Wisconsin woman taught bomb-making online for Islamic State: prosecutors
A Wisconsin woman used hacked Facebook accounts to provide lessons in making bombs and poison on behalf of the Islamic State militant group, prosecutors said Monday.
Dow locks union workers out of Houston-area plant
Dow Inc locked 226 employees out of its Houston-area chemical plant in Deer Park, Texas, on Monday afternoon after United Steelworkers union (USW) workers rejected the latest labor contract proposal, USW officials said.
Kentucky Derby a magnet for human trafficking, officials warn
(This April 22 story has been refiled to correct to show that race is held annually on the first Saturday, not Sunday, in May.)
Six dead in crash of twin-engine plane in Texas
All six people on board a twin-engine plane died when it crashed on a private ranch near an airport in Kerrville, Texas on Monday, officials said.
Boys now allowed to dance on Minnesota high school teams
An organization that oversees high school sports in Minnesota has rescinded its rule preventing boys from joining their high schools’ competitive dance teams.
Medicare hospital fund reserves likely to be exhausted in 2026: U.S. report
Medicare’s hospital insurance fund will be depleted in 2026, as previously forecast, and Social Security program costs are likely to exceed total income in 2020 for the first time since 1982, according to a government report released on Monday.
Washington student, Denver man among the dead in Sri Lanka blasts
A fifth-grade student at an exclusive private school in Washington, D.C., and a Denver man on a business trip were among the U.S. residents killed in the Sri Lanka Easter attacks, a media report and the man’s employer said on Monday.
Leader of armed group at U.S. border boasted of assassination training: FBI
The head of an armed group that stops migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally allegedly boasted of training volunteers to kill former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, an FBI agent said in court papers.
U.S. Supreme Court takes up major gay, transgender job discrimination cases
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether U.S. law banning workplace discrimination on the basis of sex protects gay and transgender workers, as the conservative-majority court waded into a fierce dispute involving a divisive social issue.
Philadelphia can exclude foster agency that won’t work with same-sex couples: court
Philadelphia can exclude a Catholic foster care agency from a program for placing children with foster families because it refuses to work with same-sex couples, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.
