East Coast blizzard may dump record snow on Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A winter storm that could bury parts of the U.S. Middle Atlantic region under 3 feet (90 cm) of snow slammed into Washington on Friday, threatening the nation’s capital with record accumulations as it barreled up the East Coast.
Court quashes obstruction charges against Ex-Penn State officials in Sandusky scandal
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania appeals court on Friday threw out obstruction charges against three former Penn State officials accused of trying to hamper the child molestation case against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, court documents sh…
Amid mounting bills, farmers forced to sell grain at low prices
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Facing mounting bills and nervous creditors, U.S. farmers are beginning to sell off their crop stockpile – sometimes at a loss – and easing a months-long logjam prompted by the lowest grains prices in at least five years.
Sacramento man pleads not guilty to lying about assisting militant group
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – One of two Iraqi-born men arrested earlier this month on federal terrorism-related charges pleaded not guilty in Sacramento on Friday to a charge of lying about traveling to Syria and assisting a militant group.
U.S. Air Force says nuclear missile damaged in 2014
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Maintenance errors by three U.S. airmen damaged a nuclear-armed missile in its silo in Colorado in 2014, triggering an accident investigation, the Air Force said on Friday.
California lethal injection plan spurs capital punishment fight
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Advocates and opponents of capital punishment sparred on Friday over California’s proposed new lethal injection protocol, highlighting deep divisions in a state that houses a quarter of U.S. death row inmates but has not …
Ceremony honors 12 U.S. Marines killed in Hawaii helicopter crash
(Reuters) – Twelve U.S. Marines who died when two helicopters collided during a training exercise off the coast of Hawaii were honored at a ceremony on Friday where they were remembered as dedicated and full of life.
Bergdahl lawyer may call Trump as witness in U.S. court-martial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has made “appalling” comments about Bowe Bergdahl and may be called as a witness in the Army sergeant’s court-martial on a desertion charge, one of Bergdahl’s lawyers said on Fr…
S&P slashes Atlantic City credit rating four notches deeper into junk
(Reuters) – Atlantic City, New Jersey’s distressed gambling hub, had its credit rating cut four notches deeper into junk territory on Friday on the likelihood of a debt default in the next six months.
Colombians smuggled drugs to New York on Spanish Navy ship: prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Colombians ran a major heroin and cocaine smuggling operation to New York aboard the Royal Spanish Navy’s official training ship, paying thousands of dollars in bribes to midshipmen on the vessel, prosecutors said on Friday.
