Skydiver dies during record group-jump try in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A German skydiver who was among 222 people trying to set a world record with a group-formation jump was killed on Thursday in the Arizona desert when her main parachute malfunctioned, police and a spokeswoman for the skydiving facil…
Senate panel votes to declassify report on CIA interrogations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted on Thursday to declassify its long-awaited report on the CIA’s use of brutal interrogation methods that critics say amount to torture.
Texas executes man convicted of killing teenage girl
(Reuters) – Texas on Thursday executed a suspected serial killer convicted of stabbing a teenage girl to death, a day after a federal appeals court rejected his challenge over the drugs to be used in his lethal injection.
U.N. panel to weigh dangers of oil-by-rail cargo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.N. panel will examine the rules for handling the kind of oil-by-rail shipments involved in several recent fiery derailments in a move that could rattle the fast-growing sector.
Addition of Korean name for Sea of Japan becomes law in Virginia
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – Legislation requiring that the Korean name for the Sea of Japan be included in new school textbooks has become law in the U.S. state of Virginia, a victory for Korean-American campaigners backed by the South Korean govern…
Florida legislature says no dice for casinos this year
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – The Florida legislature on Thursday gave up on efforts to open the state to casino gambling, conceding that a deal “is not in the cards.”
Daughter of slain Iraqi-American woman says parents clashed
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The daughter of an Iraqi-American man charged with killing his wife two years ago in what was first probed as a hate crime testified on Thursday that her parents had fought over plans for her to marry a cousin in the months leadin…
U.S. Army names Fort Hood shooter, says had mental illness
FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) – The soldier suspected of shooting dead three people before killing himself at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas was identified as Ivan Lopez, a man battling mental illness when he went on a rampage, the base commander said o…
Exclusive: U.S. states probing security breach at Experian unit
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A number of U.S. states are jointly investigating a data breach involving a subsidiary of Experian Plc that exposed the social security numbers of some 200 million people to potential criminal activity.
Senate panel votes to declassify report on CIA interrogations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted on Thursday to declassify its long-awaited report on the CIA’s use of brutal interrogation methods that critics say amount to torture.
