Massachusetts licenses its first medical marijuana dispensaries
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts has licensed 20 dispensaries to start growing and selling marijuana for medical use, the Department of Health said on Friday in the latest U.S. step to boost access to the widely outlawed drug.
Princess Cruises ship docks in Texas with ill passengers aboard
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Dozens of passengers who fell ill on a Princess Cruises ship arrived in Houston a day early on Friday and were met by U.S. health officials investigating the second outbreak of a stomach illness on a cruise ship in a week.
FDA proposes rule to prevent food contamination during transport
(Reuters) – Food transportation companies will be required to adhere to certain sanitation standards to prevent food from becoming contaminated during transit under a new rule proposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
U.S. court throws out air safety rule on fuel cells
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a federal air safety rule that prohibits passengers from carrying flammable gas-powered fuel cells, which power electronic devices, in checked luggage.
Michigan police find body parts believed to be male
(Reuters) – Body parts found dumped in garbage bags along a snowy Michigan roadway are believed to be the remains of a white male, investigators said on Friday.
Dennis Rodman says he’d trade places with American held in North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former basketball star Dennis Rodman said on Friday he was willing to trade places with Kenneth Bae, an American missionary imprisoned in North Korea, the next time he visits his friend, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Knox and Sollecito convicted again of Briton’s 2007 murder
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – American student Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty on Thursday for the second time of the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher, in a retrial that reversed an earlier appeal j…
Exclusive: TransCanada toughens pipeline pressure limits for gassy crude
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – TransCanada Corp reduced the limits for vapor pressures on its main U.S. oil export pipeline this month, regulatory documents show, one of the clearest signs yet of growing concern over gas-infused crude.
U.S. board allows gynecologists to treat more men
(Reuters) – A U.S. professional group that certifies obstetricians and gynecologists has loosened a decades-old restriction on its board-certified members treating male patients, after mounting pressure from doctors and researchers.
Keystone pipeline review looming, likely to show little climate risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department is poised to issue an environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline that will likely say the project will not appreciably increase carbon emissions, sources said late Thursday, forcing Pr…
