Freed soldier’s hometown cancels rally amid anger over swap
KABUL (Reuters) – The political uproar over the prisoner swap that won the release of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity intensified on Wednesday when his hometown canceled plans for a rally celebrating his return amid allegations …
Military jet crashes in Southern California, damages homes
(Reuters) – A U.S. military jet crashed in a Southern California desert town on Wednesday, damaging homes, according to military officials and local media.
Last of Navajo ‘code talkers’ dies in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – The last of 29 Navajo Americans who developed an unbreakable code that helped Allied forces win World War Two died in New Mexico on Wednesday of kidney failure at the age of 93.
N.Y. police arrest man wanted in stabbings of children
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York police have arrested a man wanted in connection with the weekend stabbings of two children, one fatally, in a Brooklyn apartment elevator, officials said on Wednesday.
BP, Andarko must face fines for U.S. gulf oil spill: court
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp must face penalties under federal pollution laws in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which could expose the companies to billions of dollars in pote…
New York lawyer sued by U.S. over tax shelters
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government sued a New York tax lawyer on Wednesday for allegedly cheating the Internal Revenue Service out of $130 million by engineering and concealing from investigators dozens of illegal tax schemes on behalf of clients…
Wisconsin stabbing puts focus on fictional Slenderman
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A murder plot allegedly hatched by two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls in which a classmate was stabbed 19 times has put a spotlight on the apparent object of their affections – a shadowy paranormal character on the Internet known as …
San Francisco city atty files complaint over ‘sick-out’ by transit workers
(Reuters) – The San Francisco city attorney on Wednesday accused the union for bus and rail operators of orchestrating a sick-out, filing a complaint on the third day of the protest as more buses and trains resumed operations.
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…
