Illinois lawmaker’s daughter charged in political staple attack
(Reuters) – A daughter of an Illinois state representative has been charged with participating in an attack on one of her mother’s political rivals that included using a staple gun on the victim’s forehead, police and the victim said on Friday.
Chicago mayor must weigh insider versus outsider to reform police
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who faces calls for his resignation over police misconduct, must weigh whether an insider or an outsider is the best choice for police chief to reform a long-troubled department that is under federal inve…
U.S. airmen at nuclear missile base suspended over drug probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fourteen airmen who helped secure a U.S. complex in Wyoming that includes nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles have been suspended from their duties due to an investigation of “illegal drug activity,” the U.S. milita…
U.S. Navy missile program uses first 3D printed component
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S Navy ballistic missile program used its first component made from 3D printing, a process that sharply reduces the manufacturing time, according to the weapons’ producer, Lockheed Martin Corp.
Some documents in Sumner Redstone case to be unsealed: judge
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles judge tentatively ruled on Friday that certain documents can be made public in a lawsuit that challenges the mental competency of 92-year-old media mogul Sumner Redstone.
U.S. general Lori Robinson to become first woman to lead combatant command
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will name the first woman to head a U.S. combatant command, selecting Air Force General Lori Robinson as the next head of the military’s Northern Command, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday.
Pentagon to investigate comments by former executive at rocket firm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Friday its inspector general will investigate comments made by a former executive with United Launch Alliance (ULA) who suggested the department had improperly tipped a competition for rocket launches in its …
Law enforcement targeted in two blasts in Indiana city: police
(Reuters) – Law enforcement officials in a small southern Indiana city were the target of two explosive devices that were detonated over the past nine days, police said on Thursday.
Ex-Connecticut Governor Rowland to appeal campaign finance conviction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Connecticut Governor John Rowland will urge a U.S. appeals court on Friday to set aside his conviction and 2-1/2-year prison sentence for trying to conceal his involvement in two congressional campaigns.
University of California board weighs statement on anti-Semitism
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The governing board of California’s flagship public university system is to vote next week on a statement condemning anti-Zionism as a form of anti-Jewish bigotry, a proposal sparking sharp faculty debate over the line between f…
