Georgia man to be put to death for 1982 murder of friend
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A man convicted of beating a friend to death with a stick during a drunken fight over a woman 34 years ago is scheduled to be executed in Georgia on Thursday.
Chinese man to serve U.S. prison term for military hacking
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Chinese businessman who pleaded guilty in March to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of Boeing and other major U.S. defense contractors was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in prison, prosecutors said.
Report accuses Tennessee lawmaker of inappropriate sexual conduct
(Reuters) – A Tennessee state lawmaker was accused of inappropriate sexual conduct with 22 women over a four-year period in a state attorney general’s report released on Wednesday.
CIA director says he would resign if ordered to resume waterboarding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CIA Director John Brennan said on Wednesday he would resign if the next president ordered his agency to resume waterboarding suspected militants, an apparent reference to comments by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump…
Science group warns of shortcomings in U.S. missile defense
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. missile defense system to counter attacks from rogue states like North Korea has no proven capability to protect the United States and is not on a credible path to achieve that goal, a science advocacy group said on Thur…
New Jersey and Atlantic City area top U.S. foreclosures: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey and two of its distressed cities had the highest rates of U.S. foreclosure activity in the first half of 2016, according to RealtyTrac data released on Thursday.
First funerals held for Dallas police slain in racially motivated ambush
DALLAS (Reuters) – Thousands of police officers joined by ordinary citizens attended funerals on Wednesday for three of the policemen shot dead in a racially motivated ambush attack last week that intensified America’s long-running debate on race and j…
GM not protected from ignition switch claims: U.S. appeals court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – General Motors’ 2009 bankruptcy does not shield it from lawsuits over a deadly ignition-switch defect that led to criminal charges against the automaker and prompted the recall of 2.6 million vehicles in 2014, a federal appeals cou…
California rejects Volkswagen’s recall plan for 3.0-liter diesel cars
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California’s chief air regulator on Wednesday rejected a proposed recall plan from Volkswagen AG to fix 16,000 3.0-liter diesel Volkswagens, Audis and Porsches in the state equipped with devices designed to cheat emissions te…
Transgender woman accused of fitting-room voyeurism in Idaho
(Reuters) – A transgender woman was charged in Idaho on Wednesday with voyeurism after secretly videotaping a young woman trying on swimwear in the fitting room of a Target retail store, authorities said.
