Convicted Fort Hood killer faces military hearing in Kansas
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Army major Nidal Hasan appeared in a military court on Thursday for a procedural hearing related to his capital punishment conviction for the 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood in Texas that killed 13 people and wounded 32 others….
Woman pleads guilty to Lake Michigan distress call hoax
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal charge of calling in a fake report that someone had fallen into Lake Michigan, triggering an extensive Coast Guard search that included divers and a helicopter.
Prosecutor urges lifting Guantanamo ban on women guards touching inmate
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A Guantanamo Bay military court order that bars female guards from touching an accused al Qaeda commander violates Pentagon sex discrimination guidelines and means inmates could set prison policies, a prosecutor argued Thurs…
Diverted United flight lands safely in California after burning smell
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A United Airlines flight in which a burning smell was reported aboard the plane was diverted shortly after takeoff from Los Angeles on Thursday to a smaller Southern California airport where it landed safely, the airline said.
Three American contractors killed in ‘insider attack’ in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – Three American contractors were killed and a fourth was wounded by an Afghan soldier at the military airport in the capital Kabul, an Afghan air force official told Reuters on Thursday.
Video shows ex-NFLer preparing before 2013 murder, prosecutors say
FALL RIVER, Mass. (Reuters) – Security footage shows former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez and two friends in a flurry of preparation hours before the death of an acquaintance he is charged with murdering, prosecutors said on Thursday as t…
$50 million lawsuit planned in NY police shooting of unarmed black man
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The girlfriend of an unarmed black man shot dead by a police officer in a housing project’s dark stairwell notified New York City on Thursday that she plans to file a $50 million lawsuit over his death.
Opening statements to begin in decades-old case of missing NYC boy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Opening statements are due to begin on Friday in the trial of Pedro Hernandez, accused of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz decades ago in a notorious case that ignited a national movement to find missing children.
Flooding leaves mess in oceanfront Massachusetts after storm
MARSHFIELD, Mass. (Reuters) – Ocean Street in the waterfront Massachusetts town of Marshfield was littered with lobster traps, downed wires and chunks of houses on Wednesday, after a massive blizzard hammered New England.
Fourth person charged in fatal 2012 Indiana home explosion
(Reuters) – Prosecutors on Thursday charged a fourth person with murder and arson in connection with a 2012 home explosion that killed a couple next door and damaged scores of homes in an Indianapolis neighborhood.
