NYC St. Patrick’s Parade to target LGBT community with new leaders
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leaders of the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade named two new leaders in a move aimed at including more gay and lesbian groups, which until this year had been barred from taking part.
Colorado movie gunman researched psychosis, military tactics online
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes researched hallucinations and mental illness in the weeks ahead of the rampage that killed 12 people, as well as bomb-making and terrorism manuals, jurors at his murder trial heard on Wedne…
Detroit judge releases dying drug courier, 91, from prison early
(Reuters) – A 91-year-old man sentenced in Detroit to three years in federal prison after admitting to being a drug mule has been released early because he is dying, according to U.S. District Court records unsealed on Wednesday.
In America’s South, black church fires fan racial fears
(Reuters) – Some were deliberately lit. Others were caused by an electrical fault or lightning. But regardless of the origins, a spike in fires at black churches is fraying nerves at a time of heightened racial tensions across the United States.
Attorneys seek to challenge California’s new school vaccination law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Opponents of California’s new law tightening school vaccination rules said on Wednesday they had put together a team of attorneys to challenge the measure, which was prompted by a measles outbreak at Disneyland that sicke…
Obama pushes state Medicaid expansion in healthcare hub Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Fresh from another Supreme Court validation of his landmark healthcare law, President Barack Obama visited healthcare hub Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday to push state governments to expand the Medicaid health program for…
Protecting dementia sufferers from scammers gains ground in U.S
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two years after New York socialite Brooke Astor died in 2007, her son, Anthony Marshall, was convicted of bilking her of millions of dollars. The heiress suffered from dementia, and did not know that her son, charged with her care,…
New York City reviewing contracts with Donald Trump, mayor says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City is reviewing its contracts with Donald Trump following comments by the developer and U.S. presidential candidate insulting Mexicans, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday.
Former University of Illinois women basketball players file suit against school
(Reuters) – Seven former players from the University of Illinois women’s basketball team on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit that accuses the school’s head coach and a former assistant of creating a racially hostile environment.
Amtrak seeks to combine lawsuits over fatal Philadelphia derailment
(Reuters) – Amtrak has asked a U.S. judicial panel to consolidate lawsuits before a single judge in Philadelphia over the May 12 train derailment that killed eight people and injured more than 200.
