Guantanamo panel to weigh Kuwaiti prisoner’s transfer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Kuwaiti inmate at the Guantanamo Bay prison faces a hearing this week on whether he should be transferred home, with the Pentagon saying on Wednesday that he likely had ties to Osama bin Laden and his lawyer contending he was n…
Teen gunman in Oregon school shooting got weapons from home
TROUTDALE Ore. (Reuters) – The teenage gunman who killed a classmate at an Oregon high school on Tuesday was armed with a military-style rifle and a semiautomatic pistol obtained from his home and lacked any known connection to his victim, police said …
Alabama woman charged for asking fake Facebook friend to kill family
(Reuters) – An Alabama woman was charged for trying to enlist a Facebook friend, who in fact was her aunt posing as a man, to kill her family, police and prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber to seek to move trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – Attorneys for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev plan to ask a judge to move his trial outside of Boston, they said in court papers on Wednesday, adding they needed more time to prepare their arguments.
Defense chief defends Taliban prisoner swap before Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told a contentious congressional hearing on Wednesday the exchange of five Taliban leaders for war prisoner Bowe Bergdahl was an imperfect decision that eroded trust with Congress but he denied it in…
Mom, boyfriend charged after first-grader heroin scare in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The mother of a child who brought bags of heroin to her first-grade classroom in Philadelphia was charged along with her boyfriend with reckless endangerment and drug offenses on Wednesday.
Florida man sues police for being shot and Tasered after 911 call
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida man who was shot in the chest and Tasered during a struggle with police is suing his local police department, claiming officers unjustly used excessive force against him after he suffered an epileptic seizure.
Las Vegas gunman killed by police, not wife, authorities say
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A gunman who was part of a husband-wife team who killed two Las Vegas police officers in a weekend pizza restaurant ambush was shot and killed by police, not by his wife in a murder-suicide as first stated by authorities, police s…
Officials say serial arsonists at work in California city of Fresno
(Reuters) – A string of fires that have erupted mostly in unoccupied buildings across the central California city of Fresno this spring may be the work of serial arsonists, fire officials said on Wednesday.
Immigration groups allege abuse of children by U.S. Border Patrol
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Immigration activists filed a complaint with the U.S. government on Wednesday alleging systematic abuse of more than 100 unaccompanied migrant children by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.
