Man pleas guilty in Chicago-area air control center fire
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago-area man pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal charges of setting fire to a major air traffic control center in September, an incident that snarled flights across the country for days, the Department of Justice said.
U.S. Army chief says no human error seen in anthrax mishap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. personnel working at an Army facility in Utah appeared to follow correctly all the outlined procedures to inactivate anthrax before they mistakenly shipped off live samples of the deadly bacteria, the Army’s top general said…
A margarita too far: Miami Beach bans late night outdoor liquor
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – Last call is coming earlier than usual at some outdoor bars and restaurants on Miami Beach as the tourist city tries to clean up its image by banning alcohol sales at sidewalk cafes after 2 a.m.
Boston bomber to face victims when he receives death sentence
(Reuters) – Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev late next month will confront people who lost limbs and loved ones in the deadly 2013 attack when he is scheduled to be formally sentenced to death for his crimes, a judge said on Thursday.
Canadian 15-year-old seeks bail in Florida murder case
(Story corrects description of Dubé’s foreign service career in paragraph 6, changes from MP to having worked with Canada’s parliament in May 27th instance)
Defense in Freddie Gray case seeks to move trial from Baltimore
(Reuters) – Defense attorneys for six police officers facing criminal charges in the Freddie Gray case are seeking to have the trial moved from Baltimore, saying their clients cannot get a fair trial there, the Baltimore Sun reported on Thursday.
One dead, one wounded in Washington, D.C., road-rage incident: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police searched for a suspect who shot one man dead and seriously injured another in an apparent road-rage incident that closed down a major Washington, D.C., highway during the Thursday morning rush hour.
Ninth suspect arrested in deadly shooting of Mississippi officers
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – Mississippi authorities said they have made a ninth arrest in connection with the May 9 shooting deaths of two Hattiesburg police officers.
Soccer great Pele to join New York Cosmos on trip to Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – Brazilian soccer great Pele will join his former club the New York Cosmos on a goodwill mission to Cuba that will include an exhibition match Tuesday between the Cosmos and the Cuban national team, Cuban officials said.
U.S. charges fifteen Chinese nationals in SAT fraud scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fifteen Chinese nationals living in the United States have been charged with developing a fraud scheme in which impostors took college entrance exams including the SAT, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
