Carter says nine soldiers now known to have died in Fort Hood incident
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Nine U.S. soldiers are now known to have died when a troop carrier overturned this week during a training exercise at the U.S. Army base of Food Hood in Texas, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said on Saturday.
At least 16 killed in Texas floods, four soldiers’ bodies found
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – At least 16 people in Texas, including four soldiers who went missing when their vehicle overturned in flood waters, have died due to torrential rains in the past week that have deluged hundreds of homes and led to prison evac…
Key player in Silk Road successor site gets eight years in U.S. prison
(Reuters) – A Washington state man was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison for his role in helping the management of the successor website to Silk Road, an online black market where illegal drugs and other goods were sold.
Chicago police watchdog releases hundreds of tapes of past incidents
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A graphic 2012 video of Chicago police shooting dead an unarmed black man who charged toward them was among hundreds of audio and video recordings released on Friday by Chicago’s police oversight body.
‘Glee’ star Mark Salling pleads not guilty to child porn charges
(Reuters) – Actor Mark Salling, who had a supporting role as a high school athlete-turned-singer in the TV series “Glee,” pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of receiving and possessing child pornography, authorities said.
U.S. women’s team does not have right to strike: judge
(Reuters) – The United States women’s soccer team does not have the right to strike for better conditions and wages in 2016, a U.S. district court judge ruled in Chicago on Friday.
Three Minnesota men convicted of conspiring to join Islamic State
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Three Minnesota men were convicted on Friday of conspiring to commit murder in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Trial exposes tension over U.S. counter-extremism approach
MINNEAPOLIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the spring of 2014, as Islamic State seized ground in Syria, a group of 10 young Somali-American men in Minneapolis began scheming to join the battle between games of basketball at a neighborhood mosque, a jury fou…
UK man gets 15 years in U.S. prison for smuggling North Korean drugs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A British citizen who worked for a Philippines-based global criminal organization was sentenced on Friday to over 15 years in a U.S. prison for conspiring to import 100 kilograms of North Korean methamphetamine into the United Stat…
Ex-drug executive Shkreli hid control of shares, U.S. says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors tacked on an additional criminal charge to their case against former drug executive Martin Shkreli on Friday, alleging that he tried to conceal from investors his control over unrestricted shares in Retrophin Inc ….
