Manhunt for two New York prison escapees focuses on nearby woods
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of law enforcement agents hunting for two upstate New York prison escapees focused their search on Thursday on a heavily wooded area just a few miles from the maximum security facility where they broke out last week, polic…
Delaware governor’s driver probed over run-in with bicyclist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Delaware state trooper working as a driver for Governor Jack Markell is under investigation after a video showed him blocking a bike lane in Washington and pointing to his gun while arguing with a bicyclist, authorities said on…
Delta deal raises pilot wages above competitors, trims profit-sharing
(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc has reached a tentative deal with its union to pay pilots more than competitors, while making its profit-sharing plan less generous in some cases.
Deaths from synthetic marijuana use rising sharply in U.S.: CDC
(Reuters) – Synthetic marijuana killed three times more people in the first five months of 2015 than in the same period of 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday.
Boston police seek pair who allegedly shot, killed teen on bicycle
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston police were searching on Thursday for two men who they say shot and killed a 16-year-old boy while he rode his bicycle through the city’s Dorchester neighborhood, the second shooting of a child on a bicycle in recent weeks.
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.
