Colorado theater shooter James Holmes was transferred to another prison partly because another inmate pushed his way through a partially open door and attacked him, according to prison officials and documents released Thursday. Holmes was coming out of an office with a case manager when a corrections officer opened a door… Read More
Military recruits women into combat jobs
The military services are already beginning to recruit women for combat jobs, including as Navy SEALs, and could see them serving in previously male-only Army and Marine Corps infantry units by this fall, according to new plans endorsed by Defense Secretary Ash Carter and obtained by The Associated Press. Some… Read More
Anti-government activist sentenced to 6 years in prison
An anti-government activist from Montana who spoke of shooting police, arresting judges and burning down a local courthouse was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison on federal firearms charges. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters said defendant William Krisstofer Wolf had advocated a “shocking” level of violence against law enforcement,… Read More
First look at World Trade Center transit hub
New Yorkers and tourists got their first look inside a $3.9 billion transportation hub at the World Trade Center site on Thursday as officials opened one entrance to the cathedral-like pavilion. The partial opening comes after years of delays and cost overruns. The hub was originally budgeted at $2 billion… Read More
Bernie Sanders mocked overseas
From across the ocean, Bernie Sanders has managed to offend a good number of Romanians. A Romanian travel agency on Thursday offered Sanders airline tickets to visit the country as residents alternately mocked or felt hurt by the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, who said Romania had faster Internet than the… Read More
Cop vs. cop? Officers investigated for alleged revenge against other cops
A West Virginia police chief is trying to determine if an officer issued a jaywalking ticket to a city parking enforcement officer in retaliation to a parking violation warning. The Intelligencer reports that Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger is reviewing last Friday’s incident in which an officer issued a total of… Read More
Nuclear power plant shutdown caused by WHAT!?
Bird poop was the likely cause of a December shutdown at a nuclear power plant outside New York City, according to the operator. An Indian Point reactor safely shut down for three days starting Dec. 14 following an electrical disturbance on outdoor high voltage transmission lines, Entergy Corp. said. An… Read More
Prison riot, fire kills 16
At least 16 prisoners died in a fire Thursday as they protested overcrowding and other issues inside a prison in the capital of the South American country of Guyana, authorities said. Inmates set two fires during a riot in the most secure section of Georgetown Prison as guards swept the… Read More
Astronomers discover record-setting galaxy
Astronomers say they have discovered a hot, star-popping galaxy that is far, far away — farther than any previously detected, from a time when the universe was a mere toddler of about 400 million years old. By employing a different technique — one that has raised some skepticism — a… Read More
Christie defends Trump, shell-shocked look
Anyone worried that Republican Gov. Chris Christie was being held hostage by Donald Trump as he stood, seemingly shell-shocked, behind the GOP presidential front-runner on Super Tuesday can rest easy. “No, I wasn’t being held hostage. No, I wasn’t sitting up there thinking, ‘Oh, my God, what have I done?’”… Read More