Washington, D.C.
Rangers to change beret color to tan
In a concession to the elite Rangers, the Army has approved a request to switch the color of their distinctive beret to tan from the black that is going to be the standard-issue beret color for most of the rest of the Army starting in June.
The decision appeared to settle the major element of a controversy that has drawn the attention of key members of Congress and even President Bush.
As a result of Bush's request, the Pentagon is still studying whether the Army erred in contracting with Chinese and other non-American manufacturers to supply the black berets.
For years, the black beret has been the exclusive headgear of the Rangers.
Washington, D.C.
White House plans cuts in money for Russia
The Bush administration plans deep cuts in programs aimed at helping Russia safeguard its nuclear materials even though a recent high-level commission called the program essential to national security.
A proposed budget for fiscal 2002, now being put together by the administration, would cut spending for Russian nuclear nonproliferation activities from $872 million to $800 million, government and private sources said Thursday.
Washington, D.C.
20 percent of U.S. have disabilities
Twenty percent of Americans, or 52.6 million people, said they had disabilities, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Half the adult Americans with disabilities have jobs, and the employed typically earn less than the average American, new Census estimates show.
The disparity is worse among those people whose disabilities are considered "severe," according to the Census Bureau report being released today.
The results show that more needs to be done by the federal government and the private sector in the workplace, said a spokesman for the disabled.
New York CITY
Stock market plunge blamed for suicide
A New York Transit Authority maintenance worker apparently killed himself Wednesday because of his losses in the stock market, police said.
Leonid Iorsh, 57, of Brighton Beach, was found hanging from a steam pipe in a supervisor's office at the Brooklyn subway yard where he worked.
According to sources, co-workers said that Iorsh had been depressed about his losses in the Wall Street downturn.
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