Slaying of Colorado prison chief ordered by neo-Nazi gang – report
DENVER (Reuters) – The murder of Colorado’s prison chief by a white supremacist ex-convict in 2013 was ordered by leaders of a neo-Nazi gang, the Denver Post reported on Friday, citing newly released documents.
Three current and former Navy officers charged in bribery case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three current and former U.S. Navy officers have been charged with participating in an alleged bribery and fraud scheme involving a Singapore-based defense contractor, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.
U.S. deportation raids target Central American families: lawyers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. immigration officials have kicked off a new round of raids intended to deport hundreds of Central American mothers and children who have entered the country illegally, according to a legal group that works with the immigrant…
Bathroom lawsuit could send transgender rights to Supreme Court
(Reuters) – A lawsuit brought by Texas and other states against the Obama administration’s policy on bathroom access may move the United States closer to a resolution on transgender rights by putting the issue on a trajectory for the Supreme Court.
Illinois lawmakers focus on funding fix for Chicago schools
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Reuters) – A funding fix for the fiscally challenged Chicago Public Schools is taking center stage in the final days of the Illinois legislature’s spring session, with the Democratic-led Senate passing two bills on Friday.
Dr. Heimlich, 96, saves choking woman with namesake maneuver
(Reuters) – Dr. Henry Heimlich, the 96-year-old Cincinnati surgeon credited with inventing the lifesaving technique named for him, used it for the first time this week to save a fellow senior center resident who was choking on a hamburger, a center spo…
Search of old computer files allowed by U.S. appeals court
(Reuters) – Federal agents acted in good faith in executing a warrant to search a Connecticut accountant’s records that had been seized 2-1/2 years earlier, a U.S. appeals court said, in a closely watched case testing how long the government can keep a…
Illinois man charged with making bombs to attack U.S. government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Illinois man has been charged for making at least two pipe bombs to use against the U.S. government, court records released on Friday showed.
U.S. judge sentences Vietnamese man to 40 years for al Qaeda affiliate support
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Vietnamese-born man who U.S. authorities say was instructed by a top figure with al Qaeda’s Yemen affiliate to carry out a suicide attack at London’s Heathrow Airport was sentenced on Friday to 40 years in prison.
U.S. expects more hurricanes as tropical storm brews off East Coast
(Reuters) – U.S. meteorologists on Friday predicted the number of storms in the upcoming hurricane season will increase from years of below-average levels, as a weather system brewed off the East Coast potentially disrupting Americans’ Memorial Day wee…
