Pentagon watchdog reassigns audit chief after Reuters report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department Inspector General is reassigning one of his top deputies just weeks after Reuters reported that the deputy had forced staff to sign off on a disputed audit of the Marine Corps.
Eleven inmates injured in Oklahoma prison fight
(Reuters) – Eleven inmates were sent to hospital for injuries suffered in a fight that broke out in a prison northeast of Oklahoma City, a state prisons spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Proposed Obamacare 2016 premiums rise 5.8 percent in seven states, D.C.: study
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Proposed rates for health insurance premiums on “silver” plans to be sold on the Obamacare exchanges are up 5.8 percent from 2015 on average, according to a study of seven states and the District of Columbia by researchers at Avale…
U.S. multiracial population is growing, nears 7 percent: survey
(Reuters) – The number of mixed-race people in the United States is on the rise, comprising about 7 percent of American adults, according to a Pew Research Center survey released on Thursday.
Manhunt for escaped New York inmates expands to Vermont
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The hunt for two inmates who escaped from a New York maximum security prison expanded to neighboring Vermont on Wednesday as the pair set a record for the longest jailbreak in New York history, authorities said.
Cattle truck spills clog Oklahoma highways with livestock
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – Parts of major highways in Tulsa and near Oklahoma City were temporarily closed on Thursday morning after trucks carrying cattle crashed and tipped over in separate incidents, spilling scores of livestock on the roadways.
Williams natgas pipeline in Pennsylvania ruptures; no injuries
(Reuters) – Williams Cos Inc said a natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania ruptured late Wednesday, requiring area residents to evacuate their homes briefly but causing no injuries or impact to service.
Man shot dead, eight injured at Connecticut apartment complex: media
(Reuters) – One man was shot dead and eight other people were injured at an apartment complex in Connecticut in the early hours of Thursday morning by what officials believed were more than one assailant, local broadcaster WFSB reported.
Escape tests New York prison’s ties with rural town
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rural New York prison, that two inmates escaped from over the weekend, has long been nicknamed “Little Siberia” by officials who viewed its location in the state’s far north as an ideal place to tuck hardened offenders.
Seattle adds ‘streateries’ to America’s growing pavement culture
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A hipster group hug, a man cradling a Chihuahua named Frankie, and a woman’s cheerleader routine stand out amid the booze and midnight revelry on a packed Seattle street patio a bartender describes as a “human corral.”
