First U.S. MERS patient improving, gets ready for discharge
MUNSTER, Indiana (Reuters) – The first U.S. patient to test positive for the often deadly MERS virus is off supplemental oxygen and walking around his hospital room in Munster, Indiana, as health officials begin planning the man’s release, state and fe…
Man struck and killed by Amtrak train in Connecticut
BOSTON (Reuters) – A 56-year-old man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Connecticut on Monday morning, the second such fatality in the area in recent weeks, authorities said.
Skip college, forfeit $800,000: Fed study
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Over a lifetime, the average U.S. college graduate will earn at least $800,000 more than the average high school graduate, a study published Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco shows.
Oregon prison inmate second to escape in less than a week
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Oregon State Police searched on Monday for a prison inmate who slipped away the night before from the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution, marking the second escape from an Oregon detention center in less than a week, priso…
Maryland latest U.S. state to hike minimum wage to $10.10 per hour
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) – Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley on Monday approved a gradual hike in the state’s minimum wage to $10.10 an hour as fellow Democrats seek to make raising the wage an issue ahead of this year’s midterm congressional elec…
U.S. House panel adds $450 million to FY15 budget for 5 Boeing jets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Armed Services Committee on Monday proposed adding $450 million to the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2015 budget for five more Boeing Co EA-18G electronic attack planes, well short of the 22 jets on the Navy’s list of “unfund…
Nine hurt as closed steel plant in Baltimore collapses
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) – A five-story mill building undergoing demolition at the former Bethlehem Steel plant near Baltimore collapsed on Monday, injuring nine workers, four critically, police said.
Case of three Ohio captives prompts new laws, strategies for missing people
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A year after three missing women escaped Cleveland’s so-called House of Horrors, the tale of their long captivity has changed the way experts look for missing persons and inspired legislation aimed at protecting the vulnerable in …
U.S. Army helicopter with four aboard crashes over weekend in New Mexico
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. Army helicopter with four people aboard crashed over the weekend during a training exercise near Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, a military official said on Monday.
Supreme Court declines to hear Nebraska immigration case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact a Nebraska town’s ordinance that cracks down on illegal immigration, declining to hear an appeal filed by a civil rights group.
