Florida extends health emergency over Zika amid growing U.S. concern
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott expanded a public health emergency over the Zika virus on Thursday, adding a fifth county to the list of areas in the state with travel-related cases.
Biker lawyer says deadly Denver brawl was self-defense
DENVER (Reuters) – A lawyer for a biker club that had a member killed during a knife and gun fight at a Denver motorcycle show last week said on Thursday the man had been trying to disarm a drunken rival and that his comrades were acting in self-defens…
Si or no? U.S. states debate swapping computer coding for languages
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida high school student Brooke Stewart would gladly swap two required foreign language classes to become fluent in JavaScript or Python, the coding languages she uses to design computer games.
IRS resumes processing tax returns Thursday after system outage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Thursday it had resumed processing individual and business tax returns at about 5 p.m. EST on Thursday after a system outage.
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…
