Pediatrician gets prison for ‘waterboarding’ stepdaughter
GEORGETOWN, Delaware (Reuters) – A prominent Delaware pediatrician and best-selling author who punished his 11-year-old stepdaughter using a form of waterboarding was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday.
Montana bride who pushed husband off cliff appeals 30-year sentence
(Reuters) – A Montana bride who pleaded guilty to pushing her husband off a cliff to his death at Glacier National Park is appealing her prison sentence, arguing the judge improperly denied her request to withdraw her plea after a deal with prosecutors…
Texas Medicaid holds off on proposed limits for Gilead hepatitis drug
(Reuters) – Texas is reconsidering whether to impose strict limits on Gilead Sciences’ $84,000 hepatitis C treatment for patients on the state’s Medicaid health plan for the poor, at the urging of outside advisers, a state official said on Friday.
Driver held without bail in deadly crash at Florida day care center
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A Florida man charged in a car crash that killed a 4-year-old girl at a day care center and injured 14 other people will be held without bail through the weekend after prosecutors argued he was a flight risk, a judge ordere…
U.S. government says hackers trying to exploit ‘Heartbleed’ bug
BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government warned banks, infrastructure operators and other organizations on Friday to be on alert for hackers who may take advantage of the “Heartbleed” bug to steal data from vulnerable networks.
Hillary Clinton dodges shoe during Las Vegas speech
(Reuters) – A woman hurled a shoe at Hillary Clinton on Thursday as the former secretary of state was delivering a speech at a Las Vegas hotel, but Clinton dodged it and continued with her remarks, a U.S. Secret Service spokesman said.
Boston marathon charity donations rise a year after bombing
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston marathon runners are poised to set an off-course record this year, in the form of charity fundraising.
Health secretary resigns after Obamacare launch woes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning after overseeing the botched rollout of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, a White House official said on Thursday.
Cleveland Clinic exports marquee Ohio brand to Abu Dhabi
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s late king, Khalid bin Abdul Aziz, went there for heart surgery. The late United Arab Emirates president, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, traveled 7,000 miles to get there for his kidney transplant. For decades the…
El Nino more than 50 percent likely by summer: U.S. weather forecaster
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The chances have increased over the past month that the much-feared El Nino phenomenon, which has the potential to wreak havoc on global crops, would strike by summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the federal U.S. weather forecaster …
