Series of bomb threats targets Boston-area schools: police
BOSTON (Reuters) – Several Boston-area schools were evacuated following a series of telephone bomb threats, police and media said on Friday
NSA says new phone spying program meets privacy safeguards
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new system for collecting domestic telephone records meets several privacy and civil liberties benchmarks, the U.S. National Security Agency said on Friday.
Martin Luther King pictured in Air Force base shooting event flier
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Officials at a U.S. Air Force base in Georgia apologized on Friday for using an image of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. to advertise a “fun shoot” gun practice.
CDC says closely monitoring outbreak of new bird flu strain
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is closely monitoring individuals who may have been exposed to the new strain of bird flu that has been found in a flock of turkeys in Indiana, a CDC health official said on Friday…
U.S. appeals court allows Trump casino to break pact with unions
(Reuters) – The owner of the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, may break its agreement with union workers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday, potentially clearing the way for the company to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Investigation faults U.S. Army lab’s leaders over mistaken anthrax shipments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials at a U.S. Army biodefense lab in Utah had multiple warning signs of safety issues but failed to take steps that could have averted the mistaken shipment of live anthrax to other labs, according to a military investigati…
Wal-Mart pulls plug on smallest store format, shuts 269 stores
(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday that it would pull the plug on its smallest store format, Walmart Express, and close 269 locations as it contends with higher costs in its home market of the United States and disappointing results oversea…
Baltimore jury was close to acquittal in police manslaughter trial: paper
(Reuters) – The Baltimore jury that heard the first police trial connected with the death of a black man while in custody was one vote short of acquitting the officer of involuntary manslaughter when a judge declared a mistrial, the Baltimore Sun repor…
Ex-CIA agent ordered to face rendition conviction in Italy: court papers
LISBON (Reuters) – A Portuguese court has decided to extradite an ex-CIA agent to Italy, where she has been convicted of involvement in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric under the U.S. “extraordinary rendition” program, legal papers showed on Friday…
Michigan governor asks Obama for federal aid in Flint water crisis
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has asked President Barack Obama to declare both an emergency and an expedited major disaster in the county where the city of Flint has been dealing with the fallout from lead-contaminated drinking wate…
