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Survivors of foodborne illness to demand action on bill

After the recall of more than 500 million eggs from a salmonella outbreak this summer, food safety advocates and survivors of foodborne illness will call for the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that has been in limbo since last year.

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Runaway Christian convert granted U.S. residency

A runaway who said her father threatened to kill her for converting to Christianity from Islam has been granted permanent residency in the United States, her lawyer told CNN on Tuesday.

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Suspect in Utah cop killing arrested

Scott Curley, the man accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy in Utah, has been arrested in Kane County, Utah, after a manhunt that lasted days, authorities said Monday morning.

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Cabbie-stabbing suspect transferred to Bellevue ward

Michael Enright, the man suspected of stabbing a cab driver in New York after learning he was a Muslim, has been moved from jail to a psychiatric ward, a city official said.

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NASA to announce discovery of ‘intriguing planetary system’

For more than a year, the spacecraft Kepler has been combing the vastness of space looking for Earth-like planets.

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SeaWorld fined $75,000 after trainer’s death

SeaWorld has been fined $75,000 by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for three safety violations, including one classified as willful, after the death of one of its animal trainers in February.

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Untamed Alaska challenges pilots

Pilot Zack Tappan has been flying teachers, tourists, doctors, dentists, food, medicine, mail — even paper clips — to remote corners of Alaska for more than a decade.

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13-year-old survivor of plane crash released from Alaska hospital

The youngest survivor of a plane crash that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens last week has been released from a hospital in Alaska, according to his family.

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Oil spill ’still a disaster’ for parts of Gulf, Allen says

The undersea gusher in the Gulf of Mexico has been brought under control, but the worst oil spill in U.S. history will continue to be felt along the Gulf Coast for some time, Obama administration officials said Sunday.

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Court denies request for expedited Ariz. immigration law appeal

A federal appeals court has denied Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s request for an expedited hearing on the state’s controversial immigration law. Instead, the case has been scheduled for a hearing during the first week in November.

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