Around 500,000 in Ohio without drinking water as tested for toxins
TOLEDO Ohio (Reuters) – Some 500,000 residents in and around Toledo, Ohio were without safe drinking water for a second day on Sunday while local water supplies were being tested following the discovery of high toxin levels from algae on Lake Erie.
N.Y. Met Opera extends contracts one week for financial review
(Reuters) – New York’s Metropolitan Opera has agreed to extend union contracts for a week to allow for an independent study of its finances, further postponing a threatened lockout at the nation’s largest performing arts organization, the Met said on S…
Supporters, foes of pot legalization post rival ads in NY Times
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Supporters and opponents of the federal ban on marijuana took to the pages of The New York Times this weekend with full-page color advertisements that highlight the fast-evolving debate in the United States about medical and recreat…
Toxin leaves 500,000 in northwest Ohio without drinking water
TOLEDO Ohio (Reuters) – Dangerously high levels of toxins from algae on Lake Erie left 500,000 people in Toledo, Ohio, without safe drinking water on Saturday and sent many driving to other states in search of bottled water.
Mistaken identity leaves Texas man planning new burial service for mother
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A grieving Texas man is planning a second burial service for his mother after a mortuary mistakenly placed the wrong body in a grave on top of his father.
One dead, 20 hospitalized from apparent overdoses at Maryland concert
(Reuters) – A North Carolina man died and 20 people were hospitalized due to apparent drug overdoses during a pop and dance music festival in Maryland, authorities said on Saturday.
American aid worker stricken with Ebola arrives in U.S. for treatment
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An American aid worker infected with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia arrived in the United States from West Africa on Saturday and walked into an Atlanta hospital, wearing a bio-hazard suit, for treatment in a special isolat…
Texas quintuplets arrive home to cheers, stacks of diapers
TEXARKANA Texas (Reuters) – Cheering friends and families lined the streets of the East Texas town of Maud to welcome its five newest residents, quintuplets born nearly five months ago with much fanfare at a Dallas hospital.
U.S. insurer to stop coverage of gynecological procedure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A health insurer with 5.2 million members in three Eastern U.S. states said on Saturday it would stop providing coverage for a procedure called laparoscopic power morcellation that is used in gynecological surgery and may inadver…
FDA says ‘stands ready’ to work with companies developing Ebola drugs
CHICAGO (Reuters) – (This version of the August 1 story corrects spelling of doctor’s name in 12th paragraph to Amesh)
