U.S. veterans agency employees falsified data to hide delays: USA Today
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Employees at more than 100 medical centers run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs falsified appointment data and hid evidence of delayed medical care, according to a USA Today analysis of government data.
Washington state man sentenced to 10 years for torching gay club
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for setting fire to a popular Seattle gay nightclub packed with New Year’s Eve revelers.
California’s proposed 2015 Obamacare premiums to rise 4 percent in 2015
(Reuters) – Healthcare premiums will rise an average of 4.2 percent in 2015 on California’s health insurance exchange, the largest of the state marketplaces established by President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform, state officials said on Thursday.
U.S. to modernize poultry inspections to boost food safety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday it will modernize its decades-old inspection methods for poultry in an attempt to crack down on food-borne illness.
Feds sue NYC pawnbroker, say women there called ‘whipping slaves’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York pawn shop chain, whose owner was accused of calling female employees his “whipping slaves” and promising “to make babies with all” of them, was sued for harassment on Thursday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Com…
Slain Michigan teenager had swollen hands from pounding on door: witness
DETROIT (Reuters) – An independent medical examiner testified on Thursday that a black teenager’s hands were swollen from pounding on the door of a white suburban Detroit man’s home, which could support the man’s claim that he thought the teenager was …
Health worsens for two U.S. aid workers infected with Ebola
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – The health conditions of a U.S. physician and a missionary who contracted Ebola while helping fight an outbreak of the disease that has claimed more than 700 lives in West Africa have worsened, two relief organizations sa…
Southwest Airlines, SeaWorld to end marketing partnership
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines and SeaWorld said on Thursday they are ending a longtime marketing partnership, as the airline faces pressure from animal rights groups critical of the marine life conditions at its popular tourist attractions….
Man on FBI ‘most wanted’ list arrested in Mexico, sent to Louisiana
(Reuters) – A man on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list suspected of raping and murdering a woman in her mobile home in 2008 was captured in Mexico and sent earlier this week to Louisiana to face prosecution, an FBI spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Millions of jellyfish-like creatures wash up on western U.S. beaches
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Millions of jellyfish-like creatures have washed up on beaches along the U.S. West Coast over the past month, giving the shoreline a purple gleam and, at times, an unpleasant odor, ocean experts said on Thursday.
