In Trump travel ban fight, Justice Kennedy’s 2015 opinion looms large
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Justice Anthony Kennedy’s legal reasoning in a 2015 immigration case suggests the U.S. Supreme Court’s frequent swing vote would be skeptical of President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries.
New York man accused of bomb plot admits Islamic State support
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City man who prosecutors said discussed carrying out a pressure cooker bomb attack for Islamic State with one of its top hackers and helped another man try to travel abroad to join the militant group pleaded guilty on Fr…
Hole in tallest U.S. dam grows, officials say no threat of failure
(Reuters) – A 30-foot (9-meter) hole has appeared in a section of the tallest dam in the United States that is expected to worsen, but there was no immediate threat it will fail, endangering thousands of area residents, California state officials said …
Massachusetts ‘Baby Doe’ mother pleads guilty to murder-related charge
BOSTON (Reuters) – The mother of a 2-1/2-year-old girl whose body was found on a Boston beach in 2015, sparking a months-long search for the identity of “Baby Doe,” pleaded guilty on Friday to being an accessory to murder after the fact.
Indiana governor pardons man whom Pence would not
(Reuters) – A man who served 10 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of armed robbery thanked Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb on Friday for granting him a pardon that had been denied to him by former governor and current Vice President Mike Penc…
Turkish hacker behind cyber heists gets 8 years in U.S. prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Turkish hacker was sentenced to eight years in a U.S. prison on Friday for his role as one the masterminds behind three cyber attacks that enabled $55 million to be siphoned from automated teller machines globally.
BAE, Northrop, SAIC, others in $3.04 billion U.S. defense contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of companies including subsidiaries of BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman Corp, Science Applications International Corp, Teledyne Technologies Inc and KBR Inc will share in a $3.04 billion missile defense contract, the Pentago…
Ex-U.S. Army reservist gets 11 years prison for Islamic State support
(Reuters) – A former member of the Army National Guard in Virginia was sentenced on Friday to 11 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to Islamic State, despite calling himself a “complete idiot” for having once accepted the group’…
Four accused in Facebook Live beating plead not guilty in Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Four African-Americans accused of attacking an 18-year-old disabled man on Facebook Live while making anti-white racial taunts pleaded not guilty in a Chicago courthouse on Friday.
One worker unaccounted for after Phillips 66 Louisiana pipeline fire
(Reuters) – A Phillips 66 employee was missing on Friday and a contract worker remained hospitalized after an explosion and fire on Thursday at a Phillips 66 pipeline station in southern Louisiana, parish and company officials said on Friday.
