Slaying of mother and six children prompts Florida agency changes
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Florida authorities should have done more to respond to repeated warnings of problems in the family where a 51-year-old felon shot his daughter and her six children before killing himself last month, the state child welfare agenc…
Pennsylvania deer hunt curtailed as police search for ambush suspect
EAST STROUDSBURG Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania has reversed an earlier decision to allow deer hunting in an area of the Pocono Mountains where hundreds of law enforcement officers are searching for the suspect in an ambush that killed a state trooper ne…
Ohio woman sues sperm bank after birth of mixed-race baby
(Reuters) – A white Ohio woman is suing a sperm bank for mistakenly giving her and her white same-sex partner sperm from an African-American donor, her lawyer said on Wednesday.
U.S. Army drops murder charges against soldier in slaying of Iraqi boys
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The U.S. Army has dropped premeditated murder charges against a soldier accused of fatally shooting two deaf and unarmed Iraqi boys in 2007 as the cattle-herding teens stumbled across his unit in a palm grove, a military official sa…
Kidnapped Texas girl found in Mexico after 12-year search: police
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A Texas girl kidnapped 12 years ago at the age of four and taken to Mexico by her mother has been found, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
Somali-American gets 30 years for Oregon Christmas bomb plot
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge sentenced a Somali-American man on Wednesday to 30 years in federal prison for trying to blow up a Christmas tree lighting celebration in Oregon four years ago with a fake bomb supplied by undercover government ag…
Hagel orders steps to improve U.S. military healthcare system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel took steps on Wednesday to improve the U.S. military healthcare system after a review concluded that some patients had to wait too long to see a doctor and others received care that was below standar…
Rhode Island child with Enterovirus dies after infection: officials
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Rhode Island child hospitalized with Enterovirus D68 has died of a bacterial infection, in what state public health officials described on Wednesday as an unusual and dangerous combination.
Fire at NJ home where hospital CEO, wife were found dead was arson: prosecutors
(Reuters) – New Jersey investigators have determined that a weekend fire in the home where a New Jersey hospital chief executive and his wife were found dead was arson, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania judge says Scranton can’t tax commuters to fix pensions
HARRISBURG Penn. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday rejected the cash-strapped city of Scranton’s bid to solve its municipal pension woes with a new commuter tax.
