Clinton says all e-mails in
WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says in a sworn statement to a federal judge that she’s turned over all e-mails in her possession reflecting official government business.
The statement, which carries her signature and was signed under penalty of perjury, was submitted in federal court Monday.
It echoes past public statements that Clinton has made in the last few months regarding her private e-mail account.
In the statement, she also declares that 55,000 pages of e-mails were turned over to the State Department last December. The declaration was made as part of a lawsuit filed by the conservative group Judicial Watch, which had sued for records related to Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.
Legionnaires’ kills 12 •NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says 12 people have now died from a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak.
De Blasio said Monday that cases now total 113. That number went up slightly because people were diagnosed after the fact. There have been no new cases in the last week, and authorities say there’s no sign of anyone else getting sick. The outbreak is the largest in city history. It is centered in the South Bronx, where 12 buildings have tested positive for the bacteria.
The disease is a form of pneumonia. It’s caused by breathing in mist contaminated with the Legionella bacteria. It’s not clear what triggered the outbreak, which began last month.
Drone spotted near airport •NEWARK, N.J. — The Federal Aviation Administration says crews on four commercial flights spotted a drone while prepping for landing at Newark Liberty International Airport over the weekend.
reports none of the pilots were required to make evasive maneuvers. The planes were between 2,000 and 3,000 feet in the air and eight to 13 miles away from the airport.
The FAA says flying a drone near an airplane can bring criminal charges and fines up to $25,000.
Obama says GOP opposes Iran deal over politics •CHILMARK, Mass. — Brush ing off criticism from a majority in Congress, President Barack Obama said Republicans are opposing the Iran nuclear deal because his name is on it.
Ahead of next month’s deadline for a vote that could derail the agreement, Obama argued in two interviews released Monday that solid GOP opposition was unsurprising. He cited Republicans’ resistance to his health care law and budget proposals as evidence their hostility had nothing to do with what’s in the deal.
“Unfortunately, a large portion of the Republican Party, if not a near unanimous portion of Republican representatives, are going to be opposed to anything that I do,” Obama told NPR News.
Judge tosses execution drug lawsuit •ATLAN- TA — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by lawyers for a Georgia death row inmate that claimed the state violated their client’s constitutional rights by subjecting her to cruel and unusual punishment.
Kelly Gissendaner was scheduled for execution at 7 p.m. March 2. Corrections officials told reporters about 11 p.m. that they were postponing the execution “out of an abundance of caution” because the lethal injection drug appeared “cloudy.” Corrections officials the next day announced a temporary suspension of executions until they could analyze the drug.
Gissendaner’s lawyers filed a complaint a week later saying she had suffered 13 hours of anxiety not knowing whether the state would proceed with her execution and what drugs it might use. Her lawyers also argued that the problem with the lethal injection drug means she could be subject to cruel and unusual punishment when her execution is rescheduled.
Board says judges can’t choose marriage type they perform •COLUMBUS, OHIO — Judges who perform marriages in Ohio can’t refuse to marry same-sex couples on personal or moral grounds or because of religious beliefs, according to a state judicial conduct board.
In addition, judges who stop performing all marriages to avoid marrying same-sex couples may be interpreted as biased and could be disqualified from any case where sexual orientation is an issue, according to an opinion by the Ohio Supreme Court’s Board of Professional Conduct issued Friday and made public Monday.
Strep’s evolution may help create vaccine •WASHINGTON — The same bacteria that cause simple strep throat sometimes trigger bloodstream or even flesh-eating infections instead, and over the years, dangerous cases have increased. Now, researchers have uncovered how some strains of this bug evolved to become more aggressive.
The bacterial sleuthing may offer clues for developing a vaccine against group A streptococcus. Denver Post wire services
