Doctor in Delaware waterboarding trial admits to injuring stepdaughter
GEORGETOWN, Delaware (Reuters) – A Delaware pediatrician accused of waterboarding his 11-year-old stepdaughter admitted in court on Tuesday to injuring the girl by dragging her over a gravel driveway in what he described as a moment of carelessness.
New hopes for U.S. data breach law collide with old reality
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Data thefts at U.S. retailers have rekindled enthusiasm in Congress for a single federal law on how customers should be notified about such breaches, but those efforts face the same roadblock as in the past: dozens of overlapping…
U.S. drug czar urges police to carry heroin overdose treatment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Tuesday urged more local police and fire departments to equip their officers with a medication used to revive people who have overdosed on heroin, citing a troubling increase in deaths from the drug.
Fired worker threatened to bomb Jewish student center in Seattle
(Reuters) – A worker who was fired from Hillel UW, a Jewish student center at the University of Washington in Seattle, has been arrested after he threatened to bomb the center, police said on Tuesday.
Washington state governor declares death penalty moratorium
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Washington state Governor Jay Inslee declared a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty on Tuesday in his state, citing concerns about unequal application of justice.
U.S. spy chief: Russia “certainly” a suspect in diplomat comment flap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American intelligence agencies “certainly” consider Russia a possible suspect behind the release of a telephone call recording that surfaced last week in which a U.S. diplomat was heard crudely disparaging the European Union, the…
Shirley Temple Black, child star who became diplomat, dies at 85
(Reuters) – Shirley Temple Black, who lifted America’s spirits as a bright-eyed, dimpled child movie star during the Great Depression and forged a second career as a U.S. diplomat, died late on Monday evening at the age of 85.
Explosion causes fire at Chevron natural gas well in Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – One person was injured and another missing after an explosion on Tuesday at a natural gas well in southwestern Pennsylvania owned by Chevron Corporation, a company spokesman said.
Suit claims New York state shortchanged city schools during recession
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An education advocacy group sued the state of New York on Tuesday for more than $1 billion in promised school funding, saying the state had failed to live up to its responsibility to offer students a “sound basic education” due to …
Modified AR-15 rifles in low demand: NY shop owners
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The new AR 15 semi-automatic rifles, designed to meet tough gun restrictions passed by some states in the wake of mass shootings, are now in gun shops in New York state but initial demand has been low, shop owners said.
