Two sick U.S. hospital workers test negative for MERS virus
ORLANDO (Reuters) – Two U.S. hospital workers who fell ill after contact with a patient suffering from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) have tested negative for the often-deadly virus, a Florida health official said on Wednesday.
Frugal U.S. consumers make it tough for food companies to raise prices
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rebecca Sumrow is one of the customers food and restaurant company executives have in mind when they consider raising prices to offset higher costs as meat and milk soar to record highs.
New York’s September 11 Memorial Museum readies for its close-up
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A museum commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington is on the verge of opening, with wrenchingly familiar sights as well as artifacts never before on public display.
Pentagon considers options for Chelsea Manning detention
JEDDAH (Reuters) – The U.S. military is considering options for the detention of a transgender soldier who is serving 35 years in prison for turning over secret files to WikiLeaks and has requested hormone therapy, including moving the private to a civ…
Suspect charged in shooting of five near Atlanta high school
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A 17-year-old suspect has been charged in the shooting of five people near an Atlanta-area high school on Tuesday, police and a media report said.
U.S. judge orders fired executive to leave Pacifica Foundation office
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ordered the fired executive director of California’s Pacifica Foundation Radio in Berkeley to leave the office she has been occupying around the clock for the last two months, saying she was trespassing.
Florida MERS patient sat in busy ER for hours
ORLANDO (Reuters) – The second U.S. patient to be diagnosed with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) spent at least four hours in the public waiting room of a busy Florida emergency department before he was seen by a doctor, a hospital o…
U.S. judge overturns Idaho ban on gay marriage
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge struck down Idaho’s ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, saying it relegated same-sex couples to a second-class status in violation of constitutional guarantees of equal protection under the law.
Coal mine collapse in West Virginia kills two miners
BECKLEY, West Virginia (Reuters) – The West Virginia coal mine where a collapse this week killed two workers had “chronic compliance issues” and received numerous citations from inspectors last year, federal authorities said on Tuesday.
12-year-old Nevada shooter complained of being teased: police
(Reuters) – A 12-year-old boy who went on a shooting rampage at his Nevada middle school in October, killing a teacher and injuring two students before turning the gun on himself, had complained days earlier of being teased by classmates, police said o…
