Doctors, patients scramble ahead of high court Obamacare decision
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the U.S. Supreme Court takes on a make-or-break Obamacare case this week, a growing number of U.S. patients and their doctors are already devising a Plan B in case they lose medical coverage.
Monkeys infected after deadly bacteria escapes at Louisiana lab: USA Today
(Reuters) – A deadly bacteria being analyzed at a high-security primate research lab in Louisiana escaped and infected four monkeys on the site, and raised concerns about whether there was any public health risk, USA Today reported.
Winter storm to bring snow, ice to East
(Reuters) – A large winter storm could dump up to a foot of snow on parts of the eastern United States on Wednesday and into Thursday, weather officials said, as a relentless winter continues its onslaught on the region.
Alabama high court orders halt to same-sex marriage licenses
(Reuters) – The Alabama Supreme Court ordered probate judges on Tuesday to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in apparent defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court, underscoring the depth of opposition to gay matrimony in the socially conserva…
Las Vegas hospital accidentally sends miscarried fetuses to laundry
(Reuters) – A Las Vegas hospital accidentally sent twin miscarried fetuses wrapped in linen to a commercial laundry facility on Tuesday, officials said.
Engineer from California train derailment has died, police say
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 62-year-old train engineer who was hospitalized after a train crash and derailment last week in Southern California has died, in the first fatality from the incident that left about 50 people injured, police said on Tuesday.
South Korea’s Asiana settles with 72 passengers of San Francisco crash
SEOUL/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Asiana Airlines Inc 020560.KS settled with 72 passengers of its flight that crashed at the San Francisco airport in 2013, a spokesman of the South Korean carrier said on Wednesday.
Vermont town rejects lowering voting age to 16: report
(Reuters) – Voters in a Vermont town on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected lowering the minimum voting age in local elections to 16 from 18, an idea that had been promoted by a longtime activist, a newspaper reported.
Homeless man shot dead by LAPD had served time for bank robbery
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A homeless man whose fatal shooting by Los Angeles police outraged civil rights activists and fellow skid row residents was a convicted bank robber who was released from federal prison last year, according to a law-enforcement s…
Owner of car charged with murder in deadly Los Angeles street race
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The owner of a car that spun out of control at a Los Angeles street race and crashed last week, killing two spectators, was charged on Tuesday with murder although prosecutors do not believe he was behind the wheel at the time o…
