Kosovar man pleads guilty in U.S. to helping Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Kosovar citizen accused of hacking the personal data of more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel and officials pleaded guilty in a Virginia federal court on Wednesday to providing material support to Islamic State, the U.S. Just…
Pacing feet, rants, executions – inside the Orlando killer’s rampage
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Patience Carter had been on the floor of the bathroom stall for hours, her right femur shattered by a bullet, pinned beneath friends and strangers.
Michelle Obama, daughters to visit Liberia, Morocco, Spain: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Michelle Obama will travel to Liberia, Morocco and Spain with her teen daughters Malia and Sasha at the end of June to promote education for girls, one of her signature issues as the first lady of the United States, the White Hou…
Baltimore school police chief quits, tarred by officer’s slapping of student
(Reuters) – The police chief of Baltimore’s public schools has resigned, months after an officer repeatedly slapped a student outside a high school, local media reported on Wednesday.
Sales to people on terrorism watch lists should be delayed: NRA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Rifle Association said on Wednesday it stood by its position on terrorism watch lists and access to firearms, saying sales to potential buyers who are on the lists should be delayed while they are investigated by the…
One dead, 15 hurt in tourist bus crash near Washington, D.C
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A head-on collision between a shuttle bus carrying Chinese tourists and a passenger car killed a bus passenger and injured 15 people outside Washington, D.C., police said on Wednesday.
Orlando shooting survivors mourn friends, recall traumatic night
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Best friends Demetrice Naulings and Eddie Justice often walked together hand in hand, as if they were a couple, although Naulings says he always thought of Justice as being more like his kid brother.
Lighten up at airport security lines, U.S. judge tells travelers
(Reuters) – It is the job of airport security screeners to stop terrorists, not to referee disputes between passengers waiting on line, a U.S. magistrate judge has ruled, in dismissing a lawsuit brought by an unhappy traveler.
North Dakotans soundly reject corporate farming measure
(Reuters) – North Dakotans on Tuesday soundly rejected a law enacted last year that changed decades of family-farming rules in the state by allowing corporations to own and operate dairy and hog farms.
No makeup ACT test for South Korea, HK after leak cancellation
(Reuters) – There will be no makeup ACT college-entrance exam held in South Korea and Hong Kong, which is used to gain entry to U.S. universities, after the weekend cancellation of the tests due to leaked test material, its administrator said on Wednes…
