Eight million lives saved since U.S. alarm on smoking 50 years ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than half of American men and over a third of women were smokers on January 11, 1964, when Dr. Luther Terry delivered the first Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health outlining the links between tobacco use, lun…
Woman tries to sneak into U.S. at Arizona border inside suitcase
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A Thai woman has been caught trying to sneak into the United States from Mexico while curled up inside a suitcase in a sport-utility vehicle at a border crossing in Nogales, Arizona, a U.S. border protection official said on Tuesday…
Cheesy problem: Kraft warns of possible Velveeta shortage
(Reuters) – Kraft Foods is warning it may run short of its Velveeta cheese product, right at a time of high seasonal U.S. demand for the orangey-yellow foodstuff.
Record freeze extends to eastern United States, at least eight dead
NEW YORK/MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A deadly blast of arctic air shattered decades-old temperature records as it enveloped the eastern United States on Tuesday, snarling air, road and rail travel, driving energy prices higher and overwhelming shelters for h…
Prosecutor urges jury to convict California policemen in transient’s death
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) – A prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday to serve as the conscience of their community and convict two ex-policemen in the 2011 beating death of a mentally ill transient that touched off protests and political upheaval in F…
Bin Laden son-in-law’s attorney stays on case despite tax charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden charged in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, refused on Tuesday to jettison his defense lawyer, who is himself facing federal tax and wire frau…
80 retired New York police, firefighters charged in disability fraud scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eighty retired New York police officers and firefighters were charged on Tuesday in a massive disability scam in which dozens of suspects falsely claimed to have been traumatized by the September 11th attacks to receive benefits th…
Defense to inspect accuser’s phones in U.S. general’s sex assault case
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) – Lawyers for a U.S. Army general accused of forcing a subordinate to have sex will be allowed to inspect his chief accuser’s old cellphones, which she has said were recently found, a military judge ruled on Tuesday…
Florida woman in gun case may land back in jail
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – A Florida woman released on bond, after a public outcry over the 20-year prison sentence she got for firing a “warning shot” during an argument with her abusive husband, may soon be headed back to prison.
Obama-backed jobless bill clears Republican roadblock
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A White House-backed bill to extend jobless benefits for 1.3 million Americans narrowly cleared a Republican procedural roadblock in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, the first volley in a new battle to combat poverty.
