U.S. judge denies Idaho governor’s bid to stay gay marriage ruling
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A federal judge who struck down Idaho’s ban on gay marriage as unconstitutional denied a bid by the conservative state’s governor on Wednesday for a stay of the decision while Idaho pursues an appeal of the case.
U.S. health agency to erase sex bias in biomedical studies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s medical research agency is taking steps to erase sex bias in pivotal biomedical studies that pave the way for human clinical trials, saying scientists too often favor male over female laboratory animals and …
Prosecutors call London imam’s testimony lies as U.S. trial ends
NEW YORK (Reuters) – London imam Abu Hamza al-Masri engineered an international campaign to commit violent jihad, despite his testimony that he never conspired to harm anyone, a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednesday as Abu Hamza’s trial drew to a close.
Vandals hit playgrounds honoring Connecticut school massacre victims
MYSTIC, Connecticut (Reuters) – A playground honoring a 7-year-old victim of the Sandy Hook School massacre in Connecticut was vandalized by a man who told the girl’s mother in a phone call just days before Mother’s Day that the shootings were a “hoax”…
Hundreds contact FBI in U.S. about overseas pedophile teacher
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several hundred people have contacted U.S. agents investigating a teacher suspected of molesting boys while teaching at American schools around the world, an FBI spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Explorer seeks speedy dig for possible Santa Maria wreck
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An underwater explorer who believes he has located the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus’ flagship, the Santa Maria, off the northern coast of Haiti said on Wednesday he hopes to begin excavation as early as next week.
FBI aimed snipers’ rifles at accused Boston bomber’s friends: agent
BOSTON (Reuters) – FBI agents searching for the accused Boston Marathon bomber surrounded an apartment where two of the suspect’s friends were living and trained the laser scopes of sniper rifles on them, a federal agent testified on Wednesday.
Hillary Clinton didn’t suffer brain damage from blood clot: Bill Clinton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Potential Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton did not suffer brain damage from a 2012 blood clot, her husband said on Wednesday.
Man charged with attempted murder for Maryland TV station crash
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) – A Maryland man who crashed a stolen landscaping truck into a television station lobby has been charged with three counts of second-degree attempted murder, police said on Wednesday.
As U.S. trucks revved up amid train traffic jam, a capacity crisis revealed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As a polar vortex snarled North America’s railroads and upended freight flows this winter, everyone from agricultural giant Cargill to Dow Chemical rushed to secure the next-best form of hauling goods: trucks.
