Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to using Twitter to help Islamic State
(Reuters) – A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty on Monday to posting the names of approximately 100 U.S. military members online and exhorting his Twitter followers to kill them in an effort to support Islamic State.
Shooting suspect pleads not guilty in deadly Florida airport attack
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – A 26-year-old Iraq war veteran pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal charges accusing him of opening fire in the baggage claim area of a Florida airport this month in an attack that killed five people.
New York jury in 1979 Patz murder case hears defense summation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A defense lawyer told a New York City jury on Monday that police got the wrong man when they charged his client in the notorious 1979 disappearance of six-year-old Etan Patz, a case that raised alarms nationwide about the abduction…
Airlines complain of confusion, costs of U.S. immigration order
BERLIN/DUBAI (Reuters) – Airlines reacted angrily on Monday to an abrupt change in U.S. immigration policy, saying they were struggling to enforce unclear rules, faced unexpected additional costs and were worried they could be fined if they get it wron…
Tens of thousands in U.S. cities protest Trump immigration order
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people rallied in U.S. cities and at airports on Sunday to voice outrage over President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting entry into the country for travelers from seven Muslim-majority nati…
U.S. lawmaker moves to scrap SEC’s ‘resource extraction’ rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. lawmaker unveiled a legislative plan on Monday to scrap a rule devised under the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law requiring publicly-traded mining, oil and gas companies to disclose payments they make to foreign…
Los Angeles police solve 1976 murder of singer Bill Medley’s ex-wife
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police and prosecutors scheduled a press conference on Monday to announce that they had solved the 1976 murder in Los Angeles of the ex-wife of Righteous Brothers singer Bill Medley, saying the killer was identified through fami…
Trump’s heartland voters shrug off global uproar over immigration ban
(This version of the Jan 29 story has been corrected to show former Senate Republican leader Trent Lott is from Mississippi not Missouri)
Trump says Delta, protesters caused airport problems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday continued to defend his controversial immigration order, saying disruptions at airports over the weekend were due to Delta Air Lines and protesters, and that U.S. Secretary John Kelly has sai…
Washington faith leaders reject immigration orders in Sunday sermons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The sun had just risen when the head of St. John’s Church across the street from the White House broke from his standard practice of avoiding politics and spoke passionately against sweeping new restrictions on immigration ordere…
