Brain-dead California girl arrives at extended care facility
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California girl declared brain dead following complications from a tonsillectomy, whose case has prompted debate over when to withdraw life support, has arrived at an undisclosed care facility with her mother, a family spoke…
Americans unlikely to move to get better Medicaid benefits: study
BOSTON (Reuters) – Americans are unlikely to move to another state to obtain better medical coverage, according to a Harvard study released on Monday that debunks fears expanded Medicaid in some states under the U.S. Affordable Care Act will trigger bi…
JetBlue, other airlines cancel flights as cold hobbles operations
(Reuters) – JetBlue Airways said it planned to suspend flights at New York and Boston airports later on Monday, and gradually resume them on Tuesday, as extreme cold hobbled airline operations in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast regions.
U.S. man gets eight months in prison for hitting child on plane
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A former aerospace executive who while on a plane flight slapped a crying toddler and called the little boy, who is black, a racial slur was sentenced on Monday to eight months in prison for an incident his attorney blamed on his al…
Supreme Court halts gay marriage in Utah at least temporarily
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday halted same-sex marriages in Utah – permitted for less than three weeks – while the state appeals a lower-court ruling legalizing them, as the justices again left their imprint on the debate over …
U.S. woman known as Jihad Jane sentenced to 10 years in plot
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday sentenced an American woman who called herself Jihad Jane to 10 years in prison – at least a decade less than prosecutors had sought for her role in a failed plot to kill a Swedish artist who had depicted…
U.S. court hears appeal to ease parts of Texas abortion law
(Reuters) – A federal court heard an appeal from Planned Parenthood and other advocacy groups on Monday to a relax restrictive abortion law in Texas that has caused a dozen clinics to suspend services.
Liz Cheney drops Senate campaign, cites health issues
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican Liz Cheney, the eldest daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, ended her U.S. Senate bid in Wyoming on Monday, citing serious family health issues.
Man indicted in Virginia teen’s disappearance
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – A special Virginia grand jury has indicted a used car lot worker for first-degree murder in the disappearance of a teenage girl missing since August, a prosecutor said on Monday.
Icy weather threatens oil output from Texas to North Dakota
(Reuters) – The severe cold weather sweeping across the mid-United States is threatening to curtail booming oil production as it disrupts traffic, strands wells and interrupts drilling and fracking operations.
