Missouri professor who sought ‘muscle’ at protest appeals firing
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The University of Missouri professor fired after being caught on video calling for “some muscle” to have a student journalist removed from a campus protest, appealed her dismissal on Tuesday, saying school governors oversteppe…
Minnesota man pleads guilty to threatening federal judge, officers
(Reuters) – A Minnesota man pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to three years probation for making death threats against a federal judge and law enforcement officers, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota said.
Ohio 17-year-olds sue state for right to vote in primary
(Reuters) – A group of 17-year-olds in Ohio on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Ohio secretary of state seeking to have their ability to vote in the upcoming presidential primary restored after it was eliminated in December.
U.S. Air Force faces shortage of fighter pilots: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States Air Force is facing a shortage of more than 500 fighter pilots which is expected to widen to more than 800 by 2022, Air Force officials said on Tuesday.
Suspect wanted to torture, murder nine-year-old Chicago boy: officials
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A gang member planned to torture and kidnap a 9-year-old Chicago boy he lured from a park into an alley and fatally shot in a gang-related retaliation aimed at the boy’s father, authorities said on Tuesday.
Trial ends for U.S. Air Force vet charged with Islamic State support
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tairod Pugh, a U.S. Air Force veteran, spent months downloading violent Islamic State videos before boarding a one-way flight from his home in Egypt to Turkey in January 2015.
Trial ends for U.S. Air Force vet charged with Islamic State support
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tairod Pugh, a U.S. Air Force veteran, spent months downloading violent Islamic State videos before boarding a one-way flight from his home in Egypt to Turkey in January 2015.
Obama in ‘excellent’ health, still using nicotine gum: doctor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is in excellent health thanks to daily exercise and a good diet, driving his cholesterol level lower than it was a year and a half ago, his doctor said on Tuesday.
Michigan Uber teenage shooting victim leaves hospital
DETROIT (Reuters) – A 14-year-old Michigan girl critically wounded during a deadly shooting spree allegedly committed by an Uber driver left a Kalamazoo hospital on Tuesday after a 17-day stay, the hospital said.
Chinese man gets U.S. prison term for trying to buy ricin online
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former New York University student from China was sentenced on Tuesday to 16 years in prison after being convicted of trying to buy the deadly toxin ricin on a secretive website in order to sell it in the form of “simple and easy…
