Republican-turned-independent former Senator Jeffords dies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – James Jeffords, a soft-spoken Vermonter whose defection from the Republican Party in 2001 created an unprecedented power shift in the U.S. Senate and gave Democrats control of the chamber for 18 months, died on Monday at age 80, …
Husband of U.S. missionary with Ebola visits her after quarantine ends
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – The husband of an American missionary stricken with Ebola has finished a health monitoring period without showing signs of the disease and was able to visit his wife at the Atlanta hospital where she is being treated, a m…
Weekend shootings in NYC leave two dead, 21 injured
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two people were killed and 21 injured in more than a dozen separate shootings in New York City over the weekend, police said on Monday.
Husband of U.S. missionary with Ebola visits her after quarantine ends
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – The husband of an American missionary stricken with Ebola has finished a health monitoring period without showing signs of the disease and was able to visit his wife at the Atlanta hospital where she is being treated, a m…
Cost of raising a child in U.S. tops $245,000, USDA says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An average middle-income family in the United States can expect to spend about $245,000 over 18 years to raise a child born in 2013, the U.S. government estimated on Monday.
New York City council speaker reveals HPV diagnosis to raise awareness
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The speaker of the New York City Council, Melissa Mark-Viverito, announced at the weekend that she has a “high-risk” form of HPV to try to raise awareness about the common but often stigmatized sexually transmitted infection.
Republican-turned-independent former U.S. Senator Jeffords dies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – James Jeffords, a soft-spoken Vermonter whose defection from the Republican Party in 2001 created an unprecedented power shift in the U.S. Senate and gave Democrats control of the chamber for 18 months, has died at age 80, U.S. S…
NY’s Met Opera, two unions reach tentative deal to avert lockout
(Reuters) – New York’s Metropolitan Opera reached tentative contract agreements on Monday with unions representing its orchestra and chorus, federal mediators said, after tense negotiations that had threatened to derail the new season due to open next …
U.S. farmers fight poisonous wheat fungus with cleaning, waiting
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Dave Wiechert of Nashville, Illinois, does good business most years cleaning seed for farmers in preparation for planting season. But this year, Wiechert is doing big business after harvest: cleaning fungus off wheat so farmers can …
Autopsy finds unarmed teen killed by police was shot six times: NYT
(Reuters) – A preliminary private autopsy report found that Michael Brown, the black teen killed by a police officer in the suburban St. Louis city of Ferguson, was shot at least six times, the New York Times reported on Sunday night.
