Plane leaves Seattle with napping airport worker stuck in cargo
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Los Angeles-bound Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing at a Seattle-area airport on Monday afternoon after it took off with a worker trapped in a cargo area under the cabin where he had fallen asleep, the U.S. carrier …
U.S. has record number of applications for H-1B tech visas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Applications for H-1B visas allowing U.S. businesses to hire foreign workers in science, engineering and computer programming totaled a record 233,000 for fiscal 2016, according to government figures released on Monday.
California policeman accused of tickling feet of man killed by officers
(Reuters) – A California police officer is under investigation for allegedly “manipulating” the body of a man who had been shot dead by police, the Bakersfield Police Department said on Monday, and a newspaper said the officer had tickled the corpse’s …
Two Wesleyan University students expelled after ‘Molly’ overdose incident
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two students were expelled from Connecticut’s Wesleyan University in connection with the hospitalization of a dozen students who overdosed on the party drug MDMA, or “Molly,” school officials said on Monday.
Former female West Point cadet may pursue sexual hostility case: U.S. judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former female cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point who said she had been raped during her time there may pursue a lawsuit alleging officials knowingly permitted rampant sexual hostility toward women, a federal judge r…
Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing near Seattle after worker locked in cargo
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Los Angeles-bound Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing at a Seattle-area airport on Monday afternoon after it took off with a worker trapped in a cargo area under the cabin, where he had fallen asleep, the U.S. carrier…
Ex-Blackwater guards sentenced to prison in Baghdad killings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Blackwater security guard was sentenced to life in prison and three others got 30-year terms on Monday in the massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007, closing a case that had outraged I…
White officer won’t face death penalty in South Carolina murder: prosecutor
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A white South Carolina patrolman charged with murder for shooting a black man in the back as he fled after a traffic stop will not face the death penalty if convicted, a prosecutor said on Monday.
Texas judge pleads guilty to fixing cases for car repairs
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A veteran Texas criminal court judge pleaded guilty on Monday to fixing cases in exchange for car repairs and faces two years in a federal prison.
Jury selection starts for Oklahoma teen charged with murdering Australian
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Jury selection started on Monday in the trial of an Oklahoma teenager who has been charged with murdering an Australian student on a local university’s baseball team as he was jogging in the southern part of the state in 2013….
