Three Minnesota men convicted of conspiring to join Islamic State
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Three Minnesota men were convicted on Friday of conspiring to commit murder in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Trial exposes tension over U.S. counter-extremism approach
MINNEAPOLIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the spring of 2014, as Islamic State seized ground in Syria, a group of 10 young Somali-American men in Minneapolis began scheming to join the battle between games of basketball at a neighborhood mosque, a jury fou…
UK man gets 15 years in U.S. prison for smuggling North Korean drugs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A British citizen who worked for a Philippines-based global criminal organization was sentenced on Friday to over 15 years in a U.S. prison for conspiring to import 100 kilograms of North Korean methamphetamine into the United Stat…
Ex-drug executive Shkreli hid control of shares, U.S. says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors tacked on an additional criminal charge to their case against former drug executive Martin Shkreli on Friday, alleging that he tried to conceal from investors his control over unrestricted shares in Retrophin Inc ….
UCLA gunman killed estranged wife before campus attack
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former University of California, Los Angeles, graduate student shot dead his estranged wife at her Minnesota home before driving halfway across the country to UCLA, where he killed a professor and himself, authorities said on …
U.S. Navy identifies Blue Angel pilot who died in crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The pilot from the Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron who died in a crash has been identified as Marine Captain Jeff Kuss of Durango, Colorado, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Obama commutes prison terms of 42 non-violent drug offenders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama commuted the prison terms of 42 non-violent drug offenders, nearly half of whom were serving life sentences, in his latest batch of clemency decisions, the White House said on Friday.
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.
