A local prosecutor told NBC News a New York prison seamstress helped killers David Sweat and Richard Matt escape from a prison in northern New York by smuggling tools into prison inside ground beef. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13341
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says authorities have DNA evidence linking Sweat and Matt to a spot only miles from the prison. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13321
According to the document published by WikiLeaks, the NSA is accused of targeting Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande over a period of at least six years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13347
The hack of the Federal OPM has affected up to 18 million people and includes those who applied for government jobs. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13326
Presidential candidate and U.S. senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has said the Confederate battle flag is “inescapably a symbol of human bondage and slavery” and needs to go. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13325
Senator Boehner said fast track authority would be a "win" for the American people. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13340
Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that the U.S. will send about 250 tanks and military equipment to seven European nations to reassure NATO allies against Russian and terrorist threats. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13324
After a 16-year-old boy died, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to find out how prevalent the plague, which was possibly spread by fleas on his family's property, is in Colorado. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13342
The WHO has decided to classify DDT as "probably carcinogenic to humans". http://www.infobitt.com/b/13345
Samsung and Burnett have developed a "see-through truck" featuring a large screen on the back showing drivers behind the truck what is in front (such as an oncoming car in the other lane). http://www.infobitt.com/b/13331
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