U.S. military exhumes remains of unidentified victims of Pearl Harbor attack
(Reuters) – The remains of unidentified members of the U.S. military killed in the sinking of the USS Oklahoma during Japan’s World War Two attack on Pearl Harbor were exhumed in Hawaii on Monday in a bid to identify them, the Department of Defense sai…
Louisiana shooting suspect never involuntarily committed: Georgia authorities
(Reuters) – The man who police say killed two women at a Louisiana movie theater was able to legally buy a gun because there was never an order to have him hospitalized for psychiatric care against his will, Georgia state authorities said on Monday.
Obama meets Lucy, an ancient ‘ancestor,’ in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Barack Obama came to Africa partially to connect with the continent of his forefathers.
Boy Scouts lift blanket ban on gay adult leaders, employees
DALLAS (Reuters) – The Boy Scouts of America lifted its outright ban on openly gay adult leaders and employees on Monday, rolling back a policy that has deeply divided the membership of the 105-year-old Texas-based organization.
Oregon sheriff treated after 20 suspicious envelopes found across state
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – The FBI is investigating at least 20 letters received by law enforcement agencies across Oregon on Monday after a rural sheriff was hospitalized following exposure to an unidentified white powder in an envelope, officials in …
Alaska governor returning sealskin vest amid local ethics probe
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska’s governor and lieutenant governor will return sealskin vests received as gifts, the governor’s office said on Monday, amid an ethics investigation by a municipal government into possible misuse of taxpayer funds by it…
U.S. Navy investigates report of cancer cluster at Guantanamo
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy is investigating a complaint that seeks the evacuation of civilian and military lawyers from parts of the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, following reports of cancer cases among personnel working on the trials of d…
Boy Scouts of America lifts blanket ban on gay adult leaders
DALLAS (Reuters) – The national governing body of the Boy Scouts of America voted on Monday to lift the group’s outright ban on openly gay adult leaders and employees, dismantling a policy that has deeply divided the membership of the 105-year-old Texa…
Oklahoma top court reaffirms Ten Commandments stone at Capitol must go
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s Supreme Court on Monday said the state must remove a Ten Commandments stone monument first placed at its Capitol in 2012, rejecting an appeal to reconsider an earlier decision.
Biden, former critic of NY’s LaGuardia Airport, upbeat on redesign
(Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden, who last year compared New York’s LaGuardia Airport to “some third-world country,” on Monday was back in New York to tout a project that will rebuild it from the ground up.
