Search for bodies ends after Army chopper crash off Florida kills 11
(Reuters) – Search teams stopped looking for more bodies after finding the wreckage of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed during a nighttime training mission off Florida’s Gulf Coast, killing all seven Marines and four soldiers on board, author…
Oklahoma football team seeks punishment for racist video
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The University of Oklahoma’s renowned football team has suspended practice for a week in protest against a racist video linked to a fraternity and called for punishment of its leadership, team members said on Thursday.
Judge removes local prosecutors from California salon massacre case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California judge on Thursday removed local prosecutors from the case against an ex-tugboat worker who killed eight people in a 2011 shooting rampage at an Orange County hair salon, citing discovery violations and accusations o…
Man who subdued gunman in 2011 Arizona shooting rampage dies
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A man hailed as a hero for tackling a gunman outside an Arizona grocery store in a 2011 shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded then-U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others has died, friends said on Thursday…
Obama disappointed by latest Secret Service scandal: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior U.S. Secret Service agents returning from a party drove a government car through police tape and barricades into an area where their colleagues were investigating a suspicious package, the Washington Post reported on T…
Girl arrested after brawl in New York fast-food restaurant
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City girl was arrested on Thursday after allegedly leading an attack on another girl in a brawl at a McDonald’s restaurant that was captured on video and widely viewed on the Internet, police said.
U.S. naval historian’s grandson pleads guilty to stealing records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Navy intelligence analyst Samuel L. Morison, who received a presidential pardon in 2001 after being convicted of passing secret ship photos to a British publication, pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing records related t…
Child illegal migration to U.S. slows but still flowing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The rush of Central American children entering the United States illegally has eased from last year’s crisis levels but remains brisk, according to new government data, and immigration experts fear the onset of warm weather could…
Palestinian activist sentenced to 18 months for U.S. immigration fraud
DETROIT (Reuters) – A Palestinian activist was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Thursday for immigration fraud for failing to tell U.S. authorities that she had been imprisoned in Israel for a 1969 supermarket bombing that killed two people.
Injuries in bus crash involving Indiana college bowling teams
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A bus carrying 21 people, including members of an Indiana college’s bowling teams, overturned on Thursday resulting in multiple minor to serious injuries, officials said.
