cincinnati said on Wednesday a routine vehicle stop should not normally “lead to lethal force and a death” as happened in the killing of an unarmed black man by a white campus patrolman in Ohio.
