Florida block party shooting leaves one dead, four wounded
(Reuters) – Police said on Saturday they were searching for a suspect or suspects who fired gunshots at a large neighborhood block party in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the early hours of the morning, killing one man and wounding four others.
U.S. Marine Corps to resume F-35 operations a day after suspension at Arizona base
(Reuters) – The U.S. Marine Corps said on Friday it resumed flight operations for Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35B fighter jets after temporarily suspended operations a day ago because of software problems.
Former Vanderbilt football player found guilty of rape
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A Tennessee jury on Friday found a former Vanderbilt University football player guilty of raping an unconscious female student in a teammate’s dormitory room in 2013.
Gunman in California UPS shooting targeted co-workers for slayings
(Reuters) – The UPS employee who shot three coworkers to death last week inside a United Parcel Service facility in San Francisco before killing himself appears to have singled out his victims deliberately, but a motive remains unknown, police said on …
Judge orders release of Uzbek suspect on terror charges
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Colorado on Friday ordered the release of a man who has been held for more than five years on charges of providing support to a suspected Islamic terror group in his native Uzbekistan.
At women-only salon in Brooklyn, Muslim-Americans prepare for Eid
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nevien Shehadeh, 19, was one of many Muslim women who chose Le’Jemalik Salon and Boutique in New York’s borough of Brooklyn on Friday to prepare for the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
U.S. government narrows focus of counter-extremism program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced changes to a $10 million government grant program, narrowing its focus around efforts to combat Islamist extremism.
Reputed New York gangster released from prison at age 100
(Reuters) – John “Sonny” Franzese, a reputed underboss of the Colombo crime family, was released from a Massachusetts prison hospital on Friday at age 100, ending his tenure as the oldest inmate in a U.S. federal prison, his son and media reports said….
Judge orders two Wisconsin youth detention centers to improve conditions
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday ordered two Wisconsin youth correctional facilities to reform conditions for their detainees, who are subjected to pepper spraying and “likely unconstitutional” confinement, according to court documents.
Pentagon weighs possible delay in new transgender recruits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Friday it was reviewing recommendations from the U.S. military chiefs that included calls for more time to implement plans to allow new transgender recruits to join the U.S. armed forces.
