Oklahoma legislation aims to ensure punishment for sex crimes
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma lawmakers will take up legislation next week aimed at ensuring sex crimes do not go unpunished in the state because the victims were unconscious or intoxicated when they occurred.
Biden gets papal blessing for his global war on cancer
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden took his crusade against cancer to the Vatican on Friday and heard Pope Francis call for an “economic paradigm shift” where medical research is dictated by need rather than profit.
Fox News terrorism pundit pleads guilty to faking CIA ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Fox News guest terrorism analyst pleaded guilty on Friday to U.S. charges that he fraudulently claimed to have been a CIA agent for decades, federal prosecutors said.
Philadelphia flights briefly halted after two planes report problems
(Reuters) – All flights into Philadelphia International Airport were halted for less than an hour on Friday morning after pilots of two planes reported problems – including smoke in the cabin – before landing safely.
About 20 demonstrators arrested outside of Trump rally in California
(Reuters) – Some 20 demonstrators were arrested on Thursday outside a Donald Trump campaign rally in southern California, where the Republican presidential front-runner vowed to his supporters to get tough on illegal immigration if elected.
One injured in natgas well explosion in Pennsylvania: report
(Reuters) – An explosion at a natural gas well in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on Friday morning injured at least one person, the website of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
U.S. military punishes 16 over 2015 Afghan hospital bombing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military will announce on Friday that has it taken disciplinary action against 16 service members over a deadly Oct. 3 air strike in Afghanistan that destroyed a hospital run by the international medical charity Medecins…
U.S. high court approves rule change to expand FBI hacking power
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Thursday approved a rule change that would let U.S. judges issue search warrants for access to computers located in any jurisdiction despite opposition from civil liberties groups who say it will greatly expa…
Brother of San Bernardino shooter arrested with two others
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Three people linked to the couple responsible for December’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California were arrested on Thursday on conspiracy, marriage fraud and other charges unrelated to the massacre, U.S. prosecutors said…
U.S. to consider banning criminal history from federal job applications
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. agency that oversees personnel hiring for the federal government will propose a rule that would remove questions about criminal history from job applications, the Office of Personnel Management said on Thursday.
