Hawaii girl, 3, dies after dental procedure
(Reuters) – A 3-year-old Hawaii girl who suffered massive brain injuries last month after a dental procedure died late on Friday, said an attorney for the child’s family.
Small plane makes emergency landing on New York expressway
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A small plane made an emergency landing on a New York City expressway on Saturday, resulting in minor injuries to the three onboard and backing up a traffic on the major thoroughfare, emergency officials said.
Boeing machinists approve contract securing 777X jet
SEATTLE/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Boeing’s machinists on Friday narrowly approved a crucial labor contract that secured thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity for Washington state but will cost workers their pensions.
U.S. Midwest, Northeast brace for Arctic blast, record lows
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Many parts of the U.S. Midwest braced for a blast of Arctic air this weekend that could bring some of the coldest temperatures in two decades before advancing to the Northeast, where residents are still digging out from a deadly sn…
Former first lady Barbara Bush leaves hospital
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Former first lady Barbara Bush was discharged from the Houston Methodist Hospital on Saturday morning following six days of treatment for pneumonia.
Early days of Obamacare bring trickle, not flood, of patients
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. medical providers are seeing only a trickle of patients newly insured under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, as insurers, hospitals and doctors try to work out any hitches in coverage.
U.S. court allows more phone snooping
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The secretive U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Friday renewed the authority of U.S. intelligence agencies to collect data on millions of Americans’ telephone calls in a program that has set off a legal battle over …
U.S. court allows phone ‘metadata’ collection for three months more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The secretive U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Friday renewed the authority of U.S. intelligence agencies to collect data on millions of Americans’ telephone calls in a program that has set off a legal battle over …
Marines back off pull-up requirement for women after many fail
(Reuters) – After more than half of last year’s female Marine recruits were unable to do at least three pull-ups, the Corps announced it will delay the new requirement for women to graduate boot camp.
Escaped South Carolina hospital inmate accused in killings caught
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – An escaped South Carolina mental hospital inmate charged with the 2006 murders of his mother and stepfather was captured in Tennessee on Friday, police said.
