U.S. drugmaker to give unapproved medicine to dying Virginia boy
(Reuters) – A dying seven-year-old boy who is suffering from a viral infection could receive an unapproved treatment as early as Wednesday after a drugmaker struck a deal with U.S. regulators to provide the medicine.
Louisiana man walks free after nearly three decades on death row
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row walked free on Tuesday, after prosecutors asked a judge to set aside his first-degree murder conviction and death sentence, citing new evidence in the case that exo…
Five Washington state hunger strikers put on medical watch
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Five detainees on hunger strike at an immigration holding center in Washington state were placed under medical observation on Tuesday, a federal agency said, while advocates insisted it was a divide-and-conquer tactic to…
NY jury to decide: bizarre sex fantasy or real murder-kidnap plot?
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For the two men charged with hatching a kidnap conspiracy on a website catering to violent sexual fetishes, their own Internet musings about abducting and brutalizing women are so outlandish, they only bolster their defense, their …
No charges for Minnesota archbishop accused of inappropriate touching
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – No charges will be brought against Archbishop John Nienstedt, leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, who was accused by a boy of inappropriately touching his buttocks during a group photo session, …
Louisiana man fined $600 after drunken fight with wife aboard flight
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (Reuters) – A judge in the Cayman Islands fined a Louisiana man $600 on Tuesday for forcing a Delta Air Lines flight to make an emergency landing after he got into a drunken argument with his wife aboard the plane on their a…
U.S. president sweats over sweaters during NY shopping stop
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama took on a daunting task on Tuesday: shopping for clothes for his wife and daughters during a brief stop at a Gap store while raising money for Democrats in New York.
White supremacist woman pleads guilty in Pacific Northwest killing spree
(Reuters) – A white supremacist woman accused of killing four people during a violent road trip across the Pacific Northwest with her boyfriend pleaded guilty on Tuesday to racketeering in a deal that could send her to prison for life, federal prosecut…
Louisiana man set to walk free after nearly three decades on death row
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row was slated to walk free on Tuesday, after prosecutors asked a judge to set aside his first-degree murder conviction and death sentence, citing new evidence in the c…
U.S. Air Force looking to revamp, cut costs of space programs
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 11 – To tackle a rising demand for space-based surveillance in an era of flat budgets, the U.S. military is looking at smaller satellites, cheaper rockets and partnerships, the head of Air Force Space Command said on Tuesday…
