Minnesota Catholic Archdiocese charged over sexual abuse by clergyman
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Minnesota brought criminal charges on Friday against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, accusing it of failing to protect children from a priest who pleaded guilty in 2012 to sexual abuse….
Drone buzzes Southwest flight in Dallas, plane lands safely: FAA
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A small drone flew within a few hundred feet of a Southwest Airlines flight about a mile from Love Field on Friday as the passenger plane was about to land at the Dallas airport, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said.
Defense chief working on plan to close Guantanamo prison
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – U.S Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday he was working with the White House to prepare a proposal for Congress on closing the Guantanamo prison for terrorism suspects, a long-time goal of President Ba…
U.S. flight attendants seek mandatory training to spot human trafficking
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Flight attendants in the United States are calling for the government to step up action against human trafficking by funding mandatory training to help them spot victims in the air.
Tennessee bus driver was texting before deadly crash: police
(Reuters) – The driver of a Tennessee school bus that crashed in December, killing two students and a teacher’s aide, had been receiving and sending texts before the crash, police said on Friday.
Huntington Ingalls wins $4.3 billion in U.S. Navy carrier deals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc on Friday won two contracts worth a combined $4.3 billion to complete design work and construction of the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier, the Pentagon said in its daily digest of major weap…
U.S. auto safety agency sets reforms after GM recall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators acknowledged shortfalls in their probe of a General Motors Co ignition switch defect linked to over 100 deaths, and unveiled plans on Friday for more aggressive enforcement of auto defects.
Boston bomber’s friends sentenced for hampering investigation
BOSTON (Reuters) – Two college friends of the Boston Marathon bomber were sentenced to prison on Friday for removing a backpack containing empty fireworks shells from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s dorm room amid a massive manhunt three days after the deadly 2013…
Sinkhole swallows police vehicle in Colorado
(Reuters) – A sinkhole on a street just south of Denver swallowed a police SUV on Friday, sending it 10 feet down into the hole and forcing the sergeant inside to climb onto the roof to clamber out of the pit, the local police chief said.
Texas man sentenced to prison for trying to join Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Austin, Texas man was sentenced on Friday to almost seven years in prison for attempting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State militant group.
