State Department turns over more documents to U.S. House panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A House panel investigating the deadly 2012 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, has received 4,000 pages of documents from the State Department’s official inquiry into the attack, its chairman said on Thursda…
Philadelphia Catholic monsignor ordered back to prison in child sex abuse case
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A high-ranking Catholic church official in Philadelphia was ordered back to prison on Thursday following the reinstatement of his conviction for turning a blind eye to child sex abuse by pedophile priests.
FCC seeks to consolidate net neutrality cases in Washington court
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission wants a federal appeals court in Washington to hear the cases against its new internet regulations, according to court documents filed on Thursday.
Bird flu infection ‘probable’ in Iowa chicken broiler breeding farm
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Iowa-based chicken broiler breeding farm has initially tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5 bird flu, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship confirmed on Thursday.
Obama’s BRAIN Initiative yields first study results
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The mouse walked, the mouse stopped; the mouse ignored a bowl of food, then scampered back and gobbled it up, and it was all controlled by neuroscientists, researchers reported on Thursday.
Fatal shark attack reported off coast of Hawaiian island of Maui
(Reuters) – Officials in Hawaii are reporting a fatal shark attack off the island of Maui and are barring swimmers from the area’s shoreline.
U.S. lawmaker optimistic on fast track trade bill vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A key U.S. lawmaker said on Thursday he is optimistic Congress will pass legislation key to a Pacific trade pact and said he is open to considering stronger rules against currency manipulation in a separate bill.
Starbucks opens first express store in New York City
(Reuters) – Starbucks Corp on Thursday opened the first of five express stores planned for 2015 in New York City as it and other restaurant chains work to give service times a double shot of speed.
Boston bomber trial’s sentencing phase stalled by juror illness
BOSTON (Reuters) – Testimony was suspended on Thursday in the sentencing phase of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial due to a juror’s illness, a federal judge said.
Judge to reconsider stiffest prison terms in Atlanta test-cheating case
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A judge is expected on Thursday to reevaluate the prison terms for the three former Atlanta public school administrators who received the harshest punishments after being convicted in a test cheating scandal.
