U.S. plan would keep highways, federal buildings away from flood areas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Government buildings and federal highways planned in the future will be constructed safe distances away from flood areas that are expected to worsen due to climate change, the White House announced on Friday.
White House urges parents to heed advice urging childhood vaccines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With U.S. measles cases on the rise, the White House on Friday urged parents to heed the advice of public health officials and scientists in getting their children vaccinated.
U.S. judge allows British spies to testify in disguise in militant’s trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge has agreed to allow six officers of MI5, Britain’s domestic counterintelligence agency, to testify in disguise and use pseudonyms at the Brooklyn trial of an alleged al Qaeda militant.
Rap mogul Suge Knight arrested for murder in LA after hit-and-run
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was arrested on suspicion of murder on Friday after a man matching his description ran over two people with a pickup truck in a hit-and-run incident near Los Angeles, killing one and injuring the o…
Connecticut school gunman to be named only once in final report
HARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – The report on how Connecticut schools can adapt to avoid future attacks like the one that killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 will mention gunman Adam Lanza’s name only once, the panel preparing the repo…
Woman convicted of endangering children in her decrepit NYC home
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A woman who was raising three children in a decrepit New York City house that lacked some exterior walls and a part of the roof was convicted on Friday on charges of endangering the children’s welfare, the local prosecutor’s office…
Kansas man gets three years for letting baby die in hot car
(Reuters) – A Kansas man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison on Friday for letting his 10-month-old foster daughter die in a hot car while he smoked marijuana and watched television.
Over 100 arrested in New Orleans drugs sweep
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in New Orleans announced on Friday the arrest of over 100 suspects and the seizure of guns, drugs, cars and money in the culmination of a six-month undercover operation in New Orleans.
Dallas-area city tries to shut suspected swingers club over zoning
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Dallas-area city is trying to shut a suspected swinger’s club that promises “classy” parties for adults, saying its operation in a residential neighborhood violates zoning laws.
U.S. proposes effort to analyze DNA from 1 million people
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has proposed analyzing genetic information from more than 1 million American volunteers as part of a new initiative to understand human disease and develop medicines targeted to an individual’s genetic make-up.
