New Jersey court rules for nurse who refused vaccine on non-religious grounds
GREEN BROOK N.J. (Reuters) – A New Jersey appeals court ruled on Thursday that First Amendment protections allowing people to refuse medical procedures on religious grounds also extends to those opting out of treatment for secular reasons.
At least three shot at Seattle Pacific University, suspect in custody
SEATTLE (Reuters) – At least three people were shot at Seattle Pacific University on Thursday, and the suspect was in custody, Seattle police said on social media.
California lawmakers propose incentives for Tesla battery factory
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California lawmakers proposed financial incentives for electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc on Thursday in a bid to entice the company to build a large battery factory in the most populous U.S. state.
Suit on behalf of Arizona prisoners gets class-action status
(Reuters) – A lawsuit on behalf of Arizona inmates that accuses the state of neglecting their health needs and misusing solitary confinement can proceed as a class-action case, potentially affecting conditions for all the state’s 30,000 prisoners, a fe…
Immigrants win one third of U.S. Nobel prizes in key fields
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – More than one-third of U.S. Nobel prize winners in chemistry, medicine and physics are immigrants, a new report shows.
Wind, flooding take three lives in Arkansas and Tennessee
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – High winds and flash flooding on Thursday in the south-central United States killed three people in Arkansas and Tennessee, derailed a train in Arkansas and blew off part of a motel roof in a Missouri tourist town, officials…
NY nursing home workers face charges stemming from resident death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nine employees of a troubled New York nursing home, including the top administrator, were indicted on Thursday on charges stemming from the death of a resident whose distress alarms went unheeded for hours.
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.
