Tuesday, May 21, 2013
 
 
Healthcare workers set to strike California public hospitals
By Ronnie Cohen

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees at five University of California medical centers plan to strike on Tuesday in a move that threatens to back up emergency rooms and already has forced the postponement of elective surgeries.

V...
 
Frantic search for two dozen missing children in Oklahoma tornado
(Reuters) - Rescue workers searched the rubble of a school in Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday to find some two dozen missing children following a huge tornado that leveled part of the town, Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor Todd Lamb said.

In an interview on CNN, Lamb said rescue workers rushed in f...
 
Dozens injured in Oklahoma tornado, hospitals say
(Reuters) - Dozens of people were injured in a huge tornado that flattened parts of Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday, according to officials of three hospitals.

There were no confirmed reports of fatalities yet.

Integris Southwest Medical center in Oklahoma City, which has ...
 
Pentagon to take over some CIA drone operations : sources
By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, several U.S. government sources said on Monday....
 
U.S. panel votes to speed up airport fingerprinting of immigrants
By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High-tech systems for tracking the movements of immigrants and other foreigners when leaving the United States would be installed at major U.S. airports under a plan approved by a congressional panel on Monday.

The Senate Judici...
 
OG&E assessing power grid damage from Oklahoma tornado
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co, a unit of OGE Corp, has begun to assess damage to its electric grid following Monday's tornado which left a path of destruction near Oklahoma City, a spokesman said Monday evening.

The utility has also called on outside utilities to help ...
 
Court orders prison to hand over files in Boston bomb case
BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge approved a request by accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers that his jailers hand over their files on him, including suicide watch logs and psychological data, according to court documents released on Monday.

The defense has said ...
 
Judge in NY 'stop and frisk' trial mulls cameras for police
By Bernard Vaughan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The federal judge who will rule in a class-action lawsuit accusing New York City police of racial profiling in their stop and frisk crime-fighting tactic expressed interest in having police officers wear cameras as the trial concluded on Monday.
 
Parents turn to Internet to help daughter charged with sex with girl minor
By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Thousands of people have protested against the prosecution of an 18-year-old Florida high school senior after her parents launched an Internet petition claiming she was charged with sex crimes only because her lover, a then 14-year-old schoolm...
 
White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday.

The five-year farm bill would cost about $500 billion, with three-fourths of the m...
 



Dozens injured in Oklahoma tornado, hospitals say
(Reuters) - Dozens of people were injured in a huge tornado that flattened parts of Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday, according to officials of three hospitals.

There were no confirmed reports of fatalities yet.

Integris Southwest Medical center in Oklahoma City, which has ...
 
Monster tornado devastates area near Oklahoma City
By Lindsay Morris

TULSA, Oklahoma (Reuters) - A huge tornado flattened an area near Oklahoma City on Monday, tearing up at least two schools and leaving a wake of tangled wreckage as a dangerous storm system threatened as many as 10 U.S. states.

Television video showe...
 
U.S. charges 3 NYU researchers in Chinese bribery case
By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities brought criminal charges against three New York University researchers on Monday, alleging they conspired to take bribes from Chinese medical and research outfits for details about NYU research into magnetic resonan...
 
US names envoy to combat anti-Semitism, warns of rising incidents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new State Department report warned about incidents in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran.

Secretary of State John Kerry named Ira Forman, a long time director of the National Jewish...
 
Oklahoma tornado rated EF4, second strongest level, agency says
(Reuters) - The huge tornado that struck the town of Moore, Oklahoma, on Monday was given a preliminary rating of at least EF4, or the second highest strength level, with winds of up to 200 miles per hour, a U.S. government agency said.

We believe it was at least an EF4, said Keli Pirtle...
 
Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest
By Renita D. Young

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the matter.

The prote...
 
Connecticut rail delays continue, seen repaired by Wednesday
By Richard Weizel

WESTPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut rail commuters endured crowded and rerouted rides in to work on Monday, as Metro-North worked to repair the busiest U.S. rail line after a two-train collision and derailment injured more than 70 people late last week.

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White House to brief Democrats on economy on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic lawmakers has been invited to the White House on Tuesday for a briefing about economic issues from two top advisers to President Barack Obama on Tuesday.

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Alan Krueger, chairman of the Council of Eco...
 
Huge tornado flattens area near Oklahoma City
By Lindsay Morris

TULSA, Oklahoma (Reuters) - A huge tornado flattened an area near Oklahoma City on Monday, leaving a wake of tangled wreckage, as a dangerous storm system threatened as many as 10 states.

At least two schools were in the path of the tornado, televisi...
 
Supreme Court to hear case of disgruntled frequent flyer
By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to weigh whether federal law prevented a customer from suing an airline for kicking him out of its frequent flyer program for allegedly complaining too frequently about the service.

Rabb...
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





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