Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, testifies before a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on "Affordable Care Act Implementation on Capitol Hill in Washington.
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel wrote on Monday that some of the abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature are unconstitutional and will not take effect as scheduled, The Associated Press reported. Yeakel wrote that the regulations "violated the rights of abortion doctors to do what they think is best for their patients and would unreasonably restrict a woman's access to abortion clinics,"
Penn State officials announced that it will pay $59.7 million to settle claims by 26 young men who said they were sexually abused by the school's former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The 69-year-old is serving 30 to 60 years in prison after being convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse last year.
A suspected U.S. drone strike reportedly killed at least two Islamist al-Shabaab terrorists who were driving in a car in Mogadishu on Monday.
