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.
North Carolina woman charged after dead mother found in freezer
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A North Carolina woman is being sought on a charge of failing to report the death of her 75-year-old mother, whose body was discovered in a freezer by a neighbor last week, police said on Friday.
Prosecutor to announce decision in Cincinnati Zoo gorilla case
(Reuters) – A county prosecutor will announce on Monday whether or not he will bring charges against the family of a 3-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo on Saturday, prompting zoo officials to kill an endangered goril…
UCLA murder-suicide gunman had planned third killing, police say
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former University of California, Los Angeles, student shot dead a woman at her home in Minnesota before he drove almost 2,000 miles (3,200 km) to the school and killed a professor but failed to find a third intended victim, po…
