Ebola lawsuits would face high hurdles in Texas
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Potential suits against the Dallas, Texas hospital that sent home a patient later diagnosed with Ebola face long odds in the face of state medical malpractice laws.
Delaware mother charged after daughter brings heroin to daycare
(Reuters) – A Delaware mother was arrested on Monday after her four-year-old daughter unknowingly brought roughly 250 packets of heroin to her daycare, and passed them out to classmates thinking they were candy, police said.
Southern California tutor arrested over cheating scandal
(Reuters) – A private Los Angeles-area tutor was arrested and charged on Monday for illegally changing grades for three high school students, police said.
California oyster farm settles with U.S. government, agrees to close
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California oyster farm has settled its years-long lawsuit against the federal government and agreed to cease operations by the end of the year, the company said on Monday, ending a high-profile case that split the environmen…
U.S. working on new screenings for Ebola but no travel ban
WASHINGTON/DALLAS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday that the government would develop expanded screening of airline passengers for Ebola, both in the West African countries hit by the disease and the United States.
Workers begin removing Trump name from Atlantic City casino
(Reuters) – Workers began removing the large letters spelling out the Trump name from the shuttered Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City on Monday after real-estate mogul Donald Trump sued to end a licensing deal that allowed the casino owners to use hi…
Mississippi family gunfight leaves two dead, two wounded
(Reuters) – Two family members killed each other and wounded two relatives in a gunfight following a domestic altercation in rural northeast Mississippi last week, a law enforcement official said on Monday.
Supreme Court dodges gay marriage, allowing weddings in five more states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide once and for all whether states can ban gay marriage, a surprising move that will allow gay men and women to get married in five additional states, with more likely to follow qu…
Georgia deputies cleared after stun grenade injured toddler
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A grand jury in Georgia on Monday declined to indict sheriff’s deputies who during a drug raid in May set off a stun grenade that severely injured a 19-month-old boy, prosecutors said Monday.
Women get 20-day jail term for theft of mask and hat from Washington governor’s office
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Two women who broke into Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s office and stole items including an animal-fur mask and ceremonial state police hat were sentenced on Monday to 20 days in jail, a county prosecutor said.
