California state senator arrested in FBI sweep
SAN FRANCISCO/SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – A prominent California lawmaker was arrested on Wednesday in an FBI sweep that netted 26 people, a high-profile case that could affect statewide elections and brings to three the number of Democratic state senators …
Obama briefed on discipline of Secret Service agent
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed on the situation involving three Secret Service agents who were sent home from Obama’s trip to the Netherlands for disciplinary reasons, the White House said on Wednesday.
North Carolina mayor resigns; arrested on corruption charges
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – The mayor of North Carolina’s largest city resigned Wednesday after prosecutors said he had been arrested on federal public corruption charges that include accepting more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI …
U.S. Navy seeks more Boeing ‘Growlers’ to boost capabilities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy would add two Boeing Co EA-18G Growler electronic attack fighters to each five-plane squadron on its aircraft carriers, if Congress will fund its request of $2.1 billion for 22 more of the aircraft.
Two dead, 17 hurt in historic Boston neighborhood blaze -report
BOSTON (Reuters) – Two firefighters were reported killed and at least 17 people injured as a nine-alarm fire raced through a four-story building in the city’s historic Back Bay neighborhood on Wednesday, drawing a large-scale emergency response, local …
Deny Montana bride’s bid to rescind guilty plea in murder: prosecutors
(Reuters) – A Montana bride’s effort to withdraw her guilty plea to second-degree murder for shoving her husband off a cliff at Glacier National Park lacks merit and should be denied, prosecutors argued in federal court papers submitted on Wednesday.
Washington mudslide yields more bodies, but not all may be found
DARRINGTON, Washington (Reuters) – Search teams picked through mud-caked debris for a fifth day on Wednesday looking for scores of people still missing in a deadly Washington state landslide, as officials reported finding more bodies while acknowledgin…
U.S. Navy seeks more Boeing ‘Growlers’ to boost capabilities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy would add two Boeing Co EA-18G Growler electronic attack fighters to each five-plane squadron on its aircraft carriers, if Congress will fund its request of $2.1 billion for 22 more of the aircraft.
Obama briefed on discipline of Secret Service agent
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama was briefed on the situation involving three Secret Service agents who were sent home from Obama’s trip to the Netherlands for disciplinary reasons, the White House said on Wednesday.
Chicago train operator admits dozing off before O’Hare crash
(Reuters) – The operator of a passenger train that jumped the tracks and ran part-way up an escalator at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport early on Monday admitted that she dozed off and did not wake up until the crash, a federal investigator said…
