Utah Supreme Court clears way for adoption by partners of same-sex spouses
(Reuters) – The Utah Supreme Court on Thursday lifted an order that had blocked spouses in same-sex marriages from adopting their partners’ children, state officials said.
U.S. National Park graffiti vandal spotted through social media
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The National Park Service said on Thursday it was investigating a New York artist as a suspect for graffiti vandalism in parks across the Western United States after she posted at least one picture of herself defacing a protected pa…
Tennessee judge reprimanded for aiding release in assault case
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – A Tennessee judicial conduct board has reprimanded a judge who intervened to gain a prominent developer accused of assaulting a girlfriend an early release from a cooling-off period in jail, the state courts office said on T…
New York police officer critically wounded in hatchet attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A hatchet-wielding attacker charged a group of New York City police officers posing for a photograph on Thursday, wounded two, one critically, before the assailant was shot dead, police said.
California clinic doctor suspected of taking nude photos of patients
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A doctor who volunteered at a San Diego-area health clinic for the poor and uninsured is suspected of taking more than 1,300 sexually explicit photographs of female patients with his mobile phone, according to court documents file…
Three dead after airplane and helicopter collide in Maryland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three people were killed and two taken to a hospital after a small airplane and a helicopter collided in mid-air on Thursday near a local airport in Frederick, Maryland, authorities said.
Northrop must face whistleblower anti-missile lawsuit: U.S. judge
(Reuters) – A Chicago federal judge on Thursday rejected Northrop Grumman Corp’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by a former employee who accused the defense contractor of defrauding the U.S. government in performing a contract to develop a missile defense sy…
New York tests doctor who was in West Africa for Ebola
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A physician with Doctors without Borders who returned from West Africa recently and developed potential symptoms was being tested for Ebola at a New York City hospital, health officials said on Thursday, setting off fresh fears abo…
Pennsylvania high school’s football season canceled over hazing
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A school district in suburban Philadelphia canceled a high school football team’s season and suspended its coaching staff after investigating reports of hazing.
Trial starts for Pittsburgh professor accused of poisoning wife
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The trial of a Pittsburgh professor charged with poisoning his physician wife began on Thursday with a prosecutor saying the suspect had been one phone call away from “the perfect murder.”
