Premera Blue Cross breached, medical information exposed
BOSTON (Reuters) – Health insurer Premera Blue Cross said on Tuesday it was a victim of a cyberattack that may have exposed medical data and financial information of 11 million customers in the latest serious breach disclosed by a healthcare company.
Another four U.S. Ebola aid workers flown back to U.S. for monitoring
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Another four U.S. healthcare workers were flown back to the United States for monitoring for possible exposure to the Ebola virus, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
U.S. Presbyterian Church close to accepting same-sex marriage
(Reuters) – The U.S. Presbyterian Church was close on Tuesday to approving a change in the wording of its constitution to include same-sex marriage, a move which threatens to further splinter one of the largest U.S. mainline Protestant denominations.
Crews ready to hoist and repair massive tunneling machine under Seattle
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The world’s largest tunnel-boring machine, stuck for over a year underneath downtown Seattle, will be pulled above ground starting this week to be repaired, state officials said on Tuesday.
Young lovers held in stabbing death of girl’s mother in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Authorities on Tuesday considered whether to charge a 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl as an adult in the stabbing death of her mother, who apparently had tried to break up the girl’s romance with a 20-year-old soldier.
New York auxiliary officer accused of hacking into police computers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged a New York City auxiliary police inspector for allegedly hacking into police computer databases and using the information to defraud traffic accident victims.
Oregon governor declares drought emergency as snow pack levels drop
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared a drought emergency on Tuesday in two rural Oregon counties, with more expected in the coming weeks, as the state suffers abnormally low snow pack levels. 
Three stabbed at Baltimore’s Morgan State University: report
(Reuters) – Three football players at Baltimore’s Morgan State University were stabbed on campus on Tuesday and one was seriously injured, the Baltimore Sun reported.
Reactivated fault lines in Oklahoma could cause major quake: study
(Reuters) – Fault lines dating back hundreds of millions of years in Oklahoma that have been recently reactivated could lead to a devastating quake in the state where many structures were not built to withstand major seismic activity, a report said.
Japanese tsunami debris still washing on U.S. shore
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Debris from Japan’s 2011 tsunami will continue to litter the North American coastline over the next three years, with everything from refrigerators to lumber and sports balls still floating offshore in the Pacific, an expert said on…
