U.S. Air Force eyes decision on F-35 combat readiness soon
RAF FAIRFORD, England (Reuters) – Efforts to declare an initial squadron of Lockheed Martin Corp fighter jets ready for combat are going “exceptionally well,” and a decision should be announced soon, the four-star general who will make the decision sai…
Baltimore policeman negligent in Freddie Gray death: prosecutor
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – The highest-ranking Baltimore police officer charged in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray should have secured him in the transport van where Gray broke his neck, a Maryland prosecutor said on Thursday at the start of Lieute…
Top Senate Democrat predicts Zika funding bill will fail again
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid warned on Thursday that Democrats would defeat a partisan measure intended to combat the Zika virus and called on the House of Representatives to allow a vote on a different measure that h…
Ex-ICAP brokers escape U.S. Libor charges after U.K. acquittals
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is dropping charges against three former ICAP brokers charged in connection with a global investigation into the manipulation of Libor, after they were acquitted earlier this year in a related U.K. trial…
Lockheed says on track for first combat-ready U.S. Air Force F-35
RAF FAIRFORD, England (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet program is on track for the U.S. Air Force to declare an initial squadron of jets ready for combat between August and December, a senior Lockheed official told reporters on Thurs…
Baltimore saw steep fall in police numbers as murder rate soared
(Reuters) – Already beset by a public outcry over the high-profile death of a black man in police custody and a rising murder rate, Baltimore’s police department is facing another headache: it’s shrinking fast.
Trump rejects criticism, vents at news media in campaign speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected criticism of his campaign tactics, in a wide-ranging speech defending his team’s use of a Jewish star and his own praise of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein…
Ex-Fox News anchor accuses former boss Ailes of sexual harassment
(Reuters) – Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson sued Fox News Channel Chief Executive Roger Ailes on Wednesday for sexual harassment, alleging her ex-boss wrongfully fired her after she rebuffed years of unwanted advances.
Briton pleads not guilty to weapons charges over Trump rally incident
(Reuters) – A British man pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to weapons charges stemming from an incident where he was accused of trying to steal a gun from a policeman during a Las Vegas rally for Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nom…
Accused al Qaeda supporter in U.S. charged with seeking judge’s murder
(Reuters) – A man already awaiting trial on charges of conspiring to aid the late U.S.-born al Qaeda preacher Anwar al Awlaki and an al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen was indicted on Wednesday over accusations he plotted to have the federal judge presiding o…
