Kentucky soldier admits to taking bribes in Afghanistan
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky admitted in federal court on Thursday that he took $100,000 in cash bribes as well as jewelry from vendors seeking contracts while he was assigned to Bagram Airfield…
Unruly passenger forces flight diversion to Ohio: officials
(Reuters) – A United Express flight to Washington from Missouri was diverted on Thursday to Ohio after the pilots said a disruptive passenger was making threatening statements, officials said.
White House intruder sentenced to time served, supervision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man arrested for scaling the White House fence in October was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to time served in jail and a year of supervised release, prosecutors said.
Man charged in Washington mansion murder of four fires lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The man accused of killing a wealthy Washington businessman and his family and torching their mansion ditched his lawyer on Thursday in favor of the public defenders first assigned to him.
U.S. Navy triples maternity leave to 18 weeks for women
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy is tripling paid maternity leave for women who serve in the Navy and Marine Corps from six to 18 weeks in the first year after birth.
‘All clear’ after false alarm over gunshots at Washington Navy Yard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police issued an “all clear” on Thursday after a false alarm about gunshots fired at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, the site of a mass shooting that took 12 lives two years ago.
Woman falls 400 feet to death in Colorado’s Royal Gorge
(This story corrects the July 1 story to change time period in seventh paragraph to “more than two million,” from “thousands”)
U.S. regulator says Fiat Chrysler misled agency on Takata recalls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV misled U.S. auto safety regulators about recall notifications to the owners of vehicles equipped with defective Takata Corp air bags, a U.S. safety recall analysts said on Thursday.
Unpaid internships legal when they boost interns’ learning, U.S. court rules
(Reuters) – Unpaid internships are legal when they are closely tied to interns’ educations, a U.S. appeals court in Manhattan said on Thursday in reversing a decision that Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc broke the law by not paying interns.
Woman sentenced to prison for contaminating son’s IV in Ohio
(Reuters) – A mother pleaded guilty on Wednesday to child endangerment and was sentenced to six years in prison for injecting feces into her son’s intravenous bag at a Cincinnati, Ohio, hospital, prosecutors said.
