Teva settles Medicaid false billing case tied to Chicago doctor
(Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd agreed to pay $27.6 million to settle charges that it paid kickbacks to a Chicago psychiatrist to induce him to prescribe an anti-schizophrenia drug to patients, resulting in more than 100,000 false Medica…
Dog in viral ‘kegstand’ photo going home to NY college student
BROCKPORT, New York (Reuters) – Mya, the puppy whose photo showing her held upside down above a keg and drinking beer resulted in animal cruelty charges against two college students, was headed back to the off-campus home of her owner on Tuesday.
Son unseats father to win Alaska’s Iditarod dog sled race
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Dallas Seavey won his second Iditarod sled-dog race in three years on Tuesday, unseating his father, Mitch, as defending champion while breaking the race’s three-year-old record.
Obama takes health plan pitch to edgy comedy show
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama took his quest to sign young people up for health insurance to a comedy website on Tuesday, where he traded insults with host Zach Galifianakis while plugging his signature Obamacare health program.
Florida election a bellwether for fall U.S. mid-term race
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Voters on Florida’s Gulf Coast head to the polls Tuesday to fill a vacant U.S. Congressional seat in a special election watched by both major parties for what it portends for November when all 435 congressional seats will b…
Ex-Christie aides face legal showdown over N.J. traffic scandal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former top aides to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were due in court on Tuesday to explain why they have not turned over records and documents to investigators of a traffic scandal that has threatened the Republican governor’s …
Immigrant hunger strikers in Washington state could be force-fed
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Dozens of detainees on the fourth day of a hunger strike protesting U.S. deportations and detention center conditions at a Washington state immigration facility were being medically evaluated on Monday and could be force…
Four more workers test positive for radiation from New Mexico site
(Reuters) – Four more workers have tested positive for exposure tied to an accidental release of radiation from an underground nuclear waste site in New Mexico, but tests have shown no further contamination in two sections of the site, officials said o…
U.S. top court case highlights unsettled science in contraception
NEW YORK (Reuters) – – As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a religious dispute over the Obamacare contraception mandate, advocates on both sides are trying to set the court straight on the science.
Flooding in central Montana strands hundreds, forces evacuations
(Reuters) – Floods that washed out rural roads in central Montana left hundreds of people stranded on Monday and forced the evacuation of 30 homes in one small town, as forecasts predicted more rain and snow that could worsen conditions in the region.
