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U.S. Top News: Veterans Affairs chief apologizes for problems, to meet with Obama

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05/30/2014
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Veterans Affairs chief apologizes for problems, to meet with Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki apologized on Friday for scheduling abuses at veterans' healthcare facilities to cover up long wait times, saying the problems were more severe than he initially thought.
Facebook's Zuckerberg pledges $120 million to Bay Area schools
(Reuters) - Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged $120 million to Bay Area schools to help underserved communities in San Francisco, the two wrote in an essay to the San Jose Mercury News.
U.S. charges Kyrgyzstan national with hampering bombing probe
BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials on Friday charged a Kyrgyzstan national who bought dinner for the accused Boston Marathon bombers the night of the attack with interfering with the investigation into the deadly bombing.
Illinois man convicted in four beating deaths, including toddler
(Reuters) - An Illinois man has been convicted of murder in the beating deaths of four people, including a toddler, during a week-long two-state crime spree in which eight people died in June 2008.
Police knew of California gunman's videos, but did not view them
(Reuters) - Police officers who visited Elliot Rodger just weeks before he went on a shooting rampage that left six dead and more than a dozen injured knew of disturbing videos he posted online, but did not check them, officials said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Medicare on drugs: 24,000 tests for 145 patients
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three Connecticut doctors billed Medicare for nearly 24,000 drug tests in 2012 - on just 145 patients. Despite the extraordinary number, Medicare administrators paid the doctors a total of $1.4 million, according to a Reuters analysis of government payments to health providers.
NSA, Snowden clash over 2013 internal email release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An email exchange released on Thursday shows Edward Snowden questioned the U.S. National Security Agency's legal training programs, but provides no evidence the former contractor complained internally about vast NSA surveillance programs that he later leaked to the media.
Central American migrants in Texas flown to Arizona and released
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Authorities flew 400 people suspected of entering the United States illegally to Arizona over the weekend and released them at bus stops because detention facilities were full after a surge in migrants, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
California top court says police must name officers in shootings
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that police departments in the state must as a general rule disclose the names of officers involved in shootings, despite claims by a police union that doing so would endanger their safety.
Detroit airport lockdown ends, passenger behind security scare in custody
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities at Detroit Metropolitan Airport lifted on Thursday a lockdown that had brought traffic to a halt for nearly three hours after the passenger who triggered the security scare was taken into police custody, airport officials said.
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