FBI needs better intelligence, information sharing: U.S. report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI needs to strengthen its intelligence programs and information sharing to counter the diverse and fast-moving national threats that have evolved since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a congressional commission said on Wednesd…
U.S. farm groups to press FAA for fewer drone restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American farmers want the Federal Aviation Administration to relax proposed regulations on commercial drones so the unmanned aircraft can be used over longer distances at any time of day or night, farm group representatives said …
Ex-NYU researcher reaches plea deal in China bribe scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former New York University associate professor has reached a plea deal ahead of a trial on charges that he conspired to receive bribes from a Chinese medical imaging company in exchange for information about his federally funded …
FBI offers $25,000 reward for tips on North Carolina gold heist
(Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday it was offering up to $25,000 for information about the recent theft of an estimated $4.9 million in gold from an armored truck parked along a highway in North Carolina.
Conservative justices press Obama administration on mercury pollution rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday signaled hostility toward the Obama administration’s refusal to consider costs before regulating emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants.
U.S. Army to give update on case of former war prisoner Bergdahl
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg in North Carolina said it will provide an update on Wednesday in the case of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, a former Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan who was released last summer.
Heave, ho: Elephants rescue 18-wheeler stranded on Louisiana road
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – When an 18-wheeler truck became stranded by the side of a Louisiana road, two elephants inside came to the rescue.
Union vote set at Boeing’s South Carolina plants, stokes labor rift
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Boeing Co faces a union authorization vote next month by thousands of workers at its jetliner facilities in South Carolina, setting up a showdown in their long-running battle in the strongly anti-union state.
Oklahoma civil rights pioneer Nancy Davis dies at 88
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Nancy Randolph Davis, a prominent Oklahoma civil rights activist who in 1949 became the first African-American to enroll at then segregated Oklahoma State University, has died at the age of 88, officials said on Wednesday.
Ex-U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. to be released from prison: USA Today
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. is set to be released from prison on Thursday to a halfway house in Washington, D.C., after spending roughly half of his 30-month sentence behind bars, USA Today reported.
