Gunnison sage grouse given federal protection in Colorado, Utah
DENVER (Reuters) – U.S. wildlife authorities listed the Gunnison sage grouse as threatened on Wednesday, disappointing environmental activists who wanted the species given greater protection, and politicians who did not want the federal government invo…
Five Massachusetts schools receive hoax bomb threats
BOSTON (Reuters) – Five schools in Massachusetts received near-simulataneous bomb threats on Wednesday, the most logged by state police this year.
Washington rabbi charged with voyeurism still being investigated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prosecutors and defense lawyers told a judge on Wednesday that a prominent Washington rabbi accused of secretly filming women taking ritual baths is still being investigated and there may be more victims, a spokesman for the U.S….
U.S. judge overturns South Carolina’s gay marriage ban
CHARLESTON S.C./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday struck down South Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage, ruling that the state is bound by a regional federal appeals court decision that struck down Virginia’s similar law.
Maryland county schools strip religious holidays from calendar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Maryland’s biggest school district has stripped references to religious holidays from next year’s calendar, removing Christmas, Easter, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah from the lineup of days off.
Family of Dallas Ebola victim reaches settlement with hospital
DALLAS (Reuters) – The family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the only person to die of Ebola in the United States, said on Wednesday it had reached a settlement with the hospital that had treated him and admitted to making mistakes in addressing his care.
U.S. judge: Detroit needs to put bankruptcy plan in motion
DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal judge said on Wednesday that implementation of Detroit’s plan to exit the biggest-ever U.S. municipal bankruptcy should be on the fast track.
U.S. weather agency reports cyber attacks on four websites
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. agency that operates the National Weather Service said on Wednesday four of its websites were hacked in recent weeks, becoming the latest federal agency to fall victim to a cyber attack.
HealthCare.gov may work better, but challenges loom for Obamacare customers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The technology glitches may be a thing of the past. But people shopping online for health insurance plans under U.S. President Barack Obama’s healthcare law may encounter a new set of problems early next year, one of them being u…
Lawyers for Boston bomb suspect want triple murder evidence
BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev argued on Wednesday that his trial should not start until prosecutors hand over all evidence they have about a 2011 triple murder that may have involved Tsarnaev’s older br…
