Intelligence leaker Chelsea Manning speaks out ahead of prison release
(Reuters) – A transgender soldier has issued her first statement since former President Barack Obama commuted her 35-year prison sentence for leaking intelligence, saying on Tuesday she wants to help others after her release from prison next week.
Ex-SEC accountant settles charges over illegal options trades
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday settled parallel criminal and civil charges, after he was caught illegally trading options and lying about it while employed at the agency.
Credit Suisse to add 1,200 jobs in Raleigh, North Carolina
ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse plans to add around 1,200 jobs in North Carolina, partly by moving positions from New York City, the Swiss bank said on Tuesday, as it tries to cut costs following back-to-back annual losses.
Tunnel collapses at Washington nuclear waste plant; no radiation released
(Reuters) – A tunnel partly collapsed on Tuesday at a plutonium-handling facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, but there was no indication workers or the public were exposed to radiation, federal officials said.
Texas border town sues over state law to punish ‘sanctuary cities’
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A small Texas town on the Mexico border filed suit in federal court on Tuesday seeking to throw out on U.S. constitutional grounds a new Texas law that aims to punish so-called “sanctuary cities.”
Prosecutors will not charge engineer in deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment
(Reuters) – Prosecutors will not file criminal charges in the 2015 derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 180, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office said on Tuesday.
Pregnant lesbian couples sue Tennessee over ‘natural meaning’ law
(Reuters) – Four married lesbian couples expecting children have filed a lawsuit in Tennessee seeking to overturn a new state law that critics say could deny rights to same-sex couples by requiring strict adherence to terms such as “husband.”
Massachusetts judge overturns Hernandez’s murder conviction
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge on Tuesday overturned former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez’s conviction for murdering an acquaintance in 2013, granting his attorneys’ request since the athlete died before exhausting the appeal proc…
AeroVironment unveils palm-sized surveillance drone for U.S. military
(Reuters) – Drone-maker AeroVironment Inc unveiled a small four-rotor surveillance helicopter on Tuesday that can be carried in a small pouch and launched from the palm of a hand.
Fights erupt at Florida airport after Spirit flights canceled
(Reuters) – Spirit Airlines Inc passengers brawled in a Florida airport late on Monday after the budget carrier, which is in dispute with its pilots, canceled several flights.
