Pentagon chief fires military assistant, cites misconduct allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter removed his senior military assistant, Lieutenant General Ron Lewis, from his position on Thursday over allegations of misconduct that Carter learned of this week.
Students across U.S. march over debt, free public college
(Reuters) – Students held demonstrations on university campuses across the United States on Thursday to protest ballooning student loan debt for higher education and rally for tuition-free public colleges.
U.S. veteran rescued on Veterans’ Day after 4 days in Oregon woods
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – A U.S. Army veteran who drank from puddles to survive while lost for four days in the Oregon woods was found on Veteran’s Day thanks to a hunter who heard his cries for help, and a rescuer who read about his plight online, au…
Secret Service officer arrested in child sexting sting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Secret Service officer assigned to the White House was arrested this week after he sent naked pictures of himself to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl, according to a criminal complaint.
Penn State’s Sandusky wins partial victory in bid for child-sex retrial
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A state judge on Thursday ordered Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane to turn over any documents she holds that might suggest the victims of convicted child sex offender Jerry Sandusky had a financial incentive to sh…
Pentagon chief fires military assistant, cites misconduct allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter removed his senior military assistant, Lieutenant General Ron Lewis, from his position on Thursday over allegations of misconduct that Carter said he learned of this week.
Crew spoke about weather before deadly Ohio jet crash: officials
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Thirty minutes of cockpit audio recording recovered from a business jet in Ohio revealed that crew members were discussing weather conditions and landing before a crash that killed all nine people on board, federal officials said …
Utah judge orders foster child removed from married lesbian couple
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A married lesbian couple in Utah are reported to be readying a legal challenge to a judge’s decision ordering them to relinquish custody of a foster child because of their sexual orientation.
Texas tries to stitch a safety net without Planned Parenthood
MCALLEN, Texas(Reuters) – Four years after cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood, the state of Texas says it has been able to rebuild its safety net, in what could be a model for Republicans in Congress who hope to defund the nation’s largest fami…
Reputed New York mobster, 80, cleared in 1978 ‘Goodfellas’ heist
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An 80-year-old reputed mobster was found not guilty on Thursday of participating in a brazen 1978 New York airport heist that helped inspire the Mafia movie “Goodfellas.”
