Brussels bomber brothers were on U.S. watch lists before attack: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two brothers who carried out suicide bombings in Brussels this week were known to U.S. government agencies before the attacks, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Texas grand jury clear university policeman in fatal shooting
DALLAS (Reuters) – A University of North Texas police officer who fatally shot an axe-wielding student last year has been cleared of wrongdoing by a grand jury, the school said on Thursday.
New York doctor indicted on sexual assault charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York doctor accused of sexually assaulting two female patients at a Manhattan hospital was indicted on Thursday on charges involving two other women, prosecutors said.
Minnesota town evacuated after train derailment
(Reuters) – A small Minnesota town was being evacuated on Thursday after a Canadian Pacific freight train collided with a semi-truck hauling propane, officials said.
Man pleads guilty over noose on statue at University of Mississippi
(Reuters) – A former University of Mississippi student pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge on Thursday, admitting to his role in draping a noose around the neck of a statue of the school’s first black student, the U.S. Justice Department sa…
U.S. trying to account for two U.S. government employees after Belgium blasts: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it was still trying to account for U.S. citizens who were in Brussels at the time of the recent bombings, including two who were U.S. government employees or their family members.
Colorado judge asked to commit alleged Planned Parenthood gunman to mental hospital
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – A lawyer for the man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others in a shooting rampage at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in November asked a judge on Thursday to commit the defendant to a state men…
Guilty plea expected in Sandy Hook charity fraud case
(Reuters) – A Tennessee man charged last year with using a fake charity to steal money following the December 2012 shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut has agreed to enter a guilty pl…
South Carolina governor urges U.S. to divert plutonium from Japan
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has written to U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz demanding a shipment of weapons-grade plutonium en route to her state from Japan be turned back or sent elsewhere, according to a copy of…
Two Texas metro areas make biggest U.S. population gains: U.S. Census
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas’ biggest metropolitan areas were the biggest magnet for newcomers in the United States in the year through last July, even as a fall in energy prices sent shockwaves through the oil-rich state, U.S. Census Bureau data re…
