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.
Senate negotiators near deal on unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate negotiators were close to a deal on extending expired jobless benefits through November and paying the estimated $18 billion cost through future spending cuts, a senior Senate Democratic aide said on Thursday.
Man charged with misdemeanor in Missouri case Anonymous publicized
(Reuters) – A Missouri man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a 2012 party was charged Thursday with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child in a case publicized by the hacker group Anonymous, according to court records.
San Diego-based gang ran prostitutes across U.S., prosecutors say
(Reuters) – U.S. authorities have indicted two dozen gang members accused of operating a vast California-based human trafficking ring that sent women and underage girls across state lines for prostitution, in what prosecutors likened to modern-day slav…
