Exclusive: Obama sends team to Texas to assess need for National Guard deployment
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has sent a team to Texas to assess whether a U.S. National Guard deployment would help to handle an immigration crisis at the Mexican border, White House officials told Reuters on Wednesday, having so fa…
New York Governor Cuomo’s office intervened in corruption probe: NY Times
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office meddled with a commission he created to root out corruption in state politics, pushing back whenever it focused on groups tied to Cuomo, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
Exclusive: CDC says lab director behind anthrax mishap resigns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The director of a U.S. government bioterror lab that potentially exposed scores of workers to live anthrax last month has resigned, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.
Women charged with financing Somali group al Shabaab: U.S. prosecutors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three women were arrested on Wednesday on charges of conspiring to raise money for Somali insurgent group al Shabaab, the Justice Department said.
Arizona will execute killer after court rejects last-minute appeal
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona’s Supreme Court cleared the way on Wednesday for a convicted double-murderer to be put to death, lifting a hold after reviewing a last-minute appeal that involved questions about the lethal drug cocktail to be used in the ex…
Six indicted in New York for involvement in StubHub cyber fraud
New York (Reuters) – Six people were indicted in New York for involvement in a global cybercrime ring that took over more than 1,000 accounts of eBay Inc’s StubHub online ticket reselling service, according to a statement released by the office of Manh…
U.S. boosts Iraq surveillance flights to 50 daily from one monthly
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has boosted the number of surveillance flights over Iraq to nearly 50 a day from one a month as it faces Sunni Islamist militants who control swaths of Iraqi territory, a top State Department official said on We…
U.S. moves to enhance safety of oil-by-rail shipments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday proposed new safety rules for hauling crude oil by rail after a string of explosive accidents, in a move that could impact railroads, drillers, refiners and railcar makers amid an …
Former Nazi guard dies in Pennsylvania just before extradition approved
(Reuters) – A former Nazi concentration camp guard died hours before a judge on Wednesday ordered his extradition to Germany, where he faced charges of aiding and abetting the deaths of 216,000 Jews.
N.J. man guilty of murdering ‘messy’ ex-wife found wearing pig mask
MORRISTOWN N.J. (Reuters) – A jury convicted a New Jersey man on Wednesday of murdering his ex-wife, who he called a messy housekeeper and whose body was found stabbed 84 times and wearing a pig mask.
