Exclusive: Medicare on drugs: 24,000 tests for 145 patients
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three Connecticut doctors billed Medicare for nearly 24,000 drug tests in 2012 – on just 145 patients. Despite the extraordinary number, Medicare administrators paid the doctors a total of $1.4 million, according to a Reuters analy…
Snowden: ‘no relationship’ with Russian government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden told a U.S. television interviewer on Wednesday he was not under the control of Russia’s government and had given Moscow no intelligence documents after nearly a year…
Parents of California gunman describe ‘hell on earth’
(Reuters) – The parents of Elliot Rodger, the gunman who killed six college students in a rampage in southern California, are suffering “hell on earth” knowing their son caused such a tragedy, they said in a statement on Thursday.
Hagel to make decisions on Guantanamo detainees ‘fairly soon’
ANCHORAGE Alaska (Reuters) – – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday he will make decisions fairly soon about detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention center who Uruguay has offered to accept.
Santa Barbara university student arrested for accidentally firing handgun
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A University of California at Santa Barbara student was arrested when he accidentally fired a handgun at his apartment wall, officials said on Wednesday, in the same college town still grieving after last week’s killing spree that …
Manchester United, Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer dies at 85
MIAMI, May 28 (Reuters) – Malcolm Glazer, a reclusive self-made billionaire and patriarch of the family that owns the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Manchester United soccer club, died on Wednesday, the teams said. He was 85.
Southern California city drops bill against Sriracha hot sauce plant
IRWINDALE California (Reuters) – Lawmakers in a Southern California city dismissed a bill on Wednesday that would have declared a popular hot sauce manufacturer a public nuisance due to smells that residents near the factory complained were sickening.
Seattle police file federal lawsuit over ‘use of force’ policy
(Reuters) – Seattle police officers filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging new policies that restrict use of force, saying the rules endanger lives of both officers and civilians.
Minneapolis park system ranks as best for second year in a row
(Reuters) – The Minneapolis parks system scored highest in the nation for the second straight year in a report ranking U.S. urban greenspace that was released on Thursday.
U.S. veterans health probe confirms cover-up of care delays
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Calls for U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign grew louder on Wednesday as the agency’s inspector general confirmed “systemic” and widespread VA scheduling abuses to cover up long wait times for veterans’ healt…
