Buy AP Photo Reprints MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont House voted Monday evening to make the state the first in the country to legislate allowing physicians to provide lethal medication to terminally ill patients who request it.By a 75-65 roll call vote, the House concurred with a Senate version of the bill that largely…
Buy AP Photo Reprints WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally, the Heritage Foundation said in a report Monday, setting off a fierce dispute with fellow conservatives who…
SHARE THIS Print Email More sharing RedditStumbleUponDelicious At least nine people killed in India building collapseBy CNN StaffApril 5, 2013 -- Updated 0320 GMT (1120 HKT)(CNN) -- [Breaking news update at 11:15 p.m. Thursday] The death toll from a building collapse in western India has risen to 29, CNN affiliate IBN reported Friday, citing Manoj…
Bei Arbeiten an einer Turbine ist es in einem Atomkraftwerk im US-Bundesstaat Arkansas zu einem tödlichen Unfall gekommen: Herabstürzende Bauteile erschlugen eine Person. Einer der Reaktoren stand bereits still, der zweite wurde abgeschaltet.Bei einem Unfall in einem Atomkraftwerk in den USA sind am Sonntag ein Mensch getötet und drei weitere verletzt worden. Wie der Betreiber…
STORY HIGHLIGHTSJohn Sutter visits a Mississippi county with zero same-sex couples That's according to a UCLA analysis of census data Sutter: Of course, there are lots of gay people in Franklin County, and everywhere He says society tries to push people into the closet, making them invisible Editor's note: John D. Sutter is a human…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS14 patients treated early don't need HIV therapy anymore It's possible the disease will return, but chances are low The study shows the importance of early screening and treatment The results give researchers more hope that a vaccine is possible (CNN) -- Evidence is mounting that it is possible to control the virus that…
STORY HIGHLIGHTSA New York state judge blocks the city's plan to limit the size of sugary drinks Lawrence Gostin: A portion limit is not an attack on freedom; people can still buy soda He says like Big Tobacco, industry has spent millions to fight this effort to combat obesity Gostin: The Board of Health has…
Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel (6) scrambles with the ball as Missouri defensive lineman Kony Ealy (47) tries to stop him during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)Florida quarterback Jeff Driskel (6) scrambles with the ball as Missouri defensive lineman Kony Ealy (47)…
Buy AP Photo Reprints NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An unmanned, underwater vehicle was surveying plugged undersea oil wells Thursday and looking for natural seepage as authorities sought the source of a 10-mile oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said.BSEE also said it had instructed…
FILE - In this April 3, 2012, file photo, Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino speaks during a news conference in Fayetteville, Ark., after being released from a hospital after he was injured in a motorcycle accident. A person familiar with the situation says Petrino is out as coach at Arkansas. The person spoke to The…
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