Harvard receives largest-ever gift, $350 million for public health
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Harvard University has received the largest donation in its history, the school announced on Monday: $350 million from the Morningside Foundation to the School of Public Health.
U.S. Coast Guard calls off search for crashed U.S. plane
KINGSTON Jamaica (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said on Sunday it abandoned its search for a small, private American plane that strayed into the Caribbean on a flight to Florida before apparently crashing near Jamaica, with the pilot and at least one…
Lesbian teacher says fired by Detroit Catholic school over pregnancy
DETROIT (Reuters) – A Detroit-area teacher says she was fired from her post at a private Catholic all-girls high school after she and her lesbian partner announced they were expecting a child through non-traditional means.
Obama to set out plan to go on offensive against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will deliver a speech to Americans and consult with lawmakers this week to sell his plan to go on the offensive against Islamic State militants, but is trying to head off public concern about another big mi…
Indiana woman missing for two months found alive, arrests made
(Reuters) – An Indiana woman missing for two months and apparently held captive has been found alive, and authorities have arrested two people in connection with her July disappearance, police said on Sunday.
Obama: U.S. must fight Ebola now or face long-term risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States needs to do more to help control West Africa’s deadly Ebola outbreak to stop it becoming a global crisis that could one day threaten Americans, President Barack Obama said in an interview.
Defense cuts, Ex-Im bank weigh on aerospace companies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Commercial aviation and defense companies are grappling with dwindling U.S. defense spending, an uncertain fate for U.S. export financing and questions about the readiness of the Pentagon’s top weapons program, the F-35 Joint Str…
Firefighters make progress battling blaze near California’s Yosemite
(Reuters) – Crews battling a wildfire on the outskirts of Yosemite National Park in central California reported progress Saturday containing the blaze and evacuation orders were lifted for all but a handful of about 700 homes, officials said.
U.S. missionary with Ebola showing signs of improvement, wife says
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The third U.S. medical missionary to become infected with the Ebola virus was showing signs of improvement Saturday at a Nebraska hospital but was still very ill, his wife said.
San Diego Catholic bishop dies after battle with cancer
(Reuters) – Roman Catholic Bishop Cirilo Flores, the first Hispanic bishop to preside over San Diego’s nearly one million Catholics, died Saturday after a battle with cancer, according to church officials. He was 66.
