Illinois MERS patient ‘not infectious’; Florida patient released
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois man who had tested positive for antibodies to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus in his blood is no longer infectious, state health officials said on Monday.
Police commissioner in NH resigns after calling Obama the ‘N’ word
BOSTON (Reuters) – A police commissioner in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, resigned on Monday under fire from town officials and residents after he called President Barack Obama the “N” word and refused to apologize, a police official said.
Georgia court upholds law concealing execution drug sources
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia’s law shielding the identity and methods of companies that make its lethal injection drugs is constitutional and should not prevent death row inmate Warren Lee Hill from being executed, the state’s Supreme Court ruled on Mon…
Occupy Wall Street protester sentenced to 90 days jail for assault
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Occupy Wall Street protester convicted of assaulting a police officer during a demonstration two years ago was sentenced on Monday to a 90-day jail term.
U.S. judge to rule Tuesday in corruption case of ex-Virginia governor, wife
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said he would rule by Tuesday on whether to drop corruption charges against former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife as well as on their request to have separate trials.
Connecticut dropout made bomb threats to hide status from family
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – A Connecticut college dropout was arrested Sunday night after admitting to calling in two bomb threats to keep her family from learning she had quit Quinnipiac University, police said on Monday.
Kerry calls on U.S. college graduates to face down climate change
BOSTON (Reuters) – The rapidly changing climate poses a threat of sparking greater global conflict, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday told the graduating class of Boston College, urging the graduates to play a role in pushing for new energy …
Post-Snowden, the NSA’s future rests on Admiral Rogers’ shoulders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As U.S. National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers seeks to repair the damage to the agency caused by leaks about its electronic spying programs, the abuses of government revealed in the wake of the Watergate scandal are very …
Body found in Dallas creek was former assistant police chief
(Reuters) – The Dallas County Medical Examiner on Sunday positively identified a body found a day earlier in a north Dallas creek as that of the Dallas Police Department’s former assistant chief, Gregory Holliday, police said.
California fire crews subdue San Diego-area wildfires
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California firefighters have largely subdued a swarm of blazes that gutted dozens of homes and forced evacuations of thousands of dwellings in and around San Diego, but Governor Jerry Brown said on Sunday the state was still bra…
