Hospital ratings show sharp differences in safety, chance of dying
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An analysis of government data on hospital safety, including how likely patients are to die of avoidable surgical complications, shows that hospitals vary markedly on these measures and that patients are at higher risk in some nati…
Thousand-mile relay to bring donations to Boston Marathon victims
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – For many first-time marathoners, the idea of covering 26.2 miles on foot is a daunting one.
Investigators probe cause of Boston blaze that killed two firefighters
BOSTON (Reuters) – Investigators continued on Thursday to probe the cause of a nine-alarm fire in a four-story apartment building in Boston’s historic Back Bay neighborhood that killed two firefighters a day earlier.
California case challenges teacher job protection laws
(Reuters) – Closing arguments were set to begin Thursday in a closely watched California legal case that could change the way public school teachers are hired and fired in the most populous U.S. state.
Montana bride accused in husband’s cliff death to be sentenced
(Reuters) – A Montana bride who shoved her husband of eight days off a cliff at Glacier National Park is due to be sentenced on Thursday, and a judge was expected to rule on a defense motion to withdraw her guilty plea to a second-degree murder charge….
Texas set to execute man who killed food delivery woman with bat
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas is set to put to death convicted murderer Anthony Doyle on Thursday as it keeps steady its pace of executions while other states have had to postpone capital punishments because they cannot obtain drugs used in lethal in…
U.S. database for tracking Medicaid frauds falls short, auditor says
(Reuters) – A federal data-sharing system meant to prevent healthcare providers banned from one state’s Medicaid program from billing another state’s program isn’t working as intended, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Offic…
Boston Marathon report details ‘missed opportunities’ among law enforcement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A congressional report issued on Wednesday on the Boston Marathon bombings urges more cooperation among law enforcement agencies, saying a “greater sharing of information might have altered the course of events.”
Jury convicts bin Laden son-in-law on terrorism charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was found guilty of terrorism-related charges on Wednesday following a three-week trial that offered unusually vivid details of the former al Qaeda leader’s actions in the days …
California state senator arrested in FBI sweep
SAN FRANCISCO/SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – A prominent California lawmaker was arrested on Wednesday in an FBI sweep that netted 26 people, a high-profile case that could affect statewide elections and brings to three the number of Democratic state senators …
