Female Yahoo executive sued for sexual harassment
(Reuters) – A high-level female Yahoo Inc executive has been sued in California by a woman who worked under her and is accusing her former boss of sexual harassment and wrongful termination.
U.S. Navy maintains grounding order on F-35 fighter jets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy on Friday maintained a grounding order for F-35 B-model and C-model fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp given that it remained unclear what had caused a massive engine failure on an Air Force F-35 jet on June…
California high court softens ‘three strikes’ law
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – California’s highest court has softened implementation of the state’s “three-strikes-and-you’re-out” criminal sentencing law, marking the second time the rules for identifying and imprisoning career criminals have been loo…
Accused Boston bomber spoke of martyrdom before attack: FBI
BOSTON (Reuters) – Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told his friends about martyrdom and bomb-building over lunch before the attacks last year, an FBI agent testified on Friday in the trial of one of the friends for obstruction.
Two more charged in slaying of 12-year-old NJ girl on scooter
NEWARK N.J. (Reuters) – Two more suspects were charged in the killing of a 12-year-old New Jersey girl who was struck in the head by a stray bullet as she rode her scooter to a family gathering, authorities said on Friday.
U.S. anthrax probe reveals new bird flu mishap, widespread safety lapses
(Reuters) – Federal health officials on Friday disclosed a new safety breach at a high-security U.S. government laboratory involving dangerous avian flu, a lapse that came to light as they investigated the potential exposure of researchers to live anth…
Armed citizen groups seek recruits to secure U.S. border
DALLAS (Reuters) – Citizen groups in border states are seeking armed volunteers to patrol the U.S.-Mexico frontier alongside law enforcement officers who are struggling to deal with a surge of undocumented migrants from Central America.
Lightning kills one, injures seven in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain park
DENVER (Reuters) – A lightning strike killed a woman and injured seven other people on Friday as they hiked in the Rocky Mountain National Park northwest of Denver, a park official said.
U.S. anthrax probe reveals new bird flu mishap, widespread safety lapses
(Reuters) – Federal health officials on Friday disclosed a new safety breach at a high-security U.S. government laboratory involving dangerous avian flu, a lapse that came to light as they investigated the potential exposure of researchers to live anth…
U.S. agency investigating drone flights after video goes viral
FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating several videos filmed using drones that flew into and around firework displays, including two apparently shot on the Fourth of July and one from Florida that has rece…
