New York’s 9/11 Museum pulls controversial item from gift shop
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The National September 11 Memorial Museum gift shop has pulled an item that provoked cries of protest for its insensitivity: a U.S. shaped ceramic cheese platter marking the three spots where the hijacked airplanes went down, it sa…
Measles cases reach 20-year high in the United States: CDC
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Measles cases have hit a 20-year high in the United States, a troubling increase fueled by international travel by people who have not been vaccinated against the virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursda…
South Carolina lawmakers repeal Election Day alcohol sales ban
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina is poised to allow alcohol to be sold on statewide election days after state lawmakers voted to lift the country’s last blanket ban on such sales at restaurants, stores and bars.
Minnesota governor signs medical marijuana bill into law
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton on Thursday signed into law a bill legalizing medical marijuana in liquid or pill form for a limited number of residents suffering from severe or fatal illnesses.
Suspect in Kansas City Jewish center killings appears in court
OLATHE Kan. (Reuters) – A white supremacist charged in the killings of three people at two Jewish facilities near Kansas City in April made a brief appearance in court on Thursday, acknowledging charges recently added against him.
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 …
