Florida nightclub gunman’s widow knew of his plan: U.S. prosecutors
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – The widow of the gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history knew he was planning an attack and concocted a cover story for him, federal prosecutors said in a California court on Wednesday.
Aid group joins Massachusetts lawsuit over Trump travel ban
BOSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. anti-poverty group said on Wednesday it is joining a Massachusetts lawsuit to strike down President Donald Trump’s travel ban, as the law has blocked overseas partners from meeting with officials in Washington.
One dead, one hurt in U.S. Air Force training accident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One person was killed and another hurt during a U.S. Air Force live-fire training accident involving F-16 fighter planes in New Mexico, authorities said on Wednesday.
Pentagon auditor says U.S. military did not falsify intelligence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Pentagon report published on Wednesday found that leaders at U.S. Central Command, which oversees combat operation in the Middle East and South Asia, did not distort or exaggerate progress being made in the fight against Islami…
Exclusive: A third of Americans think Trump’s travel ban will make them safer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Imposing a temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim countries, President Donald Trump said the move would help protect the United States from terrorism. But less than one-third of Americans believe the move makes them “mo…
Challenges to Trump’s immigration orders spread to more U.S. states
(In this Jan. 31 story, in 11th paragraph corrects to show two Iranian plaintiffs are a man and a woman, not two men)
Trump picks conservative judge Gorsuch for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, picking the 49-year-old federal appeals court judge to restore the court’s conservative majority and help shape rulings on div…
L.A. police kill man after stabbing rampage leaves three injured
(Reuters) – Los Angeles police on Tuesday shot and killed a man after a stabbing rampage that left three people injured along Sunset Boulevard, a bustling thoroughfare in American’s second-largest city, police said.
Missouri executes man for 1998 triple murder
(Reuters) – A man convicted of killing a woman and her two children after a break-in at their home in southern Missouri in 1998 was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday.
New York City police to wear body cameras under labor settlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City and its largest police union settled on a tentative five-year labor contract on Tuesday that includes salary increases while also agreeing that all patrol officers will wear body cameras by the end of 2019.
