CDC reassigns director of lab behind anthrax blunder
ATLANTA/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reassigned the director of the bioterror lab behind the potential anthrax exposure of dozens of scientists and staff, sources told Reuters, as the anthrax controversy i…
Republican favored in Florida special congressional election
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Voters in southwest Florida on Tuesday were expected to pick another Republican to replace U.S. Representative Trey Radel, who resigned in January after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine.
Asiana crash hearing to focus on pilots: U.S. safety board ex-chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former head of the U.S. transportation safety regulator said pilot error will likely be the focus of a hearing on Tuesday on the cause of an Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport last July in which three …
Suspect in Seattle shooting spree to mount insanity defense
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A man charged with opening fire with a shotgun at a small Christian college in Seattle, killing a student, intends to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, his lawyer said at a court appearance by the suspect on Monday.
New York Representative Rangel faces voters in congressional primary
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Voters in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood and parts of the Bronx will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide the political fate of U.S. Representative Charles Rangel, who is running for a 23rd term in Congress.
Seattle hiking expert Sykes died of hypothermia: official
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Prominent Seattle hiking enthusiast and author Karen Sykes, whose body was found near Mount Rainier after she disappeared during a trail hike, died of hypothermia, an official in Washington state said on Monday.
Major earthquake hits off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck deep under the ocean floor near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, triggering shaking felt over vast distances and setting off a small tsunami, the National Tsunami Warning Center said.
Crowded rails in U.S. coal country throw miners, utilities out of gear
(Reuters) – Coal miners and power companies are both suffering as railroads struggle to clear a backlog of coal stuck in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana after the harshest winter in over a decade.
Even as U.S. economic opportunity falls, study finds broader gains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Economic opportunity has dropped in the United States over the past 40 years, but a broader gauge of opportunity incorporating crime, education and healthcare has been on the rise, according to a study released on Tuesday.
California’s top court says Target not required to carry in-store defibrillators
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – California’s top court on Monday unanimously ruled that large retailers are not required to provide automated external defibrillators (AEDs) inside their stores, deciding in favor of Target Corp in a wrongful death lawsuit brough…
