Connecticut chimp attack victim seeks right to sue state
HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – A woman whose face and hands were ripped off by a friend’s pet chimpanzee in 2009 came to the Connecticut State Capitol on Friday to ask permission to sue the state for $150 million in damages.
Transport chief asks for review of government GM probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx asked the department’s inspector general on Friday to review whether the government’s auto safety agency had properly investigated reports of ignition problems in recalled General Motors…
U.S. IRS audited fewer wealthy Americans in 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Friday that it audited fewer high-income Americans in 2013 than it did in 2012 or 2011, while it conducted more audits of people with no income.
California third-grader accused in sex assault of classmate
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California police were looking into allegations that a third-grade boy repeatedly sexually assaulted a classmate at their elementary school, and two teachers have been put on leave as an investigation proceeds, a district spokes…
Hearing on UAW vote at Tennessee VW plant vote April 21
(Reuters) – The United Auto Workers (UAW) union will make its case on April 21 that the results of a February election it lost at a Chattanooga, Tennessee Volkswagen plant should be thrown out.
Insurers see double-digit Obamacare price rises in many states next year
(Reuters) – U.S. consumers eligible for Obamacare health plans could see double-digit price hikes next year in states that fail to draw large numbers of enrollees for 2014, including some states that have been hostile to the healthcare law, according t…
Iraq war vet hurt in California Occupy protest to get $4.5 million
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An Iraq War veteran critically wounded by police during an Occupy protest in 2011 will receive $4.5 million in a tentative settlement with the City of Oakland, the northern California city where he was hurt, attorneys said on …
Georgia lawmakers expand gun rights as medical marijuana bill dies
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia lawmakers approved a watered-down expansion of gun carry rights, but an effort aimed at legalizing medical marijuana for children with severe seizure disorders failed on Thursday, the final day of the state’s legislative ses…
Anti-abortion activist loses appeal over Ohio home raid
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court refused to hold members of the U.S. Marshals Service liable for raiding the home of an anti-abortion activist to enforce a money judgment favoring Planned Parenthood, but strongly criticized their tactics, saying the…
Texas Couple Readies For Life With New Quintuplets
DALLAS (Reuters) – Quintuplets born prematurely at a Dallas hospital this week are doing well, and their parents are looking forward to bringing their five babies home in six or seven weeks time.
