U.S. intelligence chief Clapper urges quick passage of surveillance reform bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Director of National Intelligence on Friday urged Congress to quickly pass the USA Freedom Act, a bill which would reform controversial surveillance powers approved by Congress after the Sept. 11 attacks.
University of Oregon meningitis outbreak grows; student’s father diagnosed
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – The father of a University of Oregon student has contracted the potentially deadly meningococcal disease amid an outbreak that started in January and has killed one student, bringing the total number of people infected to sev…
Police ramp up for anti-Islam demonstration outside Phoenix mosque
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona police stepped up security near a mosque on Friday for a planned demonstration by an anti-Islam group that includes displaying cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, weeks after a similar contest in Texas came under attack by two…
Pennsylvania man sentenced in child rape video case
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man who accidentally sold a tablet computer containing a video of himself raping an 8-year-old girl will spend at least 27 years in prison, authorities said on Friday.
Women in photos won’t press charges in Penn State frat case, police say
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – None of the women in nude photographs posted on a Facebook page for a now-suspended Penn State fraternity is cooperating with investigators, police said on Friday, frustrating efforts to bring charges against the fraternity’…
Obama nominates new pipeline, rail administrators at Transportation Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday nominated new administrators for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Federal Railroad Administration, the White House said.
Two officers wounded in shooting at New Jersey library: NorthJersey.com
(Reuters) – Two police officers and one suspect were wounded in a shooting at the Lyndhurst Public Library in northern New Jersey on Friday, NorthJersey.com reported.
Lil Wayne tour bus shooting leads to gang charges
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An Atlanta man faces charges including aggravated assault and gang activity for shooting at Grammy-winning rap music star Lil Wayne’s tour buses, police said on Friday.
Conservationists decry killing of protected wolf in Colorado
(Reuters) – Conservationists on Friday criticized as irresponsible a coyote hunter’s shooting and killing of a protected gray wolf that had likely trekked hundreds of miles (km) to Colorado from the Northern Rocky Mountains.
U.S. Justice Dept. drops probe of Mississippi black man’s hanging
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it was closing its investigation into the death of a black man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi in March after finding no evidence to prove it was a homicide.
