Prosecutors say friend wanted to help accused Boston bomber
BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors argued that a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wanted to help Tsarnaev when he took evidence from his dorm room, while a defense attorney described him as a college kid who did not understa…
U.S. Air Force seeking bids to launch spy satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – The U.S. Air Force released the first of up to eight solicitations for space launch services outside of its controversial, exclusive, multibillion-dollar agreement with United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin and …
Florida airport staff get lesson in nation’s geography
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – Federal security officers at Orlando International Airport were getting a geography lesson this week after one failed to recognize the nation’s capital as part of the United States.
U.S. nurse refuses to force feed Guantanamo Bay detainees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. military nurse at the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has declined to participate in the force feeding of inmates on hunger strikes, becoming the first conscientious objector to the practice there, U.S. officials…
Chicago archdiocese seeking to help child immigrants
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Roman Catholic officials in Chicago want to provide services, which may include housing, to undocumented immigrant children who have been pouring into the United States in recent months, church officials said on Wednesday.
Texas actress sentenced to 18 years for ricin-laced letter to Obama
TEXARKANA Texas (Reuters) – A Texas actress was sentenced to 18 years in a federal prison on Wednesday on a biological weapons charge for mailing letters containing the toxic agent ricin to President Barack Obama, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomber…
U.S. judge sentences Tunisian accused of link to Canada train plot to time served
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Tunisian man who prosecutors said had ties to a man accused of unsuccessfully plotting to derail a Canada-U.S. passenger train was sentenced by a U.S. judge to time served on Wednesday after pleading guilty last month to immigrat…
U.S. Senate Democrats’ Hobby Lobby bill fails to move forward
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An attempt by U.S. Senate Democrats to override the Supreme Court’s controversial birth control ruling failed to muster enough votes to move forward on Wednesday, but lawmakers vowed to keep pressing the issue heading into the mi…
Legal disputes over debt plan aired in Detroit bankruptcy case
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit’s historic bankruptcy case on Wednesday moved on to legal issues underpinning the city’s debt adjustment plan, including locking in pension changes for 10 years.
Pennsylvania jury: Brothers must split $1 million lottery loot
CARLISLE Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania jury decided on Wednesday that two estranged half brothers must equally divide the winnings from a $1 million lottery ticket after one of them claimed he deserved all the money and the other insisted he was due h…
