U.S. may take first step to curb airline emissions this week: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans as soon as Friday to determine whether carbon dioxide from aircraft endangers public health, a first step to regulating emissions from the aviation sector, sources familiar with the …
After three decades on death row, Texas inmate set for execution
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas is set on Wednesday to execute Lester Bower, one of the longest-serving inmates on the state’s death row who says he was wrongly convicted of killing four men in 1983 and has spent three decades trying to halt his capita…
U.S. flights face bomb threats, no explosives found: media reports
(Reuters) – Five bomb threats that turned out to be hoaxes disrupted U.S. domestic and international flights on Tuesday, airline officials and media reports said.
Ex-House speaker Hastert to appear in court June 9
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A federal arraignment was moved to June 9 on Tuesday for former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert, who has been charged with trying to hide $3.5 million in payments he was making to conceal past misconduct.
Exclusive: Detainee alleges CIA sexual abuse, torture beyond Senate findings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency used a wider array of sexual abuse and other forms of torture than was disclosed in a Senate report last year, according to a Guantanamo Bay detainee turned government cooperating witness.
ACLU, others bid to reopen suit over Baltimore jail conditions
(Reuters) – The Baltimore jail remains filthy and dangerous to inmates despite a court settlement to improve conditions, the American Civil Liberties Union and others said on Tuesday in seeking to reopen a lawsuit against the state of Maryland.
North Carolina Senate overrides governor’s veto of marriage opt-out bill
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – A measure that would allow some public officials in North Carolina to opt out of performing gay marriages moved closer to becoming law on Monday, when lawmakers voted to override Republican Governor Pat McCrory’s veto of the bill.
Machete-waving man shot by police in Boston
BOSTON (Reuters) – A man waving a machete was shot by police in Boston on Tuesday and died of his injuries, police officials said.
Centenary Copa America tournament in U.S. in 2016 in doubt
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A 16-team soccer tournament to be played in the United States next year to celebrate 100 years of South America’s Copa America has been cast into doubt by the arrest of top FIFA officials on multi-million dollar bribery charges…
Homeland security chief reassigns top TSA official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Monday he reassigned the acting administrator for the Transportation Security Administration after earlier ordering improved security at U.S. airports.
