Louisiana towns step up tests of water after boy dies from infection
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Some Louisiana towns intensified testing of water supplies on Monday after a 4-year-old boy died from a rare brain-eating amoeba that authorities suspect he contracted while playing on a Slip-N-Slide toy in the backyard of a hom…
Yellen’s star rises in gambling public’s Fed chair bets
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen surged to the top of the betting boards as the most likely pick to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Fed on Monday after former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers withdrew fr…
Twelve dead in Washington DC Navy Yard shooting: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A shooting rampage at the Navy Yard in the U.S. capital has left 12 people dead, including the shooter, Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier said on Monday.
