U.S. Justice Department to probe conditions at Mississippi jail
JACKSON Miss. (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it will investigate a Mississippi detention center’s treatment of inmates after a riot in March killed one prisoner and injured several others.
For fallen soldiers’ families, Bergdahl release stirs resentment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Robert Andrews believes his own son might still be alive if U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl had not gone missing from his Afghan guard post on June 30, 2009.
Republicans demand hearings in Congress over soldier’s release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama set a dangerous precedent by swapping five Taliban prisoners for a captured U.S. soldier in Afghanistan and may have broken the law, members of Congress said on Monday as they pressed for public hearings on…
Kazakh student testifies he suspected friend in Boston bombing
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Kazakh exchange student awaiting trial on charges of obstructing the investigation into last year’s Boston Marathon bombing testified on Tuesday he told federal agents he suspected his friend, accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, took…
U.S. central states brace for severe storms, possible tornadoes
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The central United States braced for severe thunderstorms that could produce tornadoes and baseball-sized hail on Tuesday, weather forecasters said.
U.S. Army soldier in military court over suspected prostitution ring
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. Army soldier appeared before a military panel on Tuesday to answer accusations that he operated a prostitution ring with at least three female soldiers at Fort Hood, one of the largest Army bases in the United States. 
Two killed, 21 injured after logging truck spills load in Arkansas
(Reuters) – Two people were killed and 21 others injured after a truck hauling logs lost control on a hill in Arkansas and dumped its load on a crew of construction workers building a bridge, law enforcement officials said on Tuesday.
Donald Sterling sued over alleged sexual harassment of former aide
(Reuters) – A lawsuit filed on Monday against Donald Sterling accuses the embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner of repeatedly subjecting a woman who worked for him to sexual demands and racist comments and says he ultimately fired her when she protested…
California consultant described as armed and dangerous arrested: FBI
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Police have arrested a San Francisco public relations consultant who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt after federal authorities found explosive materials in a weekend raid on his apartment, authorities said.
Six shot at Chicago laundry facility
(Reuters) – Six people, two of them teens, were shot and another person was injured at a laundromat on Chicago’s South Side on Monday evening, officials said.
