Teenager caught impersonating doctor at Florida hospital
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A teenage boy who had been posing as a doctor at a Florida hospital and nearby doctor’s office for about a month was caught after a concerned patient turned him in, police said on Friday.
Supreme Court to decide if states can ban gay marriage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether states can ban gay marriage, delving into a contentious social issue in what will be one of the most anticipated rulings of the year.
Supreme Court to decide if states can ban gay marriage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether states can ban gay marriage, delving into a contentious social issue in what will be one of the most anticipated rulings of the year.
Maryland woman committed after ‘exorcism’ murder guilty plea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Maryland woman will be committed to a psychiatric hospital after pleading guilty on Friday to charges of killing two children during what she said was an exorcism, according to a prosecution official.
Florida man sentenced to 40 years in deadly daycare crash
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A hit-and-run driver in Florida was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison for causing a crash that killed a 4-year-old girl in a daycare center, according to state prosecutors.
Police officer says World War Two vet he shot was threat
MARKHAM, Ill. (Reuters) – The Chicago-area police officer who fatally shot a 95-year-old World War Two vet with a bean bag gun feared for his life when he confronted the knife-wielding man at a nursing home, the officer’s lawyer told a court on Friday….
California ‘revenge porn’ trial gets under way in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The trial of a California man accused of running a so-called “revenge porn” website, featuring nude pictures of women often posted by jilted ex-lovers, began in San Diego on Friday in a test of state efforts to clamp down on such …
Power trouble in Washington subway incident lasted 44 minutes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A deadly electrical malfunction that filled a Washington subway with smoke earlier this week went on for 44 minutes before the transit system shut down the charged third rail, federal investigators said on Friday.
Two Florida police officers charged with battery
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida prosecutors on Friday announced the filing of misdemeanor battery charges against two Orlando police officers in unrelated 2014 incidents involving the arrests of black men.
Pennsylvania to pay U.S. $48.8 million over benefits to aliens
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $48.83 million to settle U.S. government claims it violated federal law by providing benefits to ineligible aliens under Medicaid and two other federal programs from 2004 to 2010.
