Despite coarse comment, Nuland no stranger to power of words
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Victoria Nuland, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe who angered some of the very people she is supposed to cultivate by crudely disparaging the European Union in a leaked phone call on America’s Ukraine policy, is no stranger to th…
Two L.A. sheriff’s deputies charged in jail beating amid ongoing probe
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies accused of punching, kicking and pepper-spraying an inmate, then falsely claiming that he attacked them, have been indicted on federal charges amid an ongoing probe of the country’s larg…
SWAT team arrests martial arts fighter Silva after threats
MIAMI (Reuters) – Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Thiago Silva was arrested after barricading himself in his south Florida townhouse following threats to kill his estranged wife and others at a local martial arts gym, police said on Friday.
Former U.S. analyst pleads guilty in leak to reporter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. State Department analyst pleaded guilty on Friday to sharing secret information about North Korea with a reporter for Fox News, becoming the latest government employee convicted in a campaign against unapproved leak…
U.S. hiring struggles to rebound from winter chill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job creation slowed sharply over the past two months, turning in the weakest performance in three years and raising the prospect that the economy may be losing momentum.
Man tries to jump fence at White House, sparking lockdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man with two suspicious bags attempted to climb a White House fence on Friday before being apprehended, leading to a security lockdown of the White House grounds.
Verdict reached in trial on alleged Chicago NATO summit attack plot
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago jury has reached a verdict in the trial of three men who face terrorism charges for allegedly plotting to attack high-profile targets during a 2012 NATO summit, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday.
Likely killer of missing Florida coed identified 25 years later
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Twenty-five years after a University of Florida co-ed vanished and was presumed dead, detectives have identified her likely murderer as a deceased serial killer who jotted down the date of her disappearance in papers he lef…
Retired Florida cop says he shot fellow moviegoer out of fear
DADE CITY, Florida (Reuters) – A retired Florida police captain said he feared for his life when he shot and killed a man after an argument about texting in a movie theater, according to an interview played at a court hearing on Friday to determine whe…
Four dead in capsized vessel found off Florida coast
MIAMI (Reuters) – Four people are dead after a small boat carrying suspected migrants was found capsized and adrift midday Thursday off the east coast of Florida, a U.S. Coast Guard official on Friday .
