Transgender physician breaks barrier in Pennsylvania capital
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Dr. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman confirmed on Tuesday as Pennsylvania’s physician-general, says she wants to be defined by her public health priorities, not her breakthrough appointment as an influential gubernatorial …
Former Connecticut anti-fraud watchdog pleads guilty to fraud charge
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Reuters) – The former head investigator of welfare fraud for Connecticut has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of lying about his income and assets so he could secure a mortgage under a program aimed at helping lower-income American…
Uncle Sam wants you: rare World War One posters up for auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A collection of about 2,000 posters from the World War One era, considered to be one of the world’s finest and amassed over more than a decade by a U.S. Army officer, will be sold at auction later this month, Guernsey’s auction hou…
Charges dropped for cheering out of turn at Mississippi graduation
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – Charges have been dropped against three people who cheered out of turn at a recent high school graduation in Mississippi, a court official said on Tuesday.
Elderly couple dies in murder-suicide at Texas hospital
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A husband and wife, both in their 80s, died on Tuesday in a murder-suicide that took place in a central Texas hospital room where the woman was being treated for a serious illness, officials said.
Whistleblower faults U.S. agency for lax airport screening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. agency that screens passengers for explosives and weapons at airport checkpoints has been handing out passes for expedited screening “like Halloween candy,” a whistleblower told a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday.
Colorado rampage trial judge dismisses three jurors tainted by tweet
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – The judge in the capital murder trial of Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes dismissed three jurors on Tuesday on the grounds they were tainted by hearing about a prosecutor’s message on Twitter.
Virginia court delays plan to close all-women’s Sweet Briar College
(Reuters) – Students at Virginia’s all-women Sweet Briar College got a little breathing room on Tuesday when the state’s Supreme Court temporarily blocked a plan to shutter the school, saying that a plan by administrators to close may violate trust law…
Community leaders ask judge for arrests in Cleveland boy’s death
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Community leaders asked a municipal court on Tuesday to invoke an obscure Ohio law so that a city judge could bring murder charges and issue arrest warrants for two policemen in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy.
Rhode Island state judge approves pension settlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Rhode Island state judge on Tuesday approved a settlement that would end litigation over a sweeping 2011 public pension overhaul that garnered national attention.
