Washington state man survives bone-crushing trip into wood chipper-like machine
(Reuters) – A Washington state man who survived a freak journey through an industrial machine similar to a wood chipper was recovering in a hospital on Thursday from crushed bones and battered organs, and said he felt fortunate to be alive.
Kentucky house fire kills 9 members of one family
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Nine members of a rural Kentucky family, eight of them children, were killed and two others critically injured on Thursday in an early morning house fire sparked by an electric heater, officials said.
U.S. launches clemency effort for low-level drug offenders
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday urged lawyers to help identify incarcerated low-level drug offenders who might be eligible for presidential clemency.
One person shot after fight at Florida community college campus
MIAMI (Reuters) – One man was in critical condition on Thursday after being shot on the campus of Eastern Florida State College, a police official said.
Politicians under fire as icebound U.S. South gets relief
ATLANTA (Reuters) – City and state leaders admitted missteps on Thursday in their handling of a rare ice storm that swept across the U.S. South, killing at least 14 people, snarling traffic and setting off a barrage of criticism from Atlanta residents….
U.S. says results encouraging for healthcare delivery reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Thursday reported what it called encouraging results from efforts to reduce healthcare costs and improve the quality of care for more than 5 million Medicare beneficiaries under Obamacare
California needs big steps to save water as drought worsens: governor
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California residents should dramatically cut back on water use, the governor said on Thursday, as the worst drought in nearly four decades threatened agriculture, triggered bans on fishing and led to mandatory rationing in some …
McDonald’s worker charged with selling heroin in happy meal boxes
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A McDonald’s worker accused of dealing heroin in Happy Meal boxes to customers using the code phrase “I’d like to buy a toy” was being held on bail on Thursday in Pittsburgh, a spokesman for a local prosecutor said.
Half of U.S. nuclear missile wing implicated in cheating
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just over half of the 183 nuclear missile launch officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana have been implicated in a widening exam cheating scandal, the Air Force said on Thursday, acknowledging it had “systemic” problem wi…
Real-life Philomena goes to Washington, seeks help on Irish adoption law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The 80-year-old Irish woman who inspired the Oscar-nominated film “Philomena” took her campaign for access to adoption records to the U.S. Congress on Thursday, and a senator said lawmakers might urge Ireland to act on the issue….
