Obama awards Medal of Honor to two Vietnam War veterans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor, America’s most distinguished honor for heroism in combat, to two soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War, one who survived and one who was killed in action.
Atlanta airport to reopen after partial shutdown over suspicious package
(Reuters) – Part of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was set to reopen on Monday after a suspicious package found inside the departures section of the international terminal caused a brief shutdown, an airport spokesman said.
New York City needs to step up nail salon inspections: watchdog
(Reuters) – New York City needs to beef up inspections of its 2,000-plus nail salons to ensure that customers are not exposed to health hazards during routine manicures, the city’s top watchdog said on Monday.
Bullying at Florida school led to boy’s suicide, mother says
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – Authorities in Florida are investigating the death of a 14-year-old boy whose mother on Monday said fatally shot himself in his middle school bathroom last week because he could no longer endure unrelenting bullying by fellow s…
Swiss say would shield Snowden from ‘political’ extradition to U.S.
ZURICH (Reuters) – Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden could be granted safe passage in Switzerland if he helped a potential criminal inquiry into U.S. spying there, the Swiss public prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
Competency exam ordered in Wisconsin ‘Slenderman’ stabbing case
WAUKESHA Wis. (Reuters) – One of two Wisconsin pre-teen girls accused of stabbing a friend to please the fictional Internet character Slenderman must undergo a mental competency exam, a judge ruled on Monday.
Dozens of Illinois students treated in suspected carbon monoxide leak
(Reuters) – Dozens of middle-school children in the southern Illinois town of Girard were taken to hospitals on Monday with nausea and dizziness possibly brought on by a carbon monoxide leak from a furnace, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Crews battle 11 major California wildfires amid drought, heat wave
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Crews battled nearly a dozen major wildfires across California on Monday that have forced hundreds of people to flee, destroyed dozens of homes and structures and charred thousands of acres of forest land left bone dry by the st…
Tampa woman can pursue part of lawsuit over Petraeus scandal leak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Tampa, Florida woman can proceed with part of an invasion of privacy lawsuit against the U.S. government over leaks to the media about her connection to a scandal over former CIA Director David Petraeus’ extramarital affair, a …
Atlantic City’s Revel casino goes to auction after heated hearing
(Reuters) – The bankrupt Revel casino hotel in Atlantic City will go to auction on Sept. 24, a judge ruled on Monday, after the only bidder clashed with creditors who wanted to slow the rushed sale.
