New York City Sandy-hit hospitals to be reimbursed with FEMA funds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A number of New York City public hospitals impacted by 2012’s Superstorm Sandy will be reimbursed with at least $1.6 billion paid by the Federal Emergency Management Agency program, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday.
Brother of NFL’s Marshall nabbed in Colorado for ‘crime spree’: media
DENVER (Reuters) – A younger brother of Chicago Bears wide receiver and ex-Denver Bronco Brandon Marshall has been arrested in Colorado after what one local television channel described as a crime spree, online jail records showed on Thursday.
U.S. Air Force studying ways to keep F-35 target date on track
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force is studying ways to meet its August 2016 target for declaring the new Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet ready for use in combat, despite an unexpected shortage of mechanics, a top Air Force general said on …
U.S. Coast Guard, Air Force seek missing pilot in Gulf of Mexico
MIAMI (Reuters) – The United State Air Force and Coast Guard crews searched the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday for a missing pilot whose F-16 fighter jet lost contact with its base during a routine training mission, officials said.
Former Mississippi prisons chief pleads not guilty to bribery
JACKSON Miss. (Reuters) – Mississippi’s former prisons chief pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that he accepted cash and mortgage payments in exchange for awarding prison contracts to companies tied to a local businessman.
Colorado man indicted for murder of wife in fatal fall at national park
DENVER (Reuters) – A federal grand jury has indicted a Colorado man for the murder of his wife who plummeted 50 feet to her death in Rocky Mountain National Park in 2012, authorities said on Thursday.
Driver who looped Manhattan in 24 minutes convicted of recklessness
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man who zoomed a sports car around Manhattan in 24 minutes was found guilty on Thursday of reckless endangerment and reckless driving, prosecutors said.
Wisconsin drunken driving suspect ran with baby along highway: police
(Reuters) – A woman who police said was trying to avoid a fourth drunken driving offense was arrested after being seen running alongside a major Wisconsin highway near Madison with her 9-month-old baby in a carrier, authorities said on Thursday.
University of California announces plan to raise tuition
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The University of California on Thursday proposed to hike tuition up to 5 percent annually over the next five years at its 10 campuses unless the state kicks in additional funding, part of what it called a “fee stability plan.”
Defense seeks brain exam for suspect in USS Cole warship bombing
FORT MEADE Md. (Reuters) – Defense lawyers for the accused mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen asked a judge on Thursday that he be examined for brain injury from CIA interrogations.
