U.S. judge orders fired executive to leave Pacifica Foundation office
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ordered the fired executive director of California’s Pacifica Foundation Radio in Berkeley to leave the office she has been occupying around the clock for the last two months, saying she was trespassing.
Florida MERS patient sat in busy ER for hours
ORLANDO (Reuters) – The second U.S. patient to be diagnosed with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) spent at least four hours in the public waiting room of a busy Florida emergency department before he was seen by a doctor, a hospital o…
U.S. judge overturns Idaho ban on gay marriage
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge struck down Idaho’s ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, saying it relegated same-sex couples to a second-class status in violation of constitutional guarantees of equal protection under the law.
Coal mine collapse in West Virginia kills two miners
BECKLEY, West Virginia (Reuters) – The West Virginia coal mine where a collapse this week killed two workers had “chronic compliance issues” and received numerous citations from inspectors last year, federal authorities said on Tuesday.
12-year-old Nevada shooter complained of being teased: police
(Reuters) – A 12-year-old boy who went on a shooting rampage at his Nevada middle school in October, killing a teacher and injuring two students before turning the gun on himself, had complained days earlier of being teased by classmates, police said o…
Climber falls to death from atop Oregon’s Mt Hood
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – A climber is thought to have fallen roughly 700 to 800 feet to his death from the top of Oregon’s Mt. Hood on Tuesday as another stunned climber looked on, the Hood River sheriff’s office said, in the first such fatality th…
California man facing terrorism charges denied house arrest
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California man charged with attempting to travel to Syria to fight alongside an al Qaeda splinter group was denied a request to be put under house arrest while he awaits trial, a federal judge in California ruled on Tuesday….
Louisiana author claims in book Zodiac killer is his father
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The author of a new book released on Tuesday claims he is the son of the notorious Zodiac killer, an unidentified serial killer who terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s.
U.S. court says trademarks can’t disparage religious, ethnic groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a decision to refuse to allow the owners of a website titled “Stop! Islamization of America” to trademark the site’s name, in a case that legal experts think has implications for the long-ru…
Two U.S. health workers ill after MERS exposure; World Health body meets in Geneva
(Reuters) – Two health workers at a Florida hospital exposed to a patient with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome have begun showing flu-like symptoms, raising concerns about the ability of global health authorities to contain the mysterious and deadly v…
