Fired Penn State fencing coach files wrongful termination lawsuit
HARRISBURG Penn. (Reuters) – Penn State University’s former fencing coach sued the school on Thursday, saying it wrongly fired him for “retaliating” against a whistleblower when in fact he was following new rules put in place after the Jerry Sandusky c…
Indiana men left dead in living room since last July: coroner
(Reuters) – An Indiana woman is under investigation after her husband’s corpse was left in their home for more than nine months and fed on by birds, authorities said on Thursday.
New York non-profits balk at suggestion to snub Walmart money
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than half of the New York City Council has asked Walmart to stop making charitable donations to local non-profits like the Coalition Against Hunger, and the groups are not happy about it.
Florida ship’s crew arrested on gun charges in Honduras
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – The crew of a Florida-based shipwreck salvage company has been held for a month in a Honduras jail after authorities accused them of gun smuggling, a company spokesman said on Thursday.
Philadelphia remembers victims of deadly 2013 building collapse
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Family members of those killed in a Philadelphia building collapse a year ago and an emotional Mayor Michael Nutter gathered at the scene of the disaster on Thursday to mark its anniversary and dedicate a park in the memory of …
Apparent allergic reaction kills woman on Grand Canyon rafting trip
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Seattle woman passed out and died from an apparent allergic reaction while on a rafting trip this week on the Colorado River in Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park, park officials said on Thursday. 
Georgia banker who faked death pleads guilty to fraud
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A former Georgia bank director, who left a suicide note before vanishing for more than a year while under suspicion of embezzling $21 million, faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty on Thursday to U.S. fraud charges.
Victim of stabbing attack in Wisconsin sitting up, walking
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – The 12-year-old Wisconsin girl who was allegedly lured into a park after a sleepover and stabbed 19 times by two friends is now sitting up and walking the halls at an area hospital, her parents said on Thursday.
Texas man fourth in U.S. to die from rare brain disease: CDC
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man has died of the fatal brain illness variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the fourth person to die of the disease in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
New York drops surgery rule for changing sex on birth certificate
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Transgender people born in New York state, with the exception of New York City, will no longer have to prove that they have had sex-reassignment surgery to change the sex marked on their birth certificate, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s o…
