Military did not support fixing Afghan exit date: U.S. commander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. military officials would have preferred the United States not announce a date for ending its troop presence in Afghanistan, as the White House did in May, the outgoing commander of U.S. forces there said on Thursday.
Jury ends second day of deliberations in trial of accused Boston bomber’s friend
BOSTON (Reuters) – The jury weighing obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges against a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev adjourned after a second day of deliberations on Thursday.
Body discovered in area of Northern California wildfire
(Reuters) – A body has been discovered in an area where a wildfire allegedly started by a marijuana grower has charred 10,700 acres (4,330 hectares) in Northern California, officials said on Thursday.
Ex-Black Panther sentenced to 20 years for 1980s hijacking
MIAMI (Reuters) – A former member of the Black Panther Party who hijacked a commercial airplane and forced it to fly to Cuba nearly 30 years ago was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday by a federal judge in Florida.
Texans plead guilty to stealing more than 50,000 pieces of mail
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Two Texans pleaded guilty to stealing more than 50,000 pieces of mail and then removing checks, credits cards and other items from letters that they turned into cash and merchandise, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.
NY transit strike averted, tentative contract deal reached
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A threatened strike on New York’s Long Island Rail Road was averted on Thursday when the transit authority and labor unions reached a tentative contract deal, bringing relief to thousands of riders who had been dreading a painful c…
Proposed ban on Russian arms firm would hurt U.S. troops: general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A day after President Barack Obama slapped sanctions on several Russian arms firms over the Ukraine conflict, a top U.S. general warned that a congressional bid to bar dealings with Moscow’s main weapons exporter could be “catast…
Pit bull alerts sleeping Indiana boy to fire
(Reuters) – An Indiana family’s pit bull is being praised for alerting a deaf boy to a serious fire in his home by licking the sleeping boy’s face until he woke up, authorities said.
Arizona authorities probe church fires as possible hate crimes
MESA Ariz. (Reuters) – Arizona authorities are probing a series of arson fires at suburban Phoenix churches as possible hate crimes after an apparent arsonist set Bibles alight on church doorsteps, police said on Thursday.
Florida judge strikes down voter-approved same-sex marriage ban
MIAMI (Reuters) – A county judge in Florida struck down on Thursday the state’s gay marriage ban, the latest in a string of court rulings across the United States voiding state laws that restrict the right of same-sex couples to marry.
