More than 150 same-sex couples marry in Arkansas capital
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) – The Arkansas Supreme Court delayed its ruling until at least Tuesday on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to wed, even as more than 150 gay and lesbian couples were married at a county courthouse in the capita…
Sriracha hot sauce plant owner vows to stay in California: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The maker of the popular Sriracha hot pepper sauce does not intend to move his factory out of California, despite complaints over the smell that have prompted local officials to consider declaring it a public nuisance, NPR repor…
‘American Idol’ runner-up Clay Aiken’s key Democratic opponent dies
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – U.S. congressional candidate Keith Crisco, who battled “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken in a May 6 Democratic primary race in North Carolina deemed too close to call, died on Monday, the state elections boa…
May storm buries Colorado flower beds under three feet of snow
(Reuters) – A mid-May snowstorm dumped as much as 3 feet of snow on Colorado’s Rocky Mountains on Monday, while the U.S. Midwest braced for hail and other severe weather, forecasters said.
London imam claims at U.S. trial he tried to help Yemen hostages
NEW YORK (Reuters) – London imam Abu Hamza admitted to a U.S. jury on Monday that he provided a satellite phone to Yemeni militants months before they kidnapped Western tourists in 1998 and spoke to their leader just three hours after the hostages were…
U.S. confirms second case of MERS
CHICAGO/ORLANDO (Reuters) – U.S. health officials confirmed the country’s second case of MERS, a deadly virus first discovered in the Middle East, and said the patient was in good condition in an Orlando, Florida hospital.
Aspiring lawyer gets probation for beheading bird in Las Vegas
(Reuters) – An aspiring lawyer from California was sentenced to up to four years of probation on Monday for drunkenly beheading a bird at a Las Vegas hotel in 2012, prosecutors said.
Virginia governor orders review of abortion clinic rules
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, on Monday ordered a review of “extreme and punitive” state health rules that make it harder to operate abortion clinics, saying he would protect women’s rights to make health…
Medicare pays billions of dollars for wasteful procedures -study
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As many as 42 percent of U.S. Medicare patients were subjected to procedures providing little if any medical benefit, costing the government program up to $8.5 billion in wasteful spending, according to a study published on Monday….
Manhunt on for three Detroit drug dealers who fled before verdict
DETROIT (Reuters) – Three fez-wearing drug dealers facing life in prison skipped out on Monday before a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against them at a Detroit courthouse, sparking a wide manhunt, authorities said.
