Iraqi man charged with war crimes scolded for dropping lawyers
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – An Iraqi man accused of being an al Qaeda commander in Afghanistan was lectured by a military judge for firing his defense attorneys on Tuesday, a move that will further postpone his trial at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba. 
Native Americans want name change for Wyoming’s Devils Tower
(Reuters) – Spiritual leaders of the Sioux and more than a dozen Native American tribes want U.S. officials to rename Devils Tower, an iconic rock formation and national monument in Wyoming that has religious and cultural importance to the tribes.
U.S. turkey stocks send mixed signals for winter holidays
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The overall amount of frozen turkeys in U.S. warehouses last month declined from July and August 2014, after an outbreak of bird flu killed over nine million turkeys, experts said after Tuesday’s government monthly cold storage repo…
Lawyers seek to cancel execution date for Oklahoma inmate Glossip
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Lawyers for an Oklahoma death row inmate asked the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday to cancel the execution date for Richard Glossip, saying the court violated state law when it issued a September date for his leth…
Select Comfort puts Sleepy’s defamation lawsuit to rest
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in Long Island, New York on Tuesday dismissed bedding retailer Sleepy’s LLC’s eight-year-old defamation and breach of contract lawsuit against rival Select Comfort Corp, which makes “Sleep Number” adjustable beds.
Two Kentucky prisoners captured after failed jail escape
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Two men in custody on minor offenses used bed sheets to escape a Kentucky jail late on Monday and were recaptured within hours, one with broken bones, officials said on Tuesday.
Pope Francis brings message about power and the poor to U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pope Francis arrived on his first visit ever to the United States on Tuesday, bringing to Washington a message that its power and wealth should be used to serve humanity.
George Zimmerman testifies about Florida roadway shooting
(Reuters) – A Florida judge on Tuesday found probable cause to proceed with an attempted murder charge in a roadway shooting in which George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, …
Texas teen arrested over homemade clock to visit United Nations
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas teenager who became a global sensation after he was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb will be meeting foreign dignitaries at the United Nations this week, a family friend said on Tu…
Harvard endowment grows 5.8 percent to record $37.6 billion
BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard University’s endowment posted a 5.8 percent return in fiscal year 2015 to hit a record $37.6 billion, the elite school’s in-house fund management company said.
