Sioux Falls woman wins baby powder suit
St Louis, MO (KELO-AM) A Sioux Falls woman has been awarded $55 million in her talcum powder suit against Johnson & Johnson.Lawyers for 62-year-old Gloria Ristesund convinced the jury in St. Louis,...
View ArticleAlleged Texas shooter knocked murder victim's gun from his hands: police
By Lisa Maria GarzaDALLAS (Reuters) - An Army private accused of shooting his wife during an argument in a Dallas-area parking lot and killing a man who tried to intervene knocked the man's gun from...
View ArticleSouth Dakota disabled issue makes national headlines
New York, NY (KELO-AM) South Dakota made headlines in the New York Times on Tuesday, but the story was far from flattering.The Times did a big story on the U.S. Justice Department accusing South Dakota...
View ArticleNew York City to pay U.S. $4.3 million in Medicare fraud case
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City agreed to pay the U.S. government $4.3 million to settle a civil fraud lawsuit accusing the city's fire department of accepting tens of thousands...
View ArticleNo charges against Virginia police for using stun guns on man who later died
(Reuters) - A Virginia prosecutor declined on Tuesday to seek criminal charges against police officers who used stun guns repeatedly on a black man in 2013 before he died.Halifax County Commonwealth's...
View ArticleWhite House may create monument to gay rights: Washington Post
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is set to declare the first national monument recognizing the contributions of the U.S. gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, the...
View ArticleRequests for data rise sharply under secretive U.S. surveillance orders
By Dustin Volz and Mark HosenballWASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI requests for customer records under a secretive surveillance order increased by nearly 50 percent in 2015, according to a U.S. government...
View ArticleJohn Kasich suspends presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John Kasich ended his longshot presidential bid on Wednesday, leaving Donald Trump's path clear to capture the Republican nomination for the Nov. 8 election.Kasich,...
View ArticleWreckage of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour may be in U.S. harbor
By Scott MalonePROVIDENCE (Reuters) - The wreckage of the Endeavour, the storied British ship that 18th-century explorer Captain James Cook sailed through the uncharted South Pacific, may lie a few...
View ArticleU.S. to boost airport staffing to manage long security lines
By Jeffrey Dastin(Reuters) - With airlines worried that long security lines may discourage summer travelers, the U.S. government said on Wednesday it will add airport staff and bomb-sniffing dogs and...
View ArticleU.S. Navy SEAL killed in Iraq was part of 'quick reaction force'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy SEAL killed by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq on Tuesday was part of a "quick reaction force" called in after a firefight broke out involving American...
View ArticleU.S. women face 'motherhood wage gap,' research shows
By Ellen WulfhorstNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mothers in the United States make 73 cents for every dollar earned by fathers, a wage gap even wider than the one between men and women...
View ArticleLawsuit extends fascination with Kent State deaths 46 years on
By Daniel TrottaNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday revives lingering questions about the bloodshed at Kent State University, a traumatic event in U.S. history that still holds...
View ArticleOklahoma woman charged with killing four at parade pleads not guilty
By Lenzy Krehbiel-BurtonTULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - A woman charged with killing four people and injuring more than 40 others by plowing her car into a crowd at Oklahoma State University’s 2015 homecoming...
View ArticleAmish lose appeal of convictions in Ohio beard-cutting attacks
By Joseph Ax(Reuters) - Fifteen members of an Ohio Amish sect convicted in a spate of beard- and hair-cutting attacks on other adherents to their faith lost a bid on Wednesday to have their convictions...
View ArticleFather of ex-investment banker avoids prison for insider trading
By Brendan Pierson(Reuters) - The father of a former investment banker at Perella Weinberg Partners and JPMorgan Chase & Co was sentenced on Wednesday to a year of home confinement and three more...
View ArticleObama: Filtered water in Flint is safe for kids over 6 years old
FLINT, Mich. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged parents in Flint, Michigan, to ensure their children were tested for lead in their blood even as he sought to assure the community...
View ArticleFlint official cuts deal in water crisis, agrees to aid prosecutors
By Serena Maria DanielsFLINT, Mich. (Reuters) - An official in Flint, Michigan, agreed to cooperate in probes of dangerous levels of lead in the city's drinking water as part of a deal reached on...
View ArticleGeorgia governor vetoes guns on college campuses
By David BeasleyATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia Republican Governor Nathan Deal vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would have allowed licensed gun owners to carry concealed handguns on the state's public...
View ArticleNew Mexico man faces charges in kidnapping, slaying of Navajo girl
By Zelie PollonSANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - A man accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico and striking her on the head with a tire iron made his initial court...
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