18 North Carolina patients may have been exposed to rare brain disease
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C./NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eighteen neurological patients in North Carolina may have been exposed to an incurable and fatal disorder similar to “mad cow” disease while undergoing surgery at the Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center because…
Prosecutors say neo-Nazi killed Colorado prison chief, pizza delivery man
DENVER (Reuters) – A neo-Nazi parolee murdered Colorado’s prison chief last year after forcing a pizza delivery man whom he kidnapped and later killed to record a message denouncing the prison system, federal prosecutors said in a court filing released…
Aide to disgraced former San Diego mayor settles sex harassment suit
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The city of San Diego and its disgraced former mayor, Bob Filner, have agreed to pay his ex-press secretary $250,000 to settle the sexual harassment suit she brought against them, with the entire sum coming from municipal coffers,…
Explosion at New Hampshire ball bearing plant injures 10-15
BOSTON (Reuters) – An explosion at a New Hampshire ball bearing plant that could be felt up to a quarter-mile away on Monday injured up to 15 people, two critically, authorities said.
Ex-Wisconsin medical examiner sentenced after taking body parts to train dog
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A former Wisconsin medical examiner was sentenced to a year in jail on Monday for taking a piece of a corpse’s spinal column to train her cadaver-searching dog, court records showed.
Mexican man gets 30 years in U.S. ‘Fast and Furious’ case
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – A Mexican citizen who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2010 shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a late-night gun battle near the Arizona border was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in federal prison.
White House again delays healthcare mandate for employers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Monday again delayed a contentious healthcare law requirement that all but the smallest employers provide coverage to full-time workers, this time by giving medium-sized businesses another year to comp…
“Person of interest” to be named in Maryland girls’ 1975 disappearance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police have identified a “person of interest” in the 1975 disappearance of two Maryland sisters, one of the highest-profile missing-persons cases in the Washington, D.C. area, authorities said on Monday.
Conservative group files civil rights suit against Wisconsin investigators
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A conservative organization in Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit against several public officials on Monday, saying its members’ civil rights were violated during an ongoing secret probe into campaign financing, court documents sh…
Bills to legalize medical marijuana introduced in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Florida state legislators introduced identical bills on Monday to legalize medical marijuana treatment in the 2014 legislative session, in a bid to win approval before a constitutional amendment on the issue comes up fo…
