U.S. files civil charges against NY drug treatment nonprofit following arrests
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Tuesday filed civil charges against a chain of substance abuse treatment centers in New York City over an alleged Medicaid kickback scheme, a week after the New York attorney general’s office indicted the fat…
Cyber breaches put 18.5 million Californians’ data at risk in 2013: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Cyber intrusions and other data breaches put the personal records of 18.5 million Californians, nearly half the state’s population, at risk in 2013, a seven-fold increase over the year before, the state attorney general reported…
U.S. boosts security at government buildings citing terrorist threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is increasing security at government buildings in Washington and other cities because of continuing terrorist threats and last week’s attack on the Canadian parliament, the Homeland Security Department said on T…
Molten lava from Hawaii volcano crosses onto residential property
KAILUA-KONA Hawaii (Reuters) – A menacing river of molten lava that bubbled over a road and overran a cemetery on its path toward a village on Hawaii’s Big Island crossed onto a residential property on Tuesday where it threatened to consume its first h…
U.S. Coast Guard searches off Miami for two missing Cuban migrants
MIAMI BEACH Fla. (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard searched on Tuesday for two missing Cuban rafters, a day after 11 others on their homemade vessel were plucked safely from the waters off Miami.
Columbia University to pay $9 million to end U.S. lawsuit over AIDS grants
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Columbia University has agreed to pay more than $9 million to resolve a lawsuit by the U.S. government accusing it of submitting false claims in connection with grants the Ivy League school obtained to fund AIDS- and HIV-related wo…
Australia bans travel from Ebola-hit countries; U.S. isolates troops
MONROVIA/FREETOWN (Reuters) – Australia became the first developed country on Tuesday to shut its borders to citizens of the countries worst-hit by the West African Ebola outbreak, a move those states said stigmatized healthy people and would make it h…
New Mexico sheriff’s deputy accused of killing fellow officer
(Reuters) – A New Mexico sheriff’s deputy is accused of shooting a fellow officer to death at a Las Cruces hotel during an alcohol-fueled argument early on Tuesday morning and was expected to face charges in the case, police said.
Friend of accused Boston bomber found guilty of lying to authorities
BOSTON (Reuters) – A college friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber was found guilty on Tuesday of making false statements to authorities in a terrorism investigation, as a federal jury did not accept his defense that he had smoked so much mariju…
Georgia banker who faked own death gets 30 years’ prison for fraud
(Reuters) – A former Georgia bank director who faked his own death and disappeared for 1-1/2 years while under suspicion of embezzling and losing millions of dollars was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 years in prison.
