UCLA gunman killed estranged wife before campus attack
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former University of California, Los Angeles, graduate student shot dead his estranged wife at her Minnesota home before driving halfway across the country to UCLA, where he killed a professor and himself, authorities said on …
U.S. Navy identifies Blue Angel pilot who died in crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The pilot from the Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron who died in a crash has been identified as Marine Captain Jeff Kuss of Durango, Colorado, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Obama commutes prison terms of 42 non-violent drug offenders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama commuted the prison terms of 42 non-violent drug offenders, nearly half of whom were serving life sentences, in his latest batch of clemency decisions, the White House said on Friday.
U.S. strikes Islamic State from Mediterranean carrier for first time
(Reuters) – U.S. fighter jets on Friday launched the first strikes against Islamic State targets from an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea since the start of the two-year campaign against the militant group, the U.S. Navy said.
Guantanamo ex-commander rejects charges about torment by U.S. guards
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – Accusations that Guantanamo Bay guards tormented a suspected Sept. 11 plotter are not credible, a former prison commander testified during a pre-trial hearing on Friday.
U.S. Army Special Forces troops airlifted from Colorado peak
(Reuters) – U.S. Army Special Forces troops were airlifted on Friday from a mountain peak inside Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park after two members of the team suffered altitude sickness during a training exercise, a military spokesman said.
Atlantic City’s Showboat hotel to reopen without casino: developer
(Reuters) – Real estate developer Bart Blatstein said on Friday he will reopen the Showboat, one of Atlantic City’s four shuttered casino hotels, in July, but without the gambling.
U.S. lawmaker demands probe into missing State Dept. Iran video
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior Republican congressman on Friday asked the U.S. State Department inspector general to investigate why part of a 2013 public briefing that dealt with Iran nuclear talks was cut from a video before it was posted online.
Vanderbilt University freshman pitcher dies in drowning accident
(Reuters) – A freshman pitcher with Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University baseball team died on Thursday in a drowning accident, the Coffee County sheriff’s department said.
U.S. Air Force to seek compensation from Boeing for tanker delay
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force said on Friday it would seek compensation from Boeing for a five-month delay in delivering KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tanker aircraft.
