Mass. man accused of plotting college bombing pleads not guilty
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Reuters) – The son of a Boston police captain arrested this month and accused of planning to bomb a college cafeteria on behalf of the Islamic State militant group pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges.
Search for 14-year-old Florida boaters enters sixth day
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The search for two 14-year-old boys from Florida who went missing while on a fishing trip in the Atlantic Ocean entered a sixth day on Wednesday, with the U.S. Coast Guard saying there was still a chance they may survive their…
Judge dismisses ‘pyramid scheme’ lawsuit versus Herbalife, CEO
(Reuters) – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Herbalife Ltd and its chief executive officer of misrepresenting the weight-loss and nutritional products maker’s sales practices as legitimate when the company was “at its core” a pyramid sc…
Death of woman in jail cell prompts Texas House committee meeting
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas House of Representative committee plans to meet on Thursday to look into conditions that led to the death of Sandra Bland, a black motorist whose apparent suicide in jail has raised questions about what role race playe…
London-bound BA flight lands in Montreal after bomb threat
MONTREAL (Reuters) – A British Airways flight from Las Vegas to London made an emergency landing in Montreal early on Wednesday due to concern that a bomb threat had been made, an airport spokesman said.
Man charged with capital murder in shotgun ambush of woman in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday filed capital murder charges against a man accused of using a shotgun to ambush a woman with whom he had a business dispute, shooting her in the head as she walked to dinner near Hollywood’s to…
Dallas Zoo’s baby giraffe dies in habitat accident
DALLAS (Reuters) – A baby giraffe whose April birth at Dallas Zoo was watched live by more than two million people worldwide died on Tuesday in an accident at the park, the zoo said.
Fallen tree injures eight children outside California museum
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A pine tree that stood some seven stories tall fell onto a group of children outside a museum in Pasadena, California, on Tuesday, injuring eight of the youngsters, two of them seriously, city and museum officials said.
Oregon ‘kayaktivists’ to protest Shell Arctic oil search
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Protesters began gathering in a riverside park in Portland Tuesday evening, planning to drop kayaks in the water to protest Wednesday’s scheduled launch of a ship to be used by Royal Dutch Shell for Arctic oil exploration.
Defense secretary to advise senior leaders on budget
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is due to meet with senior military leaders on Thursday to map out his budget priorities for the coming year, the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer said on Tuesday.
