Ohio school employee pleads not guilty to hindering rape probe
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) – The director of technology for the Steubenville, Ohio, schools pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he obstructed an investigation into the rape last year of a teenage girl by two high school football players who …
California enacts law allowing nurses to perform some abortions
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – California’s Democratic governor signed a law on Wednesday that will allow nurses and midwives to perform some abortions, a move supporters hope will influence the national debate on abortion even as other states are tightening t…
Woman missing from San Francisco hospital found dead in stairway
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A British-born woman who mysteriously disappeared from her San Francisco hospital bed was found dead 17 days later in a stairwell in the same medical center, after a massive search that saw tour bus operators hand out flyers, …
Gunman opens fire on federal building in West Virginia: report
(Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on the Federal Building in Wheeling, West Virginia, on Wednesday, and the shooter has since died, police and news reports said.
New Jersey town to require permit for begging
(Reuters) – The southern New Jersey community of Middle Township will require beggars to have a permit, in response to repeated complaints to police about nuisance panhandling over the past year.
Security tightened for Chicago Marathon after Boston attack
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Increased security will be in effect for Sunday’s Chicago Marathon, the first major marathon staged in the United States since the tragic April bombing at the Boston race, organizers and police said.
During shutdown, U.S. charity to ensure fallen troops’ death benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A private U.S. charity struck a deal with the Pentagon on Wednesday to advance a “death gratuity” to families of American troops who die during the government shutdown, after the Defense Department determined it was legally unabl…
U.S. nuclear agency to shut; reactor report not available
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will shut on Thursday as the agency’s carryover funds have been depleted, the chairman said in a blog.
Judge won’t issue gag order in ex-NFL player murder case
FALL RIVER, Massachusetts (Reuters) – The judge hearing the murder trial of former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez declined on Wednesday to issue a gag order prohibiting lawyers involved in the case from speaking about it publicly.
ACLU sues Ohio for including abortion restrictions in its budget
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sued the state over including abortion-related provisions in its budget, in what abortion rights activists charged was an effort to quietly restrict women’s access to clinics.
