Polling calls to U.S. Muslims raise surveillance fears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Muslims across the United States feared they were being targeted for surveillance this week when they received automated polling calls asking them to press one if they identified as Muslim or two if they did not.
Personal data for more than 130,000 sailors hacked: U.S. Navy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hackers gained access to sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, for 134,386 current and former U.S. sailors, the U.S. Navy said on Wednesday.
‘San Antonio Four’ exonerated in 1990s Texas sexual assault cases
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A Texas court on Wednesday exonerated four women convicted of sexual assault in the 1990s after lawyers argued that they were sent to prison because of junk science, tainted testimony and false ideas of lesbian behavior.
Hacker who highlighted notorious Ohio rape case pleads guilty
(Reuters) – A Kentucky computer hacker pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to break into a website to draw attention to a notorious rape case in Steubenville, Ohio, as well as to his own online profile.
Older, poorer U.S. men less likely to read books: survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Older men earning less than $30,000 a year are most likely to be among the 26 percent of American adults who say they do not read books, a Pew Research Center survey released on Wednesday showed.
Ohio man gets 20 years prison for Islamic State-linked attack plot
(Reuters) – A southwest Ohio man who admitted to having plotted to execute a U.S. military base employee and then attack a local police station in support of Islamic State was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice…
White nationalist leader to speak at Texas A&M University next month
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A white nationalist leader seen in a video shouting “Hail Trump” while some attendees perform Nazi salutes at a weekend rally in Washington is scheduled to speak at Texas A&M University next month for an event not sanctioned by the school, officials said on Wednesday.
Trump names foreign policy novice Haley as envoy to U.N.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Wednesday named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a former critic who has little foreign policy experience, to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations at a time of uncertainty ov…
Carson talks with Trump team, says he can make ‘inner cities great’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Republican rival-turned-supporter Ben Carson on Wednesday said he could serve a role under Donald Trump after talks with the president-elect’s team.
Milliken recalls carpet cleaning powder on bacteria fears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Milliken and Co has recalled about 550,000 containers of carpet cleaning powder because it may contain harmful bacteria, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Wednesday.
