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Prison seamstress who aided N.Y. escapees pleads guilty

A prison seamstress pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping two murderers escape from a maximum security prison in upstate New York last month. Joyce Mitchell, 51, faces up to seven years for her role in the daring breakout by inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6. In making their escape, the inmates cut through the steel walls of their cells, climbed down a catwalk

Prison seamstress who aided N.Y. escapees pleads guilty

A prison seamstress pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping two murderers escape from a maximum security prison in upstate New York last month. Joyce Mitchell, 51, faces up to seven years for her role in the daring breakout by inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6. In making their escape, the inmates cut through the steel walls of their cells, climbed down a catwalk

U.S. appeals court upholds bulk of Obama air pollution rule

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday mostly upheld a major federal environmental regulation requiring some states to limit pollution that contributes to unhealthy air in neighboring states. Among the challengers were coal company Peabody Energy Corp and energy company American Electric Power Company Inc. The case was before the appeals court for a second time after an April 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision in

U.S. appeals court upholds bulk of Obama air pollution rule

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday mostly upheld a major federal environmental regulation requiring some states to limit pollution that contributes to unhealthy air in neighboring states. Among the challengers were coal company Peabody Energy Corp and energy company American Electric Power Company Inc. The case was before the appeals court for a second time after an April 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision in

Colorado theater shooter's sister says his eyes changed

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — When the younger sister of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes visited him in jail nearly two years after the attack, his eyes bulged from his head and he spoke in short, stilted phrases— a vast difference from the loving brother who protected her while they were growing up, she testified Monday.

Healthcare improving for older Americans

“Although our health care system has its failings, we are making remarkable progress,” said Dr. Harlan Krumholz, the study’s lead author from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. “We will continue to identify our flaws and seek to improve, but people should feel good that all our efforts, collectively, are paying off.” For the new study, the researchers used data on over 68 million people on Medicare, the U.S. health

Healthcare improving for older Americans

“Although our health care system has its failings, we are making remarkable progress,” said Dr. Harlan Krumholz, the study’s lead author from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. “We will continue to identify our flaws and seek to improve, but people should feel good that all our efforts, collectively, are paying off.” For the new study, the researchers used data on over 68 million people on Medicare, the U.S. health

Instead of curbing drinking, college kids try to curb consequences

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – A new study of college students finds that some of their “protective strategies” when they plan on drinking are actually tied to greater alcohol use. This study, and other studies of protective drinking strategies, “seem to be finding similar results, whether looking at 21st birthday drinking, spring break drinking, or college student drinking more generally,” said lead author Melissa A. Lewis of the University