Wind-swept wildfire chars 18,000 acres in Washington state
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Washington state firefighters were battling a wind-swept wildfire on Friday that raged over steep terrain, damaged property and forced evacuations and road closures, officials said.
Obama administration warns money low to deal with migrant crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration warned lawmakers on Thursday that U.S. border control agencies would run out of money and migrant children would run out of beds if Congress did not approve $3.7 billion in funds to address an influx of p…
Sinaloa drug cartel leader ‘Chino Antrax’ extradited to California
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A suspected high-level Sinaloa drug cartel operative known as “Chino Antrax” was extradited on Thursday from the Netherlands to the United States, where he faces charges related to drug smuggling, the Justice Department said.
Taliban sympathizer posts pictures of smiling Bowe Bergdahl
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for five years, appeared smiling alongside a commander from the militant Haqqani network in a photo posted on a Twitter account by a supporter of the Afghan Taliban.
Measles cases hit 18-year high in Washington state
(Reuters) – Washington state health officials reported on Thursday the highest number of measles cases since 1996 and urged residents to seek vaccinations against the preventable disease during the state’s third outbreak of the virus this year.
Georgia man charged with murder in son’s car-seat death fired from job
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A suburban Atlanta man jailed on charges he murdered his 22-month-old son by intentionally leaving the child strapped in an overheated car to die has been fired from his job at Home Depot Inc, the company said Thursday.
U.S. defense chief voices confidence in grounded F-35 fleet
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told military fliers on Thursday the stealthy F-35 attack plane had “issues” but was still “the future for our fighter aircraft” despite a fire that grounded the fleet and jeopardized its international debut in Britain. In a visit to the Florida base where the blaze occurred in late June, Hagel spoke with F-35 pilots and maintenance workers about the Lockheed Martin aircraft but was not able to say whether the planes wou
Two California men indicted on mink farm sabotage charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two Los Angeles-area activists accused of sabotaging an Illinois mink farm and freeing 2,000 of the weasel-like animals from captivity there have been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy and interstate travel to interfere …
Colorado judge backs county clerk over gay marriage licenses
DENVER (Reuters) – A state judge in Colorado on Thursday backed a county clerk who has issued more than 100 marriage licenses to gay couples, and another county clerk in Denver said she would begin issuing the permits.
Friend of accused Boston bomber watched bag hauled away: agent
BOSTON (Reuters) – A friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber charged with obstruction watched a garbage truck haul away a backpack containing fireworks he and two other men had taken from the suspect’s dorm room, an FBI agent testified on Thursday…
