Medicare raises U.S. hospital payment rates for FY2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Monday that it will increase the operating payments that acute-care and long-term care hospitals receive from Medicare for inpatient care for the federal fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1.
Jodi Arias to represent self in Arizona death penalty sentencing retrial
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona judge agreed on Monday to allow convicted murder Jodi Arias to represent herself during a sentencing retrial to determine if she will face the death penalty for killing her ex-boyfriend in 2008, a court spokesman said.
California community stumped by mystery animal caught on videotape
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Officials in a Southern California city are trying to identify an animal caught in grainy black-and-white video footage moving quietly through a residential neighborhood, saying the beast does not appear to be a dog or a mountai…
Presbyterian church in Arizona offers sanctuary to undocumented migrant
TUCSON Ariz. (Reuters) – For the second time since May, an Arizona Presbyterian church with a long history of sheltering Central American refugees is offering sanctuary to an undocumented immigrant who faces deportation, its pastor said on Monday.
Second Ebola patient headed to U.S.; N.Y. tests possible victim
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The second American aid worker who contracted the Ebola virus in West Africa is expected to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday in serious condition, while a New York hospital is testing a man with symptoms of the deadly disease.
Washington state mother pleads not guilty in death of toddler
(Reuters) – A Washington state woman locked in a custody battle pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of murdering her toddler and badly wounding her teenage daughter in an Oregon hotel room, court officials said.
James Brady, former White House press secretary, dies at 73
(Reuters) – James Brady, a former U.S. presidential press secretary who became a leading gun control crusader after he was critically wounded in an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, has died, a family spokeswoman said on Monday. He was …
Drought forces some boats from shrinking Great Salt Lake in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Drought forced an early end to the sailing season for some Utah enthusiasts on Monday as a huge crane lifted boats out of the Great Salt Lake State Park Marina, where officials say the water is at its lowest level for more th…
Two men arrested in Tennessee church air-conditioning thefts
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – Two men have been arrested and charged with stealing $21,000 worth of air-conditioning systems from four rural Tennessee churches during a summer heat wave, apparently to sell as scrap, police said on Monday.
U.S. judge slows abortion restrictions tide by striking down Alabama law
BIRMINGHAM Ala. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday ruled unconstitutional an Alabama law that threatened to close three of the state’s five abortion clinics, while a trial opened in Texas with an abortion rights group trying to overturn restrictions im…
