U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian bombers in international airspace off Alaska: media
(Reuters) – Two U.S. fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers in international airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday, media reported.
Hawaii braces for worse lava flows from erupting volcano
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – More destructive lava flows could soon hit Hawaii’s Big Island as the Kilauea volcano erupts, posing a greater threat than oozing magma that has so far destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands to evacuate, scientists said.
Jury recommends life sentence for Oklahoma teen who killed his family
(Reuters) – A jury on Friday recommended life in prison with the possibility of parole for an Oklahoma teenager convicted of joining his older brother in bludgeoning and stabbing his parents and three siblings to death in 2015, prosecutors said.
Former energy executive pleads guilty over hire of ex-New York governor’s aide
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former New York energy company executive on Friday pleaded guilty to hiring the wife of a former aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in an effort to cultivate a relationship with the aide and lying to his company about it, two…
Former energy executive pleads guilty to bribing N.Y. governor’s aide
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former New York energy company executive on Friday pleaded guilty to hiring the wife of a former aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in an effort to gain influence in state government, two months after a jury could not reach a…
Ex-New York Assembly Speaker Silver found guilty in second corruption trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was found guilty of corruption charges on Friday by a jury in Manhattan federal court after an appeals court threw out an earlier conviction.
Jury recommends life sentence for Oklahoma teen convicted of killing family
(Reuters) – A jury on Friday recommended life in prison with the possibility of parole for an Oklahoma teenager convicted of joining his older brother in bludgeoning and stabbing his parents and three siblings to death in 2015, prosecutors said.
California boy, 14, shoots high school student
PALMDALE, Calif. (Reuters) – A 14-year-old boy shot and wounded a student at a Southern California high school on Friday before fleeing the scene and being arrested at a supermarket by an off-duty police officer, law enforcement officials said.
Hawaii residents shaken by tremors, brace for new lava outbreaks
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Dozens of tremors rattled residents on Hawaii’s Big Island on Friday as molten rock from Kilauea volcano flowed under an area where homes have already been destroyed by fiery lava geysers.
U.S. court revives challenge to Seattle’s Uber, Lyft union law
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a leading business group’s challenge to a Seattle law, the first of its kind, that would allow drivers for ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft to unionize.
