U.S. pastor who performed son’s gay marriage defrocked
LOWER PROVIDENCE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – An embattled Methodist pastor who conducted his son’s same-sex wedding ceremony was defrocked on Thursday after he refused to vow to never perform another gay marriage.
Police say doctor’s slaying at Nevada hospital likely not random
(Reuters) – A gunman who shot and killed a doctor and wounded two other people in a medical office in Reno, Nevada, before taking his own life was apparently not acting randomly but his motives remain unknown, police said Wednesday.
New York City Council mulls adding e-cigarettes to smoking ban
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Council on Thursday will vote on a bill that would add electronic cigarettes to the city’s strict smoking ban, in the latest of many anti-tobacco measures signed by outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Honda to unveil new Fit, Acura TLX prototype at Detroit auto show
DETROIT (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co will introduce a new version of its subcompact Fit and the automaker’s luxury brand Acura will show its TLX midsize sedan as a prototype at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next month.
In healthcare experiment, patients pay more for ‘bad’ medicine
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Tanner Martin, 17, developed excruciating back pain last year, he was sure he needed an X-ray to find out what was wrong. So was his mother, who worried that the pain might indicate a serious injury that could cause permanent …
U.S. executions drop in 2013 as death penalty concerns rise: report
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Executions in the United States are decreasing due to concerns about costs, flawed prosecutions and shortages of drugs needed to carry out lethal injections, the Death Penalty Information Center said in a report on Thursd…
White House review panel proposes curbs on some NSA programs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A White House-appointed panel on Wednesday proposed curbs on some key National Security Agency surveillance operations, recommending limits on a program to collect records of billions of telephone calls and new tests before Washi…
Evolution lessons in Texas biology textbook will stay, board says
DALLAS (Reuters) – A panel of experts has rejected concerns by religious conservatives in Texas that a high school biology textbook contained factual errors about evolution and a state board approved the book on Wednesday for use in public schools.
U.S. citizen gets 25 years in Taliban weapons sting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oded Orbach, one of two U.S. citizens among a group of men accused in 2011 of trying to sell weapons to people they thought were Taliban militants, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.
Mega Millions winners in Georgia, California to split $648 million
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A 56-year-old Georgia woman played numbers from family birth dates to win half of a near-record $648 million Mega Millions jackpot, but the buyer of a second winning ticket sold in California has yet to come forward, lottery officia…
