NYC doctor convicted of manslaughter for illegal prescriptions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City pain management doctor was convicted on Friday of manslaughter and other charges for selling narcotics prescriptions to 20 patients, including two who fatally overdosed.
Same-sex marriage in limbo in Florida after judge strikes ban
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Wedding bells may not be ringing anytime soon for gay couples in Florida, as conservatives vowed on Friday to fight a circuit judge’s landmark ruling to strike down the state’s same-sex marriage ban, a rising political issue for …
Oklahoma infant thought kidnapped found safe in Texas
(Reuters) – A 5-month-old Oklahoma girl who police initially said was abducted by a woman who had visions that the infant would be dead in two days has been found unharmed in west Texas, authorities said on Friday.
U.S. Supreme Court grants Utah’s appeal to stay gay marriage court order
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to a request from Utah for an emergency stay of an appeals court order that told the state to recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages performed there pending an appeal.
With 1 million comments, U.S. net neutrality debate nears first marker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. companies, consumer advocates and citizens submitted more than 1 million comments to the Federal Communications Commission, drawing contentious divisions on the issue of net neutrality as the first deadline to comment approa…
Member of Eisenhower Memorial panel says troubled design is dead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A member of the commission overseeing construction of the Eisenhower Memorial said on Friday the controversial design by celebrity architect Frank Gehry should be scrapped.
Charges to be dropped for Arizona mother who left children in hot car
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona prosecutors will drop child abuse charges against a woman who generated nationwide attention after leaving her two young sons in a hot car while she went on a job interview, authorities said on Friday.
New Jersey MS-13 gang members charged with racketeering, conspiracy
NEWARK N.J. (Reuters) – Three men described by prosecutors as New Jersey members of MS-13, a street gang with turf stretching from Salvadorean prisons to U.S. coastal cities, appeared in a New Jersey federal court on Friday on charges of racketeering a…
Authorities identify mummified remains of woman in Detroit suburb
(Reuters) – A woman whose mummified remains were found in her garage in a Detroit suburb up to five years after her death has been identified through DNA tests, an official said on Friday.
After U.S. deportation, a Honduran mother and daughter’s uncertain fate
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – When 9-year-old Genesis stepped off a plane in Honduras after being deported from the United States, she was excited at the thought of seeing her cousins. For her mother, Victoria Cordova, the homecoming was terrifying: she fear…
