Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Motive behind Waffle House shooting eludes Nashville police

Motive behind Waffle House shooting eludes Nashville police

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Nashville police were working on Tuesday to determine what motivated a gunman with an AR-15 rifle to kill four people at an all-night Waffle House restaurant, having arrested a suspect with a history of erratic behavior.

U.S. anti-Muslim hate crimes rose 15 percent in 2017: advocacy group

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hate crimes targeting U.S. Muslims rose 15 percent in 2017, the second year of increases, according to a study released on Monday by advocacy group the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Southwest cancels more U.S. flights as it inspects engines

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co canceled more flights on Monday as it worked to complete inspections of engines like the one that failed last week in a deadly accident over Pennsylvania.

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush admitted to Houston hospital

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was admitted to a Houston hospital for an infection that spread to his blood a day after the funeral of Barbara Bush, his wife of seven decades, a family spokesman said on Monday.

Closing arguments to begin in Cosby's sexual assault trial

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - The prosecution and Bill Cosby's defense team are expected to begin closing arguments on Tuesday in the retrial of the entertainer, who is accused of drugging and raping a one-time friend more than a decade ago.

Express Scripts targets new migraine drugs to change U.S. pricing dynamic

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The largest U.S. manager of prescription benefits is telling drugmakers that the current pricing model is broken, and taking aim at Amgen Inc and other makers of new migraine medicines to try and fix it.

Prince heirs sue Illinois hospital, Walgreens pharmacy chain over singer's death

(Reuters) - Heirs of Prince have sued an Illinois hospital and pharmacy chain Walgreens, saying they could have prevented the singer's 2016 death if they had properly diagnosed and treated his overdose days earlier, a court document showed on Monday.

Monkey in 'selfie' cannot sue for copyright, U.S. court says

(Reuters) - Monkeys lack standing to sue for copyright protection and an animal rights group cannot act as legal guardian in such matters, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday, in a battle over ownership of a smiling "selfie" taken by an endangered macaque.

Ex-Insys employee in U.S. opioid case sentenced to home confinement

(Reuters) - A former Insys Therapeutics Inc sales representative was sentenced on Monday to six months of home confinement after admitting that she participated in a scheme to pay kickbacks to two Alabama doctors to prescribe a fentanyl-based medication.

Migrant 'caravan' that angers Trump nears U.S.-Mexico border

HERMOSILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - Hundreds of Central American migrants traveling in a "caravan" were in limbo in the northern Mexican city of Hermosillo on Monday on the final stretch of a journey to the United States where President Donald Trump ordered officials to repel them.

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