Yale employee charged with collecting kickbacks
BOSTON (Reuters) – An employee of Yale University has been charged with collecting tens of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from companies that did business with the Ivy League school, prosecutors said on Monday.
Obama’s oldest daughter Malia works on TV set for a day: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s oldest daughter, Malia, was spotted working as a production assistant for a day on the set of a CBS television program starring Academy Award winning actress Halle Berry, according to the entertainment we…
Lawyers for 9/11 suspects seek hearing into FBI spying allegations
FORT MEADE Md. – Attorneys for five Guantanamo prisoners accused in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks asked a military judge on Monday to order a hearing into what they called FBI intrusions into their confidential communications with their clients.
Three children injured after parade cannon malfunctions in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Three children were injured at a parade in Utah when a spark from a cannon being used by a Civil War re-enactment group caused a bag of black gunpowder to explode, police said on Monday.
New Mexico parents arrested after toddler ingests methamphetamine
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – Police arrested a couple in New Mexico on suspicion of child abuse after their 22-month-old daughter was found to have methamphetamine in her system, authorities said on Monday.
Massachusetts tops in economic evolution: Innovation Foundation index
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For 15 years, Massachusetts has been the most economically evolved U.S. state, according to an index released on Monday by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
FAA to investigate air traffic controller’s ‘kidding’ comment
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an air traffic controller’s joking remark that caused a Delta jet to abort a landing at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Police arrest suspect in deadly Phoenix church assault
(Reuters) – Phoenix police have arrested a man convicted of a violent burglary in the murder of a 29-year-old priest who was killed and his pastor badly injured during a break-in at a Catholic church last week, authorities said on Monday.
California wildfire threatens 1,000 more homes near Sequoia National Park
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California wildfire that has already destroyed three structures and blackened some three square miles of forest land near Sequoia National Park was threatening 1,000 more homes on Monday, officials said.
Regional U.S. accord signed to protect struggling Chesapeake Bay
ANNAPOLIS Md. (Reuters) – An agreement to restore the struggling Chesapeake Bay by protecting its vast drainage area was signed on Monday by officials that included governors from six U.S. states.
