Locally transmitted Zika virus identified in Miami Beach: source
(Reuters) – Florida health officials have found evidence of local Zika virus transmission in Miami Beach, one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, opening a new front in the fight against the mosquito-borne virus, according to a source fam…
U.S. health agency weighs rules on outside payments for Obamacare
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. government health agency on Thursday said that it was considering new rules to prevent healthcare providers or related groups from steering patients into Obamacare individual insurance plans instead of Medicare or Medicaid i…
Naked Trump statues draw dozens of onlookers in U.S. cities
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An artists’ collective took credit for exposing Donald Trump to unflattering scrutiny on Thursday, saying it was responsible for a life-sized nude statue of the Republican presidential candidate that turned up in a New York City pa…
Boeing wins $2.8 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing Co has been awarded a $2.8 billion contract for KC-46 aircraft, spare parts and wing refueling pod kits, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
California wildfire challenges fight to stem its progress
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Firefighters faced searing temperatures and steep terrain on Thursday as they toiled to contain a fast-moving Southern California wildfire that has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes.
About 86,500 sought federal aid after Louisiana floods
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – Some 86,500 people have filed for federal aid after deadly flooding hit Louisiana in the past several days and damaged some 40,000 homes, Governor John Bel Edwards told a news conference on Thursday.
U.S. to phase out federal use of privately-operated prisons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department plans to phase out its use of privately-operated prisons, which it called less safe and less effective than government-run facilities, according to a memo released publicly by the department on Thursd…
White supremacist stabs black man in Olympia, Washington
(Reuters) – A man who claimed to be affiliated with a white supremacist group stabbed a black man in Olympia, the capital of Washington state, and told police he was lashing out at Black Lives Matter protesters, authorities said on Thursday.
Witness in N.Y. cleric killing ID’d someone other than suspect
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A potential witness in the New York City shooting deaths of a Muslim cleric and his assistant picked out someone during a police lineup who was not the suspect now facing murder charges, a prosecutor said on Thursday.
Seven Chicago officers face firing for role in 2014 shooting of teen
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago’s police superintendent has recommended that seven officers be fired after they were accused of lying about the details of a black teenager’s fatal shooting by a white officer in 2014, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
