New York City to pay U.S. $4.3 million in Medicare fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City agreed to pay the U.S. government $4.3 million to settle a civil fraud lawsuit accusing the city’s fire department of accepting tens of thousands of improper Medicare reimbursements for emergency ambulance services.
Bill allowing guns on Tennessee campuses becomes law
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Educators and other full-time staffers at Tennessee’s public state universities and colleges will soon be able to carry handguns on campus after Governor Bill Haslam allowed a bill to become law on Monday without his signature.
Connecticut rabbi, former police commissioner accused of child sex abuse
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former police commissioner in New Haven, Connecticut, who became a rabbi is accused of sexually abusing a teenager in his care from 2001 to 2005, according to a federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
Man hijacks Washington bus, kills pedestrian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man hijacked a Washington D.C. bus on Tuesday and drove it into a gas station, killing a pedestrian in an incident that was over in less than three minutes, police said.
Washington’s 2015 subway fire showed widespread safety lapses: agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Washington subway fire last year that killed a passenger and injured 91 people showed widespread shortcomings by the U.S. capital’s troubled transit system and emergency personnel, safety officials said on Tuesday.
Obama to meet with Flint, Michigan residents on water crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with 1,000 residents of Flint, Michigan, at a roundtable discussion about the city’s water crisis during his visit to the Detroit suburb on Wednesday, the White House said.
U.S. prosecutors consider more charges against ex-CEO Shkreli
(Reuters) – Former drug executive Martin Shkreli, who last year became a lightning rod for outrage over soaring prescription drug prices, may face additional U.S. charges of securities fraud, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.
U.S. families struggling with teens’ phone addiction: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Half of teenagers in the United States feel addicted to their mobile phones, with most checking the devices at least every hour and feeling pressured to respond immediately to messages, a survey released on Tuesday found.
Aeromexico plane diverted to Houston after passenger dies: newspaper
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – An Aeromexico plane flying from Chicago to Mexico made an unplanned landing in Houston on Tuesday after a passenger on board died during the flight, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Solar-powered plane lands in Arizona on round-the-world flight
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A solar-powered airplane midway through a historic bid to circle the globe completed the 10th leg of its journey on Monday, landing in Arizona after a 16-hour flight from California, the project team said.
