PA abortion doctor serving life for murder gets 30 years for drugs
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Philadelphia abortion doctor already serving life in prison for murdering babies during late-term abortions was sentenced on Monday to 30 years for illegally selling painkillers out of his clinic.
U.S. scholars’ group backs call for academic boycott of Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An association of American scholars has voted for an academic boycott of Israeli colleges and universities in protest against Israeli policies towards the Palestinians, the group said on Monday.
Head of Pentagon’s effort to curb sexual assault retires
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Defense Department’s effort to curb sexual assault in the military, Major General Gary Patton, has decided to retire and will step down in mid-January, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday.
Outgoing Virginia governor unveils $96 billion biennial budget
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Outgoing Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell proposed a $96 billion biennial budget on Monday that forecasts continued revenue growth and lays out a plan to bring the state’s rainy-day fund to $1 billion by fiscal 2016.
Six indicted in Nevada accused of fraud in international investment scheme
(Reuters) – Six men from the United States and Switzerland have been indicted on suspicion of pocketing at least $5.6 million from investors who were told the cash was being put into high-yield European equities and debt offerings, the U.S. Department …
Snowstorm unlikely to hurt U.S. holiday sales: analysts
(Reuters) – The snowstorm that hit the U.S. Northeast and Midwest this past weekend is unlikely to hurt overall holiday sales, analysts say, even as the shorter shopping season makes every day crucial for retailers in the final sprint to Christmas.
Lawyers for accused Boston bomber want more time for venue motion
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for the accused Boston Marathon bomber asked a judge on Monday to extend past February 28 the deadline to try to move his trial outside of Boston, saying they cannot make such a request before they know if he is facing the …
Harvard reopens all evacuated buildings after bomb scare
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) – Harvard University on Monday reopened four buildings at the heart of its centuries-old campus outside Boston that had been evacuated earlier after the school received an e-mail warning explosives had been planted on…
Illinois county to allow same-sex marriages for gravely ill
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Same-sex couples in Cook County Illinois, which includes Chicago, can obtain emergency marriage licenses before next June if one partner has a life-threatening illness, officials said on Monday.
White House says Snowden should still face charges in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House spokesman Jay Carney dismissed the suggestion on Monday that the United States could grant amnesty to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden if he were to turn over the documents in his possession.
