Newly freed soldier’s Idaho hometown cancels rally amid backlash
HAILEY Idaho (Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl’s hometown, feeling a backlash over allegations that he was a deserter, has canceled a rally planned for later this month celebrating his release from five years of Taliban captivity, city offic…
Attorneys for Oregon bomb plot defendant argue for new trial
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Attorneys for a Somali-American man convicted of trying to blow up a Christmas-tree lighting ceremony in Oregon argued for a new trial on Wednesday, telling a judge the former college student’s constitutional rights were viola…
Lawsuit calling isolation in California prisons torture moves forward
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – A lawsuit contending California’s practice of keeping prisoners in near-solitary confinement for years is unconstitutional moved forward on Wednesday at a hearing to clarify the issues that will be heard and set dates for …
German nuclear waste may be headed to South Carolina site
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy said on Wednesday it will study the environmental risk of importing spent nuclear fuel from Germany that contains highly enriched uranium, a move believed to be the first for the United States.
Florida facing threat from two mosquito-borne diseases
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – Two mosquito-borne diseases – dengue fever and chikungunya – are posing a serious threat to Florida and residents should take steps to control mosquito populations to try to limit the danger, a leading health expert said on Wed…
Detroit man drove cross-country with corpse in front seat: reports
(Reuters) – A Detroit-area man kept driving on a road trip from Arizona to Michigan even after he discovered his front-seat passenger was dead, media reports said on Wednesday.
Ex-Marine convicted of lying about Iraq accidental shooting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Marine corporal was convicted on Wednesday of lying to military investigators about an accidental 2008 shooting in Iraq that partially blinded a Navy corpsman.
Philadelphia man receives prison term for smuggling elephant ivory
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Philadelphia man was sentenced Wednesday to 2-1/2 years in prison for smuggling African elephant ivory into the United States, in a case that resulted in one of the largest seizures of illegal ivory in U.S. history.
More than 100 indicted in Harlem in largest-ever NYC gang bust
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than 100 suspected gang members who have turned two Harlem housing projects into a “war zone” have been charged with a string of violent crimes in the largest gang indictment in New York City history, authorities said Wednesda…
U.S. says 2.2 million Obamacare enrollees have data problems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 2.2 million people, or more than one in every four Americans who signed up for private health coverage under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law, have inconsistent data in their applications that could lead to th…
