Obama to award Medal of Honor to U.S. ex-paratrooper Pitts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will award former Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Pitts the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. award for heroism, on July 21 for gallantry during one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghan war, the White House said …
Iraqi-American who staged wife’s murder as hate crime gets life term
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – An Iraqi-American convicted of bludgeoning his wife to death in a slaying staged to look like an anti-Muslim hate crime was sentenced on Monday to 26 years to life in prison.
Obama pushes for family-friendly workplaces at campaign-like ‘summit’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday directed the federal government to give workers more leeway in determining their schedules, part of his goal to make U.S. workplaces more family-friendly – and a broad pitch to Democratic voters a…
Mideast firm to operate new cargo terminal at Port Canaveral, Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) – A Middle Eastern-owned company landed its first North American port operations contract on Monday, a 35-year agreement with Port Canaveral on Florida’s east coast.
Judge overturns Montana law requiring immigration checks for state services
(Reuters) – A Montana judge struck down a law requiring proof of legal immigration status to seek state services, saying the measure approved by Montana voters in 2012 tramples on the federal government’s mandate to decide on immigration matters.
Ex-Millennium Global manager gets four years in prison over fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former London-based portfolio manager was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday for inflating his hedge fund’s assets by manipulating the value of Nigerian debt.
Official report into Sandusky case finds ‘inexplicable delays’
HARRISBURG Penn. (Reuters) – A highly anticipated review of the child sex abuse case against Jerry Sandusky released on Monday found delays in prosecuting the former Penn State football coach but no evidence of political interference by Pennsylvania Go…
Court releases memo of U.S. justifying drone attacks on citizens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday released a redacted version of the U.S. Justice Department’s memorandum of justification for a 2011 drone attack that killed Anwar al Awlaki, an American-born Islamist preacher suspected of havin…
Official report into Sandusky case finds ‘inexplicable delays’
HARRISBURG Penn. (Reuters) – A highly anticipated review of the child sex abuse case against Jerry Sandusky released on Monday found delays in prosecuting the former Penn State football coach but no evidence of political interference by Pennsylvania Go…
Christian broadcaster arrested on child sex charges in Michigan
(Reuters) – A Michigan radio personality, known for his work on “family friendly” Christian broadcasts, was due in court Monday on charges of paying a middleman to arrange sexual encounters with young boys, authorities said.
