Two U.S. states to quarantine health workers returning from Ebola zones
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York and New Jersey will automatically quarantine medical workers returning from Ebola-hit West African countries and the U.S. government is considering the same step after a doctor who treated patients in Guinea cam…
Two killed, four wounded in Washington state school shooting
MARYSVILLE Wash. (Reuters) – A student fatally shot one classmate and wounded four others when he opened fire in the cafeteria of his Washington state high school on Friday, following a fight with fellow students, authorities said.
Montana bride who shoved husband off cliff appeals murder conviction
(Reuters) – A Montana bride who admitted pushing her new husband off a cliff at Glacier National Park is appealing her murder conviction on grounds prosecutors distorted facts, acted vindictively toward her and engaged in misconduct, such as publicly l…
No distress calls before Maryland airplane-helicopter collision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A small airplane and helicopter made no distress calls before they collided near a Maryland airport killing all three aboard the helicopter and injuring the two men on the plane, federal investigators said on Friday.
Virginia remains identified as those of missing college student
(Reuters) – Human remains found in Virginia were identified on Friday as those of missing university student Hannah Graham, and prosecutors are focusing on more charges against the suspect in her disappearance, authorities said.
NYC police say hatchet attack by Islam convert was terrorism
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The hatchet-wielding man who wounded two New York City police officers, one of them critically, was a self-radicalized convert to Islam who is believed to have acted alone in what law enforcement officials on Friday called a terror…
Pennsylvania man faces possible life in prison for child porn
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man faces life in prison for child pornography he left on a computer tablet he sold at a Christmas flea market, according to authorities.
Alabama attorneys complain of harassment after $460,000 settlement
BIRMINGHAM Ala. (Reuters) – Lawyers for a man who received a $460,000 settlement after suing the city of Birmingham for police brutality said on Friday they had received harassing emails and phone calls after it was disclosed they would pocket all but …
Heathcare worker at Newark airport to be quarantined on Ebola fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A healthcare worker who had been treating patients in West Africa was detained at Newark Liberty International Airport and will be quarantined, in line with a new policy aimed at reducing risk from the Ebola virus, New Jersey Gover…
Court allows Oklahoma to delay executions due to lack of drugs
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma court accepted a motion from the state on Friday to delay three planned executions so prison authorities can obtain a fresh batch of lethal injection drugs and implement new protocols drawn up after a troubled exec…
