Insurers push Obamacare payment deadline to late January
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some top U.S. health insurers are giving consumers more time to pay their Obamacare premiums, extending the deadline to the end of January for benefits that begin retroactively from January 1.
Charge dropped against principal in Ohio rape case investigation
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) – Prosecutors will drop a misdemeanor charge against an Ohio school principal indicted by a grand jury in November as part of a larger investigation into the rape of a teenage girl that drew national attention.
N.Y. court allows ‘close friends’ to adopt child
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In a decision that could make it easier for a broader category of people to adopt in New York state, a Manhattan judge has allowed the adoption of a child by two “close personal friends.”
Half of black males in U.S. arrested by age 23, study finds
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Almost half of black males and almost 40 percent of white males are arrested in the United States by the time they are 23 years old, according to a study released this week.
Outspoken Strine nominated to lead Delaware Supreme Court
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Leo Strine, the outspoken chief judge of Delaware’s nationally important business court, has been nominated to lead the state’s Supreme Court, Governor Jack Markell said on Wednesday.
U.S. general who overturned sex assault conviction to leave military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Air Force general who sparked outrage last year when he overturned a fighter pilot’s sexual assault conviction said on Wednesday he had decided to leave the military.
Gabrielle Giffords skydives on shooting anniversary
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is still recovering from a shooting rampage that left the Arizona Democrat badly wounded with a gunshot to the head, went skydiving on Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the attack, …
‘Jihad Jamie’ gets eight years in Jihad Jane case
(Reuters) – A Colorado woman who converted to Islam and went to Ireland to join a man she believed was training for terrorist operations was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday.
U.S. banker who went on run pleads not guilty to fraud
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A former director of a small bank in Georgia who was accused of stealing $21 million from investors before disappearing for 18 months pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a fraud charge and was ordered to remain in jail while awaiting…
Four men plead not guilty to murder in N.J. mall carjacking
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Four men pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to murder and other charges in a fatal carjacking at an upscale New Jersey mall, where a lawyer was slain in front of his wife after holiday shopping.
