Anthem To Buy Cigna, Creating Largest Health Insurer By Enrollment
The combined company would have an estimated revenue of $115 billion and cover 53 million people in the U.S.
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A New York Hotel Room For Under $100. Yeah, There's A Catch.
It's not really hotel. It's a van, parked on the East River. But it's cheap.
Baseball Writer To Be Honored By Hall Of Fame, But He's Out Of A Job
Baseball writer Tom Gage is being honored by the Hall of Fame for his long and illustrious career at The Detroit News. But he didn't leave his beat voluntarily. He recently lost his job at the paper.
Army Warns Of 'Armed Citizens' Trying To Protect Recruiting Stations
Vigilante guards — some associated with militia groups — have been appearing outside recruiting stations around the country, ostensibly to protect them in the wake of the Chattanooga shootings.
Turkey Agrees To Allow Use Of Its Soil For Airstrikes Against ISIS
Ankara has okayed allied airstrikes from its airbase near Syria against the self-declared Islamic State. State-run television also says Turkish warplanes have carried out air strikes.
Official Watchdog Says He Needs Access To Sensitive Documents
Michael Horowitz protests the Justice Department legal opinion that says DOJ officials decide what material he should get, and when.
Maine Fisherman Catches His Second Rare Lobster
The Portland Press Herald reports that "Captain Eli," a rare orange lobster, will be kept at the Fisherman's Catch Café in Raymond, Maine, before Bill Coppersmith releases it back into the ocean.
Nigerian President: U.S. Refusal To Provide Weapons Aides Extremism
Nigeria's president says the United States' refusal to sell his country needed weapons is aiding and abetting Islamist extremists waging a deadly campaign there. President Muhammadu Buhari made his comments as he ended a four-day visit to the U.S. this week.
Live Samples Of Anthrax Were Sent Worldwide In May Due To Ineffective Procedure
NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports that the samples of anthrax the Pentagon thought were dead, were still alive. The Pentagon says the public was never at risk.
Autopsy Of Sandra Bland Doesn't Suggest Homicide, Texas County Officials Say
The prosecutors' presentation Thursday included several color photographs of Bland's body — including her neck, which had a thick dark line curving across it.