Utah prisoner died after dialysis technician missed shifts
(Reuters) – A Utah prisoner requiring dialysis died after the technician scheduled to treat him failed to report for work, the state’s healthcare authorities said on Wednesday.
Puerto Rico officials warn government shutdown imminent
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s top finance officials said the government of the U.S. territory will likely shutdown in three months because of a looming liquidity crisis and warned of a devastating impact on the island’s economy.
Puerto Rico officials warn government shutdown imminent
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s top finance officials said the government of the U.S. territory will likely shutdown in three months because of a looming liquidity crisis and warned of a devastating impact on the island’s economy.
California bill ending ‘beliefs’ exemption for childhood vaccines advances
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California’s senate education committee approved a bill making it mandatory for children to be vaccinated before starting school despite opposition from “ant-vaxxer” parents who have packed public hearings and flooded lawmakers with calls.
How Wall Street came out on gay marriage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On March 6, the day of the U.S. Supreme Court’s deadline for legal briefs backing same-sex marriage, gay rights activists quietly celebrated a victory on Wall Street.
Woman in famed ‘Rosie the Riveter’ painting dies at 92
(Reuters) – Mary Doyle Keefe, known for modeling as “Rosie the Riveter” in the famed Norman Rockwell painting that came to symbolize women factory workers during World War II, has died, according to an obituary published by a local mortuary. She was 92…
Detroit suburb police chief resigns after officer beat black man: newspaper
(Reuters) – The police chief of a Detroit suburb resigned on Wednesday, the Detroit Free Press newspaper reported, just days after one of the department’s officers was charged over a beating of a black driver in January that was caught on video.
California bill would require union buy-in for teacher evaluations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The degree to which student test scores in California could be used to evaluate teachers’ job performance would be decided in union negotiations rather than by school districts or lawmakers under a bill that advanced Wedn…
Arizona’s Sheriff Arpaio says he delegated court order on profiling
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Controversial Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio dodged questions on Wednesday over whether he was to blame for allowing deputies to violate a court order blocking immigrants from being detained solely on the suspicion of being in the countr…
‘I thought … I was dead’: dancer maimed in Boston bombing
BOSTON (Reuters) – When ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis heard a blast as she stood at the finish line of the Boston Marathon two years ago, she knew it was no accident and suspected another explosion would follow.
