Texas nurse, now free of Ebola, defends her work and travels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the Texas nurses who helped treat a Liberian man with Ebola last month defended her decision to fly after that, saying she had not been barred from traveling and felt normal during her trip.
Georgia city settles lawsuit over stun-gun death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia city has settled a wrongful death suit filed by the family of a man who died in April after two police officers used Tasers on him more than a dozen times, their attorney said on Thursday.
New Orleans political consultant victim of possible fire bombing
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A fire that badly damaged the home of a New Orleans political consultant on Thursday appears to have been set deliberately, authorities said, raising concerns it may have been a politically motivated attack.
Philadelphia abduction suspect accused of violent rape in Virginia
(Reuters) – A 37-year-old man accused of abducting a woman from a Philadelphia sidewalk this week in a dramatic act caught on surveillance video faces attempted murder and rape charges for a separate incident in Virginia, police said on Thursday.
Former Illinois congressman Evans dies at 63
(Reuters) – Former Illinois congressman Lane Evans, a champion for U.S. veterans who had suffered with Parkinson’s disease for years, died late on Wednesday in East Moline, Illinois, his guardian said. He was 63.
For-profit colleges sue U.S. Education Department over crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group representing for-profit colleges on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration’s new gainful employment rules that aim to protect students from lackluster degrees and huge debt loads.
Three charged in U.S. presidential helicopter fraud case
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – A federal grand jury has indicted three men in a fraud scheme involving the helicopters used to transport the U.S. president and vice president, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Trial of Pittsburgh researcher accused of poisoning wife goes to jury
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The jury in the trial of a University of Pittsburgh medical researcher accused of the 2013 murder of his neurologist wife began deliberating on Thursday after prosecutors told them that Robert Ferrante fed cyanide to Autumn Klein…
Remains found in California desert those of missing film executive
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Human remains found by hikers in a shallow grave in the desert east of Los Angeles have been identified as those of a Hollywood studio executive who vanished in 2012 and was believed murdered, police said on Thursday.
Appeals court upholds gay marriage bans, reversing trend
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld gay marriage bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, reversing the trend in federal courts to strike down such bans and piling pressure on the Supreme Court to take up the matter.
