U.S. lab’s suspect anthrax may have been sent to Pentagon: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A suspect batch of anthrax may have been sent to the Pentagon after an Army laboratory in Utah mistakenly shipped out suspected live samples of the potentially lethal bacteria, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.
U.S. Congress reverses post September 11 surveillance program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed legislation reforming a government surveillance program that swept up millions of Americans’ telephone records, sending the bill to the White House for President Barack Obama to sign into law.
U.S. Air Force opens bidding for new rockets, eyes quick turnaround
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday formally kicked off a competition for development of new prototype rocket propulsion systems, and address the “urgent need” to end U.S. reliance on Russian engines to launch military and intelligence…
Colorado theater shooter views death, life sentences as equal punishments
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado cinema gunman James Holmes told a psychiatrist that he views life in prison and execution as equal punishments but wants his life spared out of concern for his family, jurors in his capital murder trial heard on Tuesday.
Two man plead guilty to Ferguson, Missouri, bomb plot
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – Two men pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to conspiring to blow up public buildings and police vehicles during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, last year, prosecutors said.
Relatives, politicians call on Iran to free detained Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. congressman on Tuesday accused the Iranian government of spitting in America’s face by holding U.S. citizens while negotiating an end to sanctions in return for curbing its nuclear program.
Officer likely shot by colleague in Boston bomber gunfight: prosecutor
BOSTON (Reuters) – A police officer, badly wounded in a gunfight with the Boston Marathon bomber four days after the deadly attack, was likely hit by a bullet fired by a fellow officer attempting to shoot the fleeing suspect, a Massachusetts prosecutor…
Owners may need to have Takata air bags repaired more than once
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – The top U.S. auto safety regulator said that replacement parts for potentially defective Takata Corp air bag inflators may not offer consumers a remedy that lasts the life of the car.
Friend of Boston bomber apologizes for obstructing investigation
BOSTON (Reuters) – A friend of the Boston Marathon bomber apologized on Tuesday, before being sentenced to six years in prison for obstruction of justice, for not calling the police when he realized his friend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a suspect in the dea…
Prosecutors seek 21-month sentence for White House fence jumper
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors are seeking a 21-month prison sentence for the U.S. Army veteran from Texas who entered the White House with a knife before being tackled last year, according to court documents.
