Sunday, 9 August 2015

Richard S. Schweiker, a former United States representative and senator from Pennsylvania who was the secretary of health and human services during the first term of President Ronald Reagan, died on Friday in Pomona, N.J. He was 89.His son Richard Schweiker Jr. said on Monday that Mr. Schweiker had died of complications of an infection at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center after spending a week with his family at his home in Ocean City, N.J.Mr. Schweiker was president of a Washington-based lobbying...

Friday, 30 January 2015

Marion 'Suge' Knight has been arrested for murder in connection to a "fatal traffic incident" the Los Angeles County Sheriff has confirmed. He is being held in West Hollywood on bail of $2m (£1.3m). The record producer had earlier surrendered to police after he was declared a suspect in a hit-and-run where one man died. Another man was injured and although he is currently in hospital, his condition...
Future residents of Fernvale Lea were mostly relieved after being told that the building of a commercially run columbarium close to their new homes will not be happening now. But some were still uncomfortable with the idea that the eventual Chinese temple in the estate might still include a resting place for the dead, if its trustees decide to include niches for ashes. Since last December, more than 1,000 people have signed an online petition to "say no to a columbarium next to our future home"....