Oregon police probing leaks of embattled ex-governor’s emails
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon State Police are investigating the leak of personal emails of embattled former Governor John Kitzhaber, and two employees for the agency that was archiving the emails have been placed on administrative leave, state officials said on Monday. 
Ice storm hits parts of Texas, canceling flights, crippling traffic
DALLAS (Reuters) – An ice storm battered parts of Texas on Monday, knocking out power to thousands of homes, causing hundreds of traffic accidents and prompting more than 1,500 flight cancellations.
U.S. lawmaker seeks congressional hearing on ‘superbug’ outbreak
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A U.S. lawmaker on Monday called on the Congress to investigate the medical scopes blamed for an outbreak of a bacterial “superbug” at a University of California, Los Angeles hospital that has infected seven patients.
Housekeepers testify they found guns at ex-NFL star Hernandez’s home
FALL RIVER, Mass. (Reuters) – Housekeepers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez testified on Monday that they found several guns around his home in the weeks before the alleged murder of a man Hernandez is charged with killing.
Thief snatches cookie sale cash box from 10-year-old California Girl Scout
(Reuters) – A thief briefly struggled with a 10-year-old Girl Scout outside a California supermarket and snatched her troop’s cookie sale cash box, but officers tracked down the suspect and then bought up the rest of the cookies, authorities said on Mo…
U.S. names first-ever LGBT human rights envoy
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United States Department of State on Monday named its first-ever special envoy to advocate globally for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
North Carolina mother claims share of $564 million Powerball jackpot
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A single mother said she is eager to give her four children a more comfortable life after North Carolina lottery officials confirmed on Monday that she had presented one of the tickets worth a third of the $564.1 million…
Conjoined twins separated at Texas hospital after marathon surgery
HOUSTON (Reuters) – In surgery lasting more than 24 hours, a Texas hospital medical team has separated nearly 1-year-old twins who were joined at the abdomen and shared a liver, diaphragm, pelvis, intestines and the lining of the heart, officials said …
Jurors watch videotape of accused killer of missing New York boy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jurors in the case of a New York boy missing for over three decades watched videotape on Monday of the man accused of his murder saying he choked the boy but that the child was still alive when he was stuffed in a bag and dumped in…
California college student diagnosed with meningitis-related infection
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A California university student has been diagnosed with a bacterial infection related to meningitis, authorities said, days after a student in Oregon succumbed to the sometimes deadly disease that can be prevalent on coll…
