New York officials face off with Times Square superheroes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City officials on Monday tackled Spider Man, Elmo and other fictional favorites with a proposal to intensify a crackdown on the costumed street performers who wander Times Square and pose with tourists for tips.
Homeland Security botched pandemic preparedness : U.S. report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Department of Homeland Security failed to assess the supplies it needed to deal with a potential pandemic and now has expired stockpiles including medications, 200,000 respirators and 4,184 bottles of hand sanitizers, an insp…
Mayor of ‘dry’ Alabama city arrested on charge of driving drunk
(Reuters) – The mayor of one of Alabama’s largest “dry” cities – where the sale of alcohol is still banned – has been arrested on a drunken driving charge, authorities said on Monday.
Missing autistic boy, six, stumbles into California homeless camp
(Reuters) – A 6-year-old autistic boy who apparently wandered away from his Northern California home over the weekend has been reunited with his family after stumbling into a homeless encampment miles away, where he was taken in by people staying there…
U.S. Ebola patient at Nebraska hospital eats, listens to music
(Reuters) – A U.S. medical missionary infected with the Ebola virus in West Africa was able to eat breakfast on Monday and was listening to music at the Nebraska Medical Center where he was taken for treatment last week, his wife said.
Washington state hiker missing since last week emerges safe from woods
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A 64-year-old hiker missing for four days in Olympic National Park walked out of the woods in Washington state on his own on Monday and appeared to be in good condition, park officials said.
Detroit IT systems ‘fundamentally broken’: city’s tech officer
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit relies on antiquated and dilapidated information technology for basic city administration, which puts citizens’ safety at risk, makes simple administrative tasks impossible, and creates opportunities for security breaches, t…
Respiratory illness strickens hundreds of children in U.S. states
KANSAS CITY Mo (Reuters) – Hundreds of children in several states have been stricken by a serious respiratory illness and federal health officials said on Monday that they have confirmed an unusual strain of virus in some children 6 weeks to 16 years o…
U.S. military to set up field hospital in Ebola-stricken Liberia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon will send a 25-bed field hospital to Liberia to help provide medical care for health workers trying to contain the fast spreading Ebola virus that has killed 2,100 people in West Africa.
White House says Obama wants Congress to invest in counter-terrorism fund
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama wants Congress to inject money into a counter-terrorism fund to train and equip partners in other countries to fight extremists, an initiative that would be a core component of his plan to address Islamic S…
