U.S. border agent suspected of raping undocumented immigrants found dead
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. Border Patrol agent was found dead on Thursday in his Texas home just north of the Mexico border by authorities alerted to allegations he had kidnapped and sexually assaulted three female undocumented immigrants, f…
Nose gear on plane collapses at Philadelphia airport
(Reuters) – A U.S. Airways plane with 149 people on board that was about to take off from Philadelphia International Airport had its nose gear collapse on the runway on Thursday, but no one was injured in the incident, an airport spokeswoman said.
Gay couples sue Florida to recognize marriages in other states
MIAMI (Reuters) – Eight Florida gay couples backed by a gay rights group have filed a lawsuit to force the state to recognize same-sex marriages from other states, saying their exclusion violates the right to equal protection under the U.S. Constitutio…
Partisanship engulfs U.S. Congress effort to avoid doctor pay cut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan deal in Congress to spare doctors from recurring Medicare pay cuts was in jeopardy on Thursday, as Republicans ignored protests from physicians and moved forward with legislation that would use the so-called “doc fix…
New Mexico nuclear repository mishap leaves Los Alamos waste quandary
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) – The Los Alamos National Laboratory is evaluating how to meet a June deadline to permanently discard plutonium-tainted junk in light of a prolonged shutdown of a New Mexico nuclear waste dump after an accident there l…
Arizona same-sex couples sue state over gay marriage ban
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A group of same-sex couples in Arizona filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday to challenge the state’s ban on gay marriage, arguing that it violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution, court documents showed.
Florida Supreme Court voids caps on medical malpractice lawsuits
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a state law that placed a $1 million limit on the amount of money people can be awarded in wrongful death cases caused by medical malpractice.
Contractor to plead guilty to giving Chinese woman secrets: U.S.
(Reuters) – A U.S. defense contractor in Hawaii was expected to plead guilty on Thursday to charges he passed national defense secrets, including classified information on joint training and planning exercises with South Korea, to a Chinese woman with …
Motorist slams car into crowd near Texas SXSW festival, 2 killed
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A driver evading a police sobriety checkpoint plowed into a crowd at high speed outside a nightclub in Austin on Thursday, killing two people and injuring 23 near the South by Southwest festival, police said.
Ohio man sentenced to five years in prison for enslaving woman and child
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man was sentenced on Thursday to five years in federal prison for his role in holding captive a cognitively disabled woman and her child and forcing the woman to perform manual labor and eat dog food, prosecutors said.
