Obama administration will not seek Supreme Court stay on immigration action block
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stay an appellate court ruling that President Barack Obama’s move to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation should remain on hold, a spokesman sai…
Heightened Islamic State threat requires surveillance action: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The threat of Islamic State to the national security of the United States has heightened in the last two weeks, making it critical for Congress to renew surveillance authority, a senior U.S. administration official said on Wednes…
U.S. military mistakenly ships live anthrax to labs in 9 states
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. military mistakenly sent live anthrax bacteria to laboratories in nine U.S. states and a U.S. air base in South Korea, after apparently failing to properly inactivate the bacteria last year, U.S. officials said …
Marijuana grower who started California wildfire gets more than six years
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A worker at an illicit marijuana growing operation in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains who admitted starting a 2014 wildfire that caused more than $6.5 million in damage was sentenced to more than six years in federal pris…
Colorado cinema gunman’s writings show murder plans, musings
CENTENNIAL, Colo., (Reuters) – A journal that Colorado cinema gunman James Holmes wrote before he opened fire inside a packed theater contains his plans to commit a mass killing, interspersed with personal musings and philosophical questions, a documen…
Tests show Lockheed’s F-35B ‘right at home at sea,’ U.S. Marines say
ABOARD THE USS WASP (Reuters) – Nearly two weeks of testing of Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35B fighter jet on an amphibious assault carrier proved the stealthy new warplane can operate and be serviced at sea, U.S. and UK officials said this week, marking …
Islamic State sympathizers may have made airline threats: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Islamic State sympathizers may have been behind more than a dozen threats in the last two days to international flights using U.S. airports or flying over American airspace, U.S. law enforcement and security officials said on Wed…
Former LAPD cop caught in Mexico was living with family members
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former Los Angeles police officer who was arrested in Mexico on a murder warrant had been living there with family members after fleeing Southern California and was caught when law enforcement officials got a tip about his whe…
Nebraska legislature repeals death penalty, overriding governor’s veto
(Reuters) – Nebraska on Wednesday became the 19th U.S. state to abolish capital punishment as legislators narrowly voted to override the Republican governor’s veto of a bill repealing the death penalty.
Los Angeles considers making property owners fix sidewalks
(Reuters) – A Los Angeles official has proposed a novel way to pay for repairs and maintenance of the city’s sometimes cracked, crumbling or buckling sidewalks: shift that responsibility to property owners.
