Obamacare enrollment by Latinos hurt by immigration law concerns
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Concerns among Hispanics that signing up for medical insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law may draw the scrutiny of immigration authorities has hurt enrollment, according to advocates of the policy.
Insurers wary of new Obamacare fix for January health plans
(Reuters) – Insurance companies are struggling with a new request by the Obama administration to make sure people receive medical benefits under healthcare reform come January 1, even if they miss a sign-up deadline set for next Monday.
Accused Los Angeles airport gunman indicted on 11 federal charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The man accused of opening fire at Los Angeles International Airport last month, killing a federal security screener and wounding three other people, was indicted on Tuesday on charges of premeditated murder and attempted murder…
Gunman kills one, then himself at Nevada medical building
(Reuters) – A man opened fire on Tuesday in a Reno, Nevada, medical building, killing one person and injuring two others before he died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
Oklahoma executes man convicted of killing horse trainer
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma executed by lethal injection on Tuesday a man convicted of stabbing and beating a horse trainer to death in a case of mistaken identity.
Oklahoma executes man for killing horse trainer in 1998
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma executed by lethal injection on Tuesday a 48-year-old man convicted of stabbing and beating a horse trainer to death in a case of mistaken identity.
Harvard student charged with bomb threat hoax: U.S. officials
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Harvard University student was charged with making a false claim that bombs had been placed at up to four buildings on the school’s campus in a bid to get out of taking a final exam, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Colorado high school gunman had intended to attack five classrooms
DENVER (Reuters) – The teenage gunman who stormed a Colorado high school last week, critically wounding a classmate, intended to attack five classrooms and scrawled on his forearm the Latin phrase meaning, “The die has been cast,” investigators said on…
Gunman, one other dead in shooting at Nevada medical building: police
(Reuters) – A man opened fire on Tuesday in a Reno, Nevada, medical building, killing one person and injuring two others before he died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, deputy police chief Tom Robinson said.
Mysterious bald eagle deaths under scrutiny in Utah
(Reuters) – A number of unexplained bald eagle deaths in Utah when hundreds of the government-protected birds have migrated to wintering grounds in the central Rocky Mountains has wildlife officials worried.
