U.S. Coast Guard moves forward on new icebreakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday released a proposed acquisition timeline and requirements for two new heavy U.S. icebreakers that could cost $1 billion each and said it would meet with interested companies during an industry da…
Monument planned for suspected site of Salem witch hangings
SALEM, Mass. (Reuters) – The city of Salem, Massachusetts, plans to erect a monument near the site where historians have recently determined that 19 suspected witches were hung more than 300 years, commemorating an event that has come to define the cit…
FBI says probing Philadelphia police shooting as terrorist attack
(Reuters) – The FBI is investigating the recent shooting of a Philadelphia police officer as a terrorist attack, FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday, a Pennsylvania newspaper reported.
Chicago drops opposition to release of police shooting videos
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The city of Chicago, which has seen weeks of protests calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s resignation over police shootings of black citizens, said on Wednesday it had dropped its opposition to the release of videos showing the killing…
Man pleads not guilty in Houston court to U.S. terror charges: newspaper
(Reuters) – A Palestinian born in Iraq who entered the United States as a refugee more than five years ago pleaded not guilty in federal court in Houston on Wednesday to charges he supplied support to Islamic State and lied to U.S. officials, the Houst…
U.S. targets money laundering in all-cash home sales in Miami, Manhattan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is hunting down international criminals who launder money through real estate deals, with the Treasury Department ordering title insurance companies to report the identities of people paying cash for high-end pr…
U.S. Air Force shelving plans to retire A-10 ‘Warthog’: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force is shelving plans to retire the aging A-10 “Warthog” aircraft, a heavily armored tank killer, because of its role in the fight against Islamic State, online publication Defense One reported on Wednesday, citing…
Fate of Florida death row inmates in limbo after U.S. Supreme Court ruling
TAMPA, Fla. – The fate of the 390 inmates on Florida’s death row was uncertain after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the state’s capital punishment sentencing process.
Minnesota college professor pleads guilty to ivory smuggling
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A Minnesota philosophy professor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to trafficking in rhinoceros horn and elephant ivory in violation of U.S. laws that protect endangered species, prosecutors said.
Louisiana theater shooter thanked accused church attacker in journals
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – The man who killed two moviegoers and wounded nine in a Louisiana theater shooting last summer left behind notebooks in which he ranted against the United States and thanked Dylann Roof, the man accused of a church shooting…
