CIA left inert explosives on school bus after exercise
(Reuters) – The CIA left behind inert explosives in a Virginia school bus used for a canine training exercise and students were transported in it before the materials were found, officials said.
U.S. military training dozens of Syrian fighters in new program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Friday it has started training dozens of Syrian opposition fighters to battle the militant group Islamic State as part of a revamped program that aims to avoid mistakes that doomed its first training eff…
Texas jury selection starts for re-sentencing of ‘Bernie’ mortician
(Reuters) – A pool of East Texas residents was called as prospective jurors on Friday for a re-sentencing hearing of a former mortician convicted of killing a wealthy, elderly woman and hiding her body in a freezer, a story that inspired the 2011 movie…
FedEx fails to end New York lawsuit over illegal cigarettes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – FedEx Corp must face a second lawsuit claiming it shipped thousands of cartons of untaxed cigarettes in New York over roughly a decade, cheating the state and New York City out of tax revenue and undercutting their efforts to curb …
New York nanny reportedly in coma after pushing baby stroller out of path of car
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 62-year-old nanny was reportedly in a coma and being hailed as a hero after saving an infant in a stroller whom she had pushed out of the path of an oncoming car on New York’s Long Island, a village spokeswoman said on Friday.
In war on Zika mosquitoes, Puerto Rico starting at ‘square one’
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – The United States faces its first real challenge with the Zika virus on the island territory of Puerto Rico, a part of the nation that is perhaps least prepared to cope with what is expected to be its worst outbreak.
Five San Francisco officers found exchanging racist, homophobic texts
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Five more San Francisco police officers were found to be exchanging racist and homophobic text messages with one another, forcing a review of hundreds of criminal cases that may be compromised by their bias, the city’s chief p…
NY state reaches deal to raise minimum wage toward $15 an hour
ALBANY, New York, (Reuters) – Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders reached a deal on Thursday to raise New York state’s minimum wage towards $15 per hour, but fell short of a uniform state-wide increase.
No one injured when Porsche bursts into flames at New York auto show
(Reuters) – A 911 Turbo Porsche that is worth more than $100,000 burst into flames on Thursday at the New York International Auto Show, local media reported.
Veteran Miami officer to lead Ferguson, Missouri police force
(Reuters) – The city of Ferguson, Missouri, where racially charged protests erupted after a white officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in 2014, hired a veteran black officer from Miami to lead its embattled police department through painful r…
