U.S. confidence in protection from attack lowest in over a decade
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Confidence in the U.S. government to protect its citizens from militant attacks has fallen to its lowest in more than a decade after a pair of suspected militant Islamists gunned down 14 people at a holiday party in California, a p…
Oklahoma ex-policeman guilty of raping women while on duty
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A former Oklahoma City police officer was found guilty of crimes including rape and sexual battery by a jury on Thursday in a case where prosecutors said he preyed on women who had trouble with the law, hoping their word would…
Divers search lake for evidence in Southern California massacre
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) – A week-old investigation into the shooting rampage that left 14 people dead at a holiday party in Southern California turned on Thursday to a small lake near the scene of the massacre, where divers searched for eviden…
Arabs, Muslim detainees can sue Bush-era officials over post-Sept. 11 treatment
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Arab and Muslim former detainees who say they faced harsh jail conditions due to their faith and ethnicity following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks can pursue a lawsuit against former top U.S. law enforcement officials, a sharply divid…
Medical helicopter crashes in California, killing four
(Reuters) – Four people were killed when a medical helicopter crashed during a short flight to a California hospital on Thursday, local fire officials said.
Denmark orders APCs from General Dynamics worth $662 million
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark has placed an order for 309 Piranha 5 army personnel carriers (APCs) from General Dynamics in a deal worth $662 million, the defense ministry said on Friday.
At New York anti-Trump rally, protesters express anger, fear
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of activists rallied on Thursday in front of Donald Trump’s hotel in midtown New York City to condemn the Republican 2016 presidential candidate’s call to bar Muslims temporarily from entering the United States.
New York police seek FBI help in serial murder investigation
(Reuters) – Police in New York have asked the FBI for help investigating a possible serial killer who preyed on prostitutes and left their bodies strewn along a Long Island beach, nearly five years after the first remains were discovered, officials sai…
Oregon declares emergency for counties hit by storm
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Fresh storms hit the U.S. Pacific Northwest on Thursday, triggering a state of emergency in several counties, after it received record-breaking rainfall that left two dead in Oregon and triggered widespread flooding, landslides and …
Arkansas Supreme Court halts birth certificates for same-sex partners
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a lower court order that allowed same-sex parents throughout the state to be listed as parents on the birth certificates of their children.
