New Mexico cancels permit to expand leaky nuclear waste site
(Reuters) – New Mexico on Friday withdrew a temporary permit allowing two new disposal vaults at a U.S. government nuclear waste dump grappling with a release of radiation in February, state regulators said.
Student arrested for making ricin in his dorm in Washington D.C.
(Reuters) – A Georgetown University student who made the deadly chemical ricin in his dorm room was arrested in Washington, D.C. on Friday for illegal possession of a biological toxin, an FBI spokeswoman said.
Three malnourished, bruised children rescued from California home
(Reuters) – Three young children with bruises and signs of malnourishment, one of whom was regularly chained to a wall, were rescued by police from their parents’ “cluttered and dirty” home in northern California, the local sheriff’s office said on Fri…
U.S. GAO report recommends assessment of F-35 software
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional auditors have joined the Pentagon’s chief arms tester in raising concerns about the pace of development of software on Lockheed Martin Corp’s new F-35 fighter jet and recommended the military’s F-35 program office a…
CIA chief vows fast review of declassifying interrogation report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the CIA on Friday promised a quick review of whether a Senate report on the agency’s use of “enhanced interrogation” methods on foreign terrorism suspects can be released on an unclassified basis, apparently moving to…
Rhode Island House speaker’s home, office searched in federal probe
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (Reuters) – U.S. federal law-enforcement officials searched the office and home of the speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, Gordon Fox, on Friday, according to his spokesman.
Former Russian executive indicted in U.S. on tax dodge charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former executive of a large Russian steel company has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Missouri on charges that he hid millions of dollars offshore from U.S. tax authorities, the Justice Department said on Friday.
U.S. to allow some people to enroll in Obamacare after deadline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration will soon issue new Obamacare guidelines allowing people to enroll in health coverage after a March 31 deadline, but only under certain circumstances, according to sources close to the administration.
Washington state man who put infant in freezer gets 16 years
OLYMPIA, Wash (Reuters) – A Washington state man who prosecutors said beat his crying infant daughter and put her in a freezer for 90 minutes so he could take a nap was sentenced on Friday to 16 years in prison, authorities said.
Four dead, three critically hurt in Jersey Shore motel fire
POINT PLEASANT BEACH, New Jersey (Reuters) – An early morning fire tore through a Jersey Shore motel popular with fishermen on Friday, killing four people and critically injuring three others, law enforcement officials said.
