Alaska Airlines bans baggage worker who got trapped in cargo hold
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A contract baggage handler who became trapped in the belly of an Alaska Airlines jet on takeoff from Seattle after falling asleep in the plane’s cargo hold has been banned from all future work at the airline, a company spokeswoman s…
Another death row inmate walks free in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – An Alabama death row inmate who won a new trial and then reached a plea deal with prosecutors walked out of jail a free man on Thursday, the second condemned man to do so this month.
Fort Hood attack Purple Heart recipients to get added benefits
(Reuters) – The U.S. Army said on Thursday it will provide additional benefits to the dozens of soldiers awarded Purple Heart medals stemming from a 2009 shooting rampage by an Army psychiatrist at the Fort Hood Army base in central Texas.
Oklahoma reserve deputy records falsified: newspaper
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office supervisors were ordered to falsify training records for a white reserve deputy charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a black suspect, an Oklahoma newspaper reported on Thursday.
Arkansas ex-judge in Charlize Theron adoption leak loses law license
(Reuters) – A former Arkansas judge who was forced from the bench for disclosing confidential information about an adoption by actress Charlize Theron was allowed on Thursday to voluntarily surrender his law license by the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Arizona man gets 14 years in prison for abusing adopted daughters
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona man was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to child abuse for beating and starving his adopted teen daughters, a court official said.
Cloudy execution drug was too cold, not tainted, Georgia officials say
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A lethal drug that Georgia planned to use on a condemned female inmate was not tainted by another substance as feared when her execution was halted over its cloudy appearance but had been stored at too low a temperature, officials s…
Washington state auditor indicted on tax-related charges
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Washington state auditor Troy Kelley, a Democrat elected in 2012, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of possession of stolen property, filing false tax returns and lying to federal agents.
U.S. charges Florida man who landed helicopter near Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Florida man who caused a major security scare after landing a small helicopter on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol was charged with two criminal offenses on Thursday and then released pending trial.
U.S. Air Force sees next step for rocket launch contest by June
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force plans to ask satellite launch providers and engine makers next month or in early June to explain how they would partner up to develop a new launch vehicle powered by a U.S.-built engine, a top Air …
