Pennsylvania college aims to end insurance coverage of abortions in rape cases
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – University of Scranton employee insurance plans will no longer cover abortions in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening pregnancies under a plan that the Jesuit school says is consistent with Catholic doctrine.
Eastern U.S. bitter cold snap brings pain, grimaces and wonder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Millions of people awoke to painfully cold weather in the eastern United States on Friday, with temperatures frigid enough in New York City and Washington to break decades-old record lows for Feb. 20.
Connecticut fraternity sues university over integration policy
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – An all-male fraternity at Wesleyan University in Connecticut has filed a lawsuit against the school, contending it discriminated against fraternity members by telling them they had to move out by this year because they had no…
U.S. Border Patrol testing body cameras on agents
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – U.S. Border Patrol has been placing body cameras on its agents in the field as it tests whether the devices should be standard equipment, officials said on Friday.
New York Governor Cuomo sets date for special congressional election
(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered a special election to be held in May to fill the seat vacated by a Staten Island congressman who pleaded guilty to felony tax evasion, hours before a deadline set by a federal judge.
Seattle-area teens plead not guilty to attempted rape of classmate
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Four Seattle-area teenage athletes pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of attempted rape stemming from an attack with a broom on a special needs student in a high school locker room in what authorities have described as an appar…
Idaho homeowner shoots and wounds man who escaped jail through ceiling
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – An Idaho homeowner shot and wounded an escaped inmate who had made his getaway by slithering across crawl space above the jail ceiling and then fleeing on foot through the facility’s front door, authorities said on Friday.
Despite no warrant, man went with police, confessed to New York boy’s murder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A defense lawyer for a man who confessed to the decades-old murder of a New York boy tried to show jurors on Friday that his client willingly accompanied police who had no warrant and therefore was not the calculating killer descri…
Rescue in sight for massive tunneling drill stuck underneath Seattle
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The world’s largest tunnel-boring machine, stuck for over a year deep underneath downtown Seattle, was within feet of rescue on Friday, a state official said, raising hopes that a stalled $3.1 billion roadway overhaul could get back…
Amid controversy, oil trains quietly rerouted through Virginia towns
(Reuters) – Hundreds of communities across the United States have become accustomed to the sight of mile-long oil trains rumbling by in recent years. Pembroke, Virginia, was not one of them, until now.
