U.S. nurse who had Ebola is virus free: health officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Dallas nurse who contracted Ebola is now free of the virus, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
Small airplane and helicopter collide in Maryland, three killed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three people were killed and two taken to hospital after a small airplane and a helicopter crashed into each other on Thursday near an airport in Frederick, Maryland, authorities said.
Police in Ferguson committed human rights abuses: Amnesty report
(Reuters) – Police in Ferguson, Missouri, committed human rights abuses as they sought to quell mostly peaceful protests that erupted after an officer killed an unarmed black teenager, an international human rights organization said in a report release…
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…
