Peace Corps pulls volunteers from West Africa due to Ebola
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Peace Corps said on Wednesday it was pulling all 340 volunteers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea because of the spreading Ebola virus that has killed 672 people in the three countries since February.
New York police unions lose bid to challenge stop-and-frisk settlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s police unions cannot challenge a sweeping settlement over the city’s controversial stop-and-frisk police tactic, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday, clearing the way for reforms to take effect.
Oregon woman bought sleeping pills before going missing
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A missing Oregon stay-at-home mother of two young children bought sleeping pills and snacks on an errand run in her small community before she disappeared, but she did not buy enough pills to harm herself, police in Oregon sai…
Police assist ‘Woman in Black’ after crowd surrounds her in Virginia
(Reuters) – A woman dressed in all black who has been spotted strolling along highways in the U.S. Southeast and Midwest needed police assistance after she was surrounded by a group of about 50 curious people in Virginia, authorities said on Wednesday….
Florida mother arrested for letting 7-year-old son walk alone to park
(Reuters) – A Florida mother faces charges of child neglect for allowing her 7-year-old son to walk alone to a neighborhood park to play, authorities said on Wednesday.
New York Met Opera proposes federal mediators in bitter labor dispute
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s Metropolitan Opera has proposed bringing in a federal mediator to resolve its most bitter labor dispute with its musicians and other unionized employees in decades, the company said on Wednesday.
Drew Barrymore’s half-sister found dead in car near San Diego
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The half-sister of actress Drew Barrymore was found dead in her vehicle parked on a suburban San Diego street, the San Diego County Coroner said on Wednesday.
U.S. CFPB director says training managers to create fairer workplace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. consumer watchdog told lawmakers on Wednesday that new managers at the agency initially did not get enough training about creating a fair workplace for women and minority employees, an “oversight” he said the…
Crews clean up, repair flood damage from L.A. water main break
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Utility crews working around the clock on Wednesday labored to clean up and repair damage from a major water main break that spouted a 40-foot-tall (12-meter-tall) geyser and flooded part of the University of California campus i…
Publisher to remove book passage that sparked Jesse Ventura lawsuit
(Reuters) – The publisher of a book at the center of a successful defamation case brought by former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura against the estate of a former Navy SEAL said on Wednesday it would delete the passage about a bar fight that sparked t…
