American arrives at Atlanta hospital from West Africa for Ebola testing
(Reuters) – A U.S. healthcare worker who may have been exposed to Ebola in West Africa arrived at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta early on Thursday for testing and observation, the hospital said.
Alabama anti-discrimination bill to be named after Apple’s Tim Cook
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook, who made headlines in October when he publicly acknowledged being gay, is lending his name to legislation to bar discrimination against state employees on the basis of their sexual orientatio…
Pennsylvania con artist on trial for Texas oil scam
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Reuters) – A convicted scam artist went on trial in Pennsylvania on Wednesday charged with bilking investors out of $323,000 in a Texas oil development ruse that federal prosecutors say he ran out of his condominium in the Poconos.
FSU quarterback tells rape hearing accuser ‘is lying’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida State University star quarterback Jameis Winston told a student conduct hearing that a woman who accused him of raping her two years ago was “lying” about their encounter, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Cincinnati marks 35th anniversary of Who concert tragedy
(Reuters) – The city of Cincinnati remembered one of the more tragic events in its history on Wednesday, a fatal stampede before a rock concert by The Who, and announced plans to erect a memorial for the 11 people who lost their lives 35 years ago.
NECC trustee files compensation plan for 2012 meningitis outbreak victims
(Reuters) – The trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of a Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people, filed a plan that would set aside at least $135 million to compensate victims and their families.
U.S. military sex assault reports up 8 percent: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sexual assaults reported by U.S. military troops rose 8 percent in 2014 amid signs that victims are increasingly confident about reporting the attacks, defense officials said on Wednesday ahead of the formal release of the annual…
American teacher stabbed to death in restroom of Abu Dhabi mall
DUBAI (Reuters) – An American teacher was stabbed to death in a ladies’ toilet at an Abu Dhabi shopping mall police said, in a slaying apparently carried out by an assailant dressed head-to-toe in a traditional black robe and gloves.
Six California teens charged in fatal beating of homeless man
EL CAJON, Calif. (Reuters) – Six teenagers accused of attacking two homeless men they encountered on a Southern California bike trail over the weekend and beating one of them to death pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to murder and assault charges during…
Florida parents in legal battle over dead son’s ashes
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Lawyers for a divorced Florida couple fought over the ashes of their dead son in court on Wednesday, after a ruling in May that the remains could not be split in half.
