Fired Ohio State band leader says tried to stamp out hazing
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio State University band leader who was fired for failing to stamp out sexual harassment defended his tenure on Thursday, saying he pushed to change the marching band’s decades-old, quasi-military culture of hazing rituals.
Disgruntled executive shoots CEO, kills self in Chicago building
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A senior executive upset about a job demotion gravely wounded the chief executive officer of his company in a downtown Chicago office building and then fatally shot himself, police said on Thursday.
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….
