Nobel-winning economist Gary Becker dies at 83: university
(Reuters) – Gary Becker, whose work applying the principles of economics to a wide range of human behavior won the Nobel Prize in 1992, has died at age 83, the University of Chicago said on Sunday.
Performers injured in Rhode Island circus apparatus collapse
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eight acrobats were seriously injured when they tumbled at least 25 feet to the ground after an aerial apparatus collapsed during a circus performance in Rhode Island on Sunday, the circus company’s owners said.
Teen who survived flight in wheel well back in California: report
(Reuters) – A 15-year-old Somali boy who survived a nearly six-hour flight stowed in the wheel well of a Hawaii-bound jet has been returned to California and placed in the custody of social services, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
George H.W. Bush honored for courage with 1990 tax hikes
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush showed courage in breaking his “read my lips: no new taxes” campaign pledge to broker a 1990 budget compromise that may have cost him re-election two years later, the John F. Kennedy Library Fou…
Arkansas gunman released from hospital before killing three: police
(Reuters) – A gunman in Arkansas who killed three people, including a 12-year-old girl, and wounded four others before taking his own life had been released recently from a mental health treatment hospital, police said on Sunday.
Man treated for deadly MERS virus in Indiana improving: state
(Reuters) – A healthcare worker being treated in Indiana with the first U.S. case of the often fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is in good condition and improving daily, the state health department said on Sunday.
U.S. cruise ship towed to port after getting stuck in Hudson River
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A cruise ship returning to New York from the Caribbean with 4,500 passengers on board had to be towed into port on Sunday after getting stuck in the Hudson River, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Regret, relief draw former inmates to Pennsylvania prison reunion
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – William Harrison knows the Eastern State Penitentiary all too well, having spent years locked up in the imposing fortress that today is a popular tourist attraction in Philadelphia.
Three students expelled for harassment at California college: report
(Reuters) – Three students charged in the alleged hate-related harassment of an African-American roommate at San Jose State University have been expelled and the suspension of a fourth student has been extended, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
U-2 spy plane caused widespread shutdown of U.S. flights: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A U-2 spy plane caused a computer glitch at a California air traffic control center that led officials to halt takeoffs on Wednesday at several airports in the Southwestern United States and ground planes bound for the region fr…
