Billionaire U.S. candy heiress pleads guilty in fatal crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Billionaire candy heiress Jacqueline Badger Mars, who owns a third of the Mars Inc candy company, pleaded guilty on Thursday to misdemeanor reckless driving charges stemming from a fatal accident in Virginia.
Florida Supreme Court hears arguments over marijuana ballot
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Florida’s Supreme Court justices raised concerns on Thursday at a hearing on a proposed constitutional ballot amendment to allow medical use of marijuana, questioning whether its language might mislead voters into legal…
Child killed in school bus accident in Idaho: state police
(Reuters) – One boy was killed and four more injured on Thursday when a bus carrying elementary schoolchildren collided with a dump truck at a rural intersection in Idaho, a state police spokeswoman said.
Italian court moves to expel former Ku Klux Klan leader
MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian court has ruled in favor of the expulsion of ex-Ku Klux Klan leader and former Louisiana politician David Duke from Italy, where he had been living for a year and a half, local police said on Thursday.
U.S. charges 49 Russian diplomats with healthcare fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have charged 49 current and former Russian diplomats and their family members with participating in a scheme to get health benefits intended for the poor by lying about their income.
Spike in U.S. measles cases shows disease still a threat: officials
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The number of reported cases of measles in the United States this year is nearly three times the annual average, federal health officials said on Thursday, highlighting the continued threat of the disease 50 years after development …
Billionaire candy heiress pleads guilty in fatal crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Billionaire candy heiress Jacqueline Badger Mars pleaded guilty on Thursday to misdemeanor reckless driving charges stemming from a fatal accident in Virginia.
Child killed in school bus accident in Idaho: state police
(Reuters) – A school bus carrying about 10 Idaho elementary school children collided with a dump truck west of Boise on Thursday, killing one student and injuring four more, a state police spokeswoman said.
Heavy ice, snow threaten wide swath of United States
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Americans from Texas to New York were steeling on Thursday for an icy blast of winter storms expected to blanket roads and power lines with ice and threaten travel across a wide swath of the United States, forecasters said.
U.S. pregnancy rate slides to 12-year low, federal report finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The pregnancy rate among U.S. women fell to its lowest point in 12 years in 2009, continuing its slide from a peak in 1990, according to U.S. government data released on Thursday.
