Family of Asiana victim files claim against city of San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The family of a teenage girl who was struck and killed by emergency vehicles in the aftermath of an Asiana Airlines plane crash filed a civil claim against the city of San Francisco, alleging gross negligence.
Two missile-launch crew at U.S. base in Montana suspended in drug probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two missile-launch crew members at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana have been implicated in an illegal narcotics operation and have had their access to classified information suspended, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday…
Family of Kenneth Bae says accepts Rodman’s apology over outburst
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The sister of Kenneth Bae, the U.S. missionary jailed in North Korea, said on Thursday that her family accepted former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman’s apology for his remarks about her brother.
Convict on trial for plot to decapitate U.S. judge, prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A convict bent on revenge plotted to have the federal judge and prosecutor who sent him to prison decapitated and their heads preserved in formaldehyde as souvenirs, a government lawyer told jurors in federal court in New York on T…
Obama meets lawmakers ahead of intelligence reform decisions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama met with 16 lawmakers on Thursday to discuss reforming how U.S. intelligence agencies collect telephone and internet data after damaging revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snow…
Cuba, United States meet on migration in latest sign of a thaw
HAVANA (Reuters) – Officials from the United States and Cuba met in Havana on Thursday to discuss longstanding migration accords in the latest sign of a new collaborative spirit between the Cold War foes.
Missouri man pleads guilty to endangering child in Maryville case
MARYVILLE, Missouri (Reuters) – A Missouri man accused by a teenaged girl of sexual assault at a 2012 party when he was 17 and she was 14 pleaded guilty on Thursday to one misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child.
Part of crashed U.S. Navy chopper found, crew member still missing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Searchers have found part of a U.S. Navy helicopter that crashed off the Virginia coast, killing two of five crew members, while one is still missing, the Navy said on Thursday.
Trial of California cops in death of homeless man goes to jury
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) – Jurors began deliberating in the trial of two former California policemen Thursday in the 2011 beating death of a mentally ill homeless man that touched off protests and political upheaval in the Los Angeles suburb of …
U.S. rail tank car safety standards due in weeks: lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials have promised to issue within weeks new safety standards for the kind of tank cars involved in a spate of fiery derailments in recent months, a lawmaker said on Thursday.
