Defense, prosecution rest in U.S. Naval Academy sex-assault case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The defense and prosecution rested on Wednesday in the court-martial of a former U.S. Naval Academy football player accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman when she was drunk.
Arizona not seeking ex-NFL player’s extradition in rape case, for now
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona will not seek to extradite former standout professional football player Darren Sharper from California to face rape and drugging charges involving two women as a similar case against him in Los Angeles proceeds, prosecutors …
Public, lawmakers call for NY/NJ Port Authority chair to resign
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) – Lawmakers and members of the public on Wednesday called for the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to resign in the wake of a traffic scandal and an investigation into his law firm’s relationsh…
Florida man pleads guilty to attempting to join al Qaeda group
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A 20-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to travel to the Middle East to join an al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group and receive military training as part of a holy war, or jihad.
Man beaten, left in Wisconsin woods for wolves: prosecutors
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Two men and two women beat a man and left him to be attacked by wolves in the northern Wisconsin woods after accusing him of inappropriately touching a child, prosecutors said Wednesday.
More than 100 people found in Texas human smuggling raid
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Police found more than 100 foreign nationals from Central America and Mexico being warehoused in a rundown Houston-area residence during a raid on Wednesday into a suspected human smuggling operation.
Bin Laden son-in-law unexpectedly testifies at his U.S. trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – On September 11, 2001, just hours after hijackers deliberately crashed passenger aircraft in attacks on the United States, a Kuwaiti teacher and imam named Suleiman Abu Ghaith met Osama bin Laden inside a cave in Afghanistan.
New York jail probing death of inmate in unusually hot cell
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The death of a mentally ill, homeless man who was being held in a New York City jail cell is under investigation, and there are indications that the cell was overheated, the city’s Department of Correction said on Wednesday.
Investigators piecing through wreckage from Seattle helicopter crash
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Investigators began sorting through the burned wreckage of a news helicopter in a Washington state hangar on Wednesday, a day after it crashed in a popular tourist area near the Seattle Space Needle and burst into flames…
South Carolina lawmakers advance 20-week abortion ban
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – South Carolina’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, moving the state closer to becoming the latest to limit acces…
