Man tied to planned Islamic State-inspired attack due in Boston court
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man charged with conspiring in an Islamic State-inspired plot to behead a woman who had organized a 2015 competition featuring cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed is due in court on Wednesday.
From a church sanctuary, Colorado woman resists deportation
MANCOS, Colorado (Reuters) – Rosa Sabido stares out a church window pondering her future and worrying about her ailing mother.
Trump to ban transgender U.S. military personnel, reversing Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would ban transgender people from the U.S. military, a move appealing to some in his conservative political base but creating uncertainty about the fate of thousands of transgender serv…
Ohio executes man after delays over lethal injection drugs
(Reuters) – Ohio put to death on Wednesday a 43-year-old man convicted of raping and killing a three-year-old child in what was the state’s first execution in more than three years after a lengthy legal dispute over the choice of lethal injection drugs…
Father of Australian tennis star arrested on child sex charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The father of retired Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis was arrested on Tuesday at his San Diego home on suspicion of sexually abusing two children who he has been coaching in the sport, police said.
Robert Durst unfaithful to wife before her disappearance, friend says
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Real estate scion Robert Durst and his wife were unfaithful to each other before she went missing in 1982, a friend of Durst said in court on Tuesday, in testimony that could be used by prosecutors to show there was discord in t…
Texas Senate votes to curb transgender access to public bathrooms
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled Texas Senate gave preliminary approval on Tuesday to a bill that restricts bathroom access for transgender people, endorsing a piece of legislation denounced by civil liberties advocates as discrimina…
L.A. man accused of smuggling king cobras in potato chip cans
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles man was arrested on Tuesday after federal prosecutors said he arranged to smuggle into the United States three live, highly venomous king cobra snakes hidden in potato chip canisters.
New York subway chief unveils emergency plan for ‘failing’ system
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of New York City’s subway asked the city and state for $836 million on Tuesday to immediately stabilize the century-old underground transit system, plus another $8 billion for capital improvements.
Wisconsin company offers employees microchip implants
(Reuters) – A Wisconsin vending machine company is offering its employees a chance to have a microchip implanted in their hands that they could use to buy snacks, log in to computers or use the copy machine.
