Report slams psychologists who devised Bush-era interrogation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The CIA paid $80 million to a company run by two former Air Force psychologists without experience in interrogation or counter-terrorism who recommended waterboarding, slaps to the face and mock burial for prisoners the U.S. susp…
Central America ready to commit $5 bln to migration plan -Guatemala
VERACRUZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Three Central American nations that have sent a flood of migrants to the United States are ready to provide $5 billion between them to match a sum Washington says may be needed to help solve the problem, Guatemala’s preside…
California district attorneys sue Uber over safety issues
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber, the online car service embroiled in allegations that one of its drivers in India raped a passenger, is now facing a lawsuit over safety issues in its home state of California.
Historic Seattle neighborhood inspected for damage after sinking
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Some 30 buildings in a historic Seattle neighborhood will be inspected for damage after officials determined they sit in a wider area that has sunk as much as 1.2 inches since October amid a $3.1 billion roadway overhaul, officials …
Man accused of shooting at helicopter during August Ferguson protests
(Reuters) – A Ferguson, Missouri, resident has been accused of firing a handgun at a police helicopter and threatening a witness during civil unrest that followed the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in August, police said on Tues…
Woman who drove van into ocean in Florida to enter insanity plea: report
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors will drop attempted murder charges against a South Carolina mother who drove her children into the Atlantic Ocean in Daytona Beach, Florida, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
More students at poor U.S. schools get free meals in federal initiative
(Reuters) – Over half of the nation’s high-poverty schools are taking advantage of a new federal initiative intended to make it easier for U.S. children to eat nutritious cafeteria meals for free, federal officials said on Tuesday.
U.S. Senate confirms ambassadors to Afghanistan, India
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate confirmed President Barack Obama’s nominees to be the next American ambassadors to India and Afghanistan on Tuesday, filling two of the country’s most important diplomatic posts days before leaving Washington for …
Neighbors: Montana man accused of shooting student planned to lure burglar
MISSOULA, Mont. (Reuters) – A Montana man accused of killing a teenage German exchange student last April had been planning with his girlfriend to lure back a burglar who previously robbed them, his neighbors told a court on Tuesday.
U.S. sports handicapper charged with bilking millions from client
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A U.S. sports handicapper was arrested on Tuesday and charged with threatening a client in Wisconsin at gunpoint and bilking more than $25 million from him through an elaborate scheme involving use of his alter ego, federal prosec…
