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.
Washington state teen charged with hate crime over social media message
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A university student in Washington state was charged on Thursday under the state’s hate crime statute with posting a racist threat on the anonymous social media platform Yik Yak, authorities said.
Oklahoma City ex-policeman Holtzclaw found guilty of rape
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A jury on Thursday found a former Oklahoma City police officer accused of sexually assaulting and raping 13 women guilty of rape and sexual battery.
Accused 9/11 plotters’ objections to female guards a bid to stall trial: U.S. officer
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – Prisoners’ religious objections to being touched by female guards at Guantanamo Bay are an attempt to stall proceedings in the death penalty trial of five men accused of a role in the Sept. 11 attacks, a U.S. military comman…
