U.S. Marine Corps expects budget squeeze to fund fleet modernization
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States Marine Corps will try to maintain funding for its plans to modernize its fleet of aging aircraft and ships in the fiscal 2017 defense budget, the commandant of the Marine Corps said on Thursday.
Smirking Shkreli refuses lawmakers’ questions, calls them ‘imbeciles’
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former drug executive Martin Shkreli smirked and brushed off questions about drug prices then tweeted that lawmakers were imbeciles on Thursday, when he appeared at a U.S. congressional hearing against his will.
Oklahoma ex-patrolman to be arraigned for traffic-stop sexual assaults
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma judge on Thursday allowed a case to proceed against a former Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer accused of pulling over three women at separate traffic stops and sexually assaulting them, a legal official said.
Guard at N.Y.’s Rikers Island charged with smuggling drugs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A correction officer at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex has been charged with smuggling synthetic marijuana, also known as “K2,” into the facility.
Charges brought against four protesters still occupying Oregon wildlife refuge
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Four anti-government activists still occupying a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon have been indicted along with 12 others previously arrested on charges of conspiring to impede federal officers during a month-long armed standof…
Ahead of Super Bowl, officials unveil $39 million counterfeit haul
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A year-long operation targeting counterfeit sporting goods resulted in the seizure of $39 million worth of merchandise, including about half a million dollars-worth in the Bay Area ahead of Super Bowl 50, U.S. officials said o…
Fantasy sports legal in Rhode Island, attorney general says
(Reuters) – Paid fantasy sports games are legal in Rhode Island, the state’s attorney general said on Thursday, urging legislators to develop laws to regulate the fast-growing industry.
Six bodies found in a Chicago house; police investigate homicide
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The bodies of five adults and a child were found on Thursday in a house in south Chicago and their deaths were being investigated as homicide, police said.
New York City mayor wants city retirement system for private employees
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s mayor Bill de Blasio will call for a city-run retirement system for private sector employees in his annual keynote address on Thursday.
U.S. signs up 12.7 million Americans for Obamacare health insurance
NEW YORK (Reuters) – About 12.7 million Americans signed up for 2016 health insurance coverage through the government insurance exchanges, surpassing its expectations, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said on Thursday.
