U.S. Marines resume F-35B flights; F-35A engine parts found after fire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Marine Corps on Friday resumed flights of its Lockheed Martin Corp LMT.N F-35B jets that were suspended following a fire on an Air Force F-35A and prepared for the jet’s global debut in Britain next month after the disco…
Texas couple say they locked up son out of fear he is rapist
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas couple accused of locking up their son in an apartment garage for at least four years did so because they feared he was a rapist who put his family and community in danger, their lawyer told a bail hearing on Friday.
U.S. says will no longer make, buy anti-personnel landmines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it would no longer make or buy anti-personnel landmines and that it would strive to eventually join the global treaty banning the weapons, but it stopped short of agreeing to destroy its stockpile…
U.S. retailers nervous as West Coast port labor talks running out of time
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – With peak shipping season approaching, U.S. retailers are anxiously monitoring labor negotiations affecting 20,000 workers at West Coast ports that handle more than 40 percent of goods shipped in ocean containers.
Retailers nervous as West Coast port labor talks running out of time
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – With peak shipping season approaching, U.S. retailers are anxiously monitoring labor negotiations affecting 20,000 workers at West Coast ports that handle more than 40 percent of goods shipped in ocean containers.
Florida man sentenced to death for killing female deputy
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – A 24-year-old Florida man who fatally shot a deputy investigating a motel robbery in 2012 was sentenced to death by a judge on Friday.
Drug testing delayed for Mississippi welfare recipients
(Reuters) – A new Mississippi law requiring drug testing for some welfare recipients will not take effect on July 1 as scheduled after state officials agreed to allow civil liberties groups to voice concerns at an upcoming public hearing.
‘Miscommunications’ followed Newtown school shooting, parents say
HARTFORD Conn. (Reuters) – Parents of some of the 20 first graders shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School told a gubernatorial commission on Friday there were “serious miscommunications” among local, state and federal authorities during the 2012 attack and in its aftermath.
Suicide nets approved for San Francisco’s Golden Gate bridge
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – It could soon be a lot harder for people bent on suicide to leap from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, as California state officials approved a funding plan on Friday to install mesh barriers beneath the historic span to ca…
Hawaii sentences ex-soldier to life for killing daughter: report
(Reuters) – A former U.S. Army soldier convicted of killing his daughter was spared the death penalty on Friday, sentenced to life in prison by a Honolulu jury in Hawaii’s first such capital case since it became a state in 1959, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser newspaper reported. 
