Second California patient tests negative for Ebola hours after first
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Two patients hospitalized in Sacramento, California, and tested for possible Ebola infection were found to be free of the deadly virus within hours of each other on Friday.
Stanford ex-student denies rape of unconscious woman outside frat
(Reuters) – A member of the Stanford University swim team charged with rape after he was seen on top of a motionless woman outside a fraternity told police she consented to being fondled and they both were drinking, according to an account presented in…
Ohio postpones all 2015 executions as it secures new drugs
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio will postpone all six executions scheduled for 2015 because it needs more time to prepare for a new execution procedure and to secure a new supply of execution drugs, the state’s prison department said on Friday.
Ex-New Jersey pharmacist gets more than 6 years in prison for trying to make ricin
(Reuters) – A former New Jersey pharmacist has been sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison for “attempting to weaponize” the deadly toxins ricin and abrin and for possessing equipment for making illegal narcotics, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday…
Ex-New Jersey pharmacist gets more than six years in prison for trying to make ricin
(Reuters) – A former New Jersey pharmacist has been sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison for “attempting to weaponize” the deadly toxins ricin and abrin and for possessing equipment for making illegal narcotics, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday…
Texas judge rules Lee Harvey Oswald casket belongs to brother
DALLAS (Reuters) – The decaying pine coffin in which Lee Harvey Oswald was buried 51 years ago rightfully belongs to the brother of President John F. Kennedy’s presumed assassin, a Texas judge ruled on Friday.
Obama, Dalai Lama due to attend U.S. prayer event February 5
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are scheduled to attend the U.S. National Prayer Breakfast in Washington next week, but it was unclear if they will have a private meeting like one last year that angered Beijing.
Pennsylvania treasurer to plead guilty to U.S. federal campaign violations
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord on Friday admitted to having “stepped over the line” in seeking campaign contributions, and will plead guilty to federal campaign law violations, according to his attorneys.
Defense in Etan Patz murder trial in New York attacks confession
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mental illness sparked a false confession by the accused killer of Etan Patz and the real suspect in the 1979 disappearance of the boy in New York City is another man – a convicted child molester – a defense attorney told the jury …
Suspected Ebola patient in California tests negative for virus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Hours after a suspected Ebola patient in Sacramento was found to be free of the virus, a second person hospitalized in California’s capital was reported by public health officials on Friday to be undergoing evaluation and…
