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D.C. Fire Stations Near Navy Yard Understaffed in Shooting
“News4 I-Team has learned some D.C. firehouses were understaffed during Monday morning’s shooting at the Navy Yard. Twelve people were killed and eight others injured when 34-year-old Aaron Alexis opened fire inside Building 197 in Southeast D.C. around 8:30 a.m. Alexis was later shot and killed by police.”
Read MoreLegal problems sent midwife to Utah, where another baby died
“This is not the first time El Halta has been accused of straying beyond her expertise. It is not her first encounter with the law, nor her first delivery that ended with a death. But for decades she has remained committed to natural childbirth, and some clients say she has helped countless women avoid complicated…
Read MoreMetro Phoenix housing market’s turnaround creates new issues
“More than 100,000 houses stood vacant across metro Phoenix barely three years ago — roughly one of every 10. Today, it’s more like one out of every 100. Where have all the empty houses gone?“
Read MoreScoring errors jeopardize tests: Poor oversight raises risk
“It can mean the difference between college and a factory job; between scraping by and a chance for more. The former principal is still haunted by the few times he told parents their children wouldn’t receive a high school diploma because they had failed the exams.”
Read MoreUCI doctors downplayed risks of surgical robot
“Two top UC Irvine surgeons have spent a decade working with a California company to promote a $2 million surgical robot despite a lack of reliable scientific evidence showing that it is safe or gives patients better results.”
Read MoreJustice Dept. watchdog never probed judges’ NSA concerns
“In response to a FOIA request from USA TODAY, the Justice Department said its ethics office never looked into complaints from two federal judges that they had been misled about NSA surveillance.”
Read MoreDeVry Lures Medical School Rejects as Taxpayers Fund Debt
“DeVry, which has two for-profit medical schools in the Caribbean, is accepting hundreds of students who were rejected by U.S. medical colleges. These students amass more debt than their U.S. counterparts — a median of $253,072 in June 2012 at AUC versus $170,000 for 2012 graduates of U.S. medical schools.”
Read MoreDWP says it can’t track millions in ratepayer money
“DWP ratepayer funds flow to two groups run by agency managers and union leaders, with little accountability.”
Read MoreAlternative vaccine schedules mean fewer students fully immunized
inewsource in San Diego today reports that “a trend toward giving children fewer shots at one time, combined with continued skepticism about vaccines’ safety, means more kindergarteners than ever in San Diego County were not fully immunized when they started school last year.” inewsource analyzed data from the California Department of Public Health and found…
Read MoreHow Detroit went broke: The answers may surprise you
Detroit is broke, but it didn’t have to be. An in-depth Detriot Free Press analysis of the city’s financial history back to the 1950s shows that its elected officials and others charged with managing its finances repeatedly failed — or refused — to make the tough economic and political decisions that might have saved the…
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