In new hostage policy, U.S. will not prosecute families for paying ransom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday released a new policy aimed at becoming more sensitive to the needs of families of U.S. hostages held abroad, saying the government needed to “evolve” to take account of a shift in the way groups take…
OPM chief rebuffs lawmakers on scope of cyber breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The director of the Office of Personnel Management refused on Wednesday to estimate how many millions of Americans were affected by recent attacks on her agency’s computers and rejected as premature reports 18 million were compro…
Connecticut man gets eight years for breaking baby daughter’s limbs
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut man convicted of breaking his 4-month-old daughter’s arms, legs and ribs was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday, and ordered to take anger management classes and undergo a complete mental evaluation.
Parents of Michigan boy found in basement to face abuse trial
(Reuters) – A Michigan judge on Wednesday ordered the father and stepmother of a boy found emaciated in his own basement a year ago to stand trial on child abuse charges and dismissed a more serious torture charge, prosecutors said.
No charges in deadly NSA spy agency shooting in Maryland: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – No charges will be filed in the deadly March shooting outside the National Security Agency where officers fired on a vehicle carrying two men dressed as women that crashed into the spy agency’s gates, federal officials said on We…
Pastor-politician slain in Charleston is mourned at state capitol
COLUMBIA (Reuters) – The body of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the state senator and pastor gunned down with eight others at a historic black church in Charleston last week, was taken on Wednesday to the South Carolina capitol to lie in state inside the rotu…
Rapper Rick Ross arrested near Atlanta on assault charges: officials
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Rapper Rick Ross and his bodyguard were arrested at his home near Atlanta on Wednesday on charges they kidnapped a man, beat him and threatened him with a handgun earlier this month at the rapper’s mansion, authorities and media rep…
Wahlberg brothers to open burger joint on New York’s Coney Island
(Reuters) – Celebrity brothers Mark, Donnie and Paul Wahlberg are bringing their Wahlburgers burger joint to New York, opening a restaurant on seaside resort Coney Island.
U.S. to alter long-term detention of immigrant families with children
(Reuters) – U.S. immigration authorities plan to cut back on long-term detention for families with children who entered the country illegally while speeding up how they are processed at detention centers, the homeland security secretary said on Wednesd…
Alabama governor orders Confederate flags removed from state capitol
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – Alabama’s governor ordered Confederate flags removed from the grounds of the Southern state’s Capitol, his office said on Wednesday, joining a growing movement of politicians to spurn an emblem widely associated with slaver…
