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Tennessee cities brace for protests over refugee resettlement

(Reuters) - White nationalists and neo-Nazis are expected to converge on the small Tennessee cities of Shelbyville and Murfreesboro on Saturday to protest refugee resettlement in the state, seven months after it sued the U.S. government over the issue. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2lrrK4P

Sex and drugs: U.S. study links marijuana use to more intercourse

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Where there is smoke, there tends to be fire, say medical researchers who found frequent marijuana users have about 20 percent more sex than those who abstain. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2gI5ONy

Authorities arrest suspect wanted for killing two men at Grambling State

(Reuters) - A suspect was arrested on Thursday for the shooting death of two men at Grambling State University in Louisiana, the local sheriff said. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2yU9KoF

Pharmacist guilty of fraud, not murder, over U.S. meningitis outbreak

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts pharmacist was convicted of racketeering and fraud charges but was cleared of murder on Wednesday for his role in a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds more across the United States. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2yQMJTE

Chicago school board approves revised budget, $1.1 billion bonds

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday signed off on a revised fiscal 2018 budget and up to $1.1 billion of bonds the junk-rated school district tentatively plans to sell next month. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2z7NHvF

Pharmacist guilty of fraud, not murder, in U.S. meningitis outbreak

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts pharmacist was convicted of racketeering and fraud charges but was cleared of murder on Wednesday for his role in a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds more across the United States. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2iAchy0

Risky missions, injuries for U.S. troops who searched for Bergdahl

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) - In the weeks after U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl walked off his remote post in Afghanistan in June 2009, the service members who searched for him carried out risky rescue attempts and endured harsh living conditions, they testified on Wednesday. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2yQm35n

Prosecutor charged in New York jail beating cover-up

(Reuters) - A Long Island, New York, prosecutor and his chief of investigations were indicted on Wednesday on federal charges accusing them of trying to thwart a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into the beating of a handcuffed inmate by a police chief. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2yMipcU

Conjoined twins posed ethical dilemma for Massachusetts hospital

BOSTON (Reuters) - Doctors at the MassGeneral Hospital for Children faced an ethical challenge when a pair of conjoined twins born in Africa arrived last year seeking surgery that could save only one of them, according to a medical journal article due out Thursday. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2zPoVxz

Michelin 3-star restaurants rise to seven in San Francisco area

(Reuters) - The number of the restaurants in the San Francisco area with Michelin's highest accolade of three stars grew to seven in the 2018 dining guide for the region that will be launched on Friday. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2yOr6CW

Rhode Island doctor pleads guilty to opioid kickback scheme related to Insys

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Rhode Island doctor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges he participated in a scheme to obtain kickbacks in exchange for writing prescriptions for an addictive fentanyl-based cancer pain drug produced by Insys Therapeutics Inc. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2y7fSWs

Navy SEAL saw risks in search for U.S. soldier Bergdahl

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) - Former Navy SEAL James Hatch, shot in the leg during a July 2009 attempt to rescue U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan, testified on Wednesday he knew someone would get hurt or killed searching for the soldier after he left his post. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2gAYy62

Immigrant teenager at center of U.S. legal fight has abortion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 17-year-old illegal immigrant held in federal custody in Texas who the Trump administration had sought to block from having an abortion underwent the procedure on Wednesday, a day after a court overruled the government's objections, her lawyers said. from Reuters: U.S. http://ift.tt/2y39S6d