Los Angeles airport worker pleads not guilty in dry ice bomb case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A baggage handler accused of setting off two dry ice bombs at the Los Angeles International Airport, in what police have said was a purported prank, pleaded not guilty to explosives charges on Thursday in a California courthouse…
Florida convicts sought after release on forged orders
ORLANDO (Reuters) – Florida authorities searched on Thursday for two convicted murderers released from prison based on forged court documents that indicated their life sentences had been reduced, state corrections officials said.
Bankrupt Alabama county threatens to end workout plan
(Reuters) – Alabama’s Jefferson County on Thursday threatened to cancel a plan for exiting its $4.2 billion bankruptcy unless Wall Street creditors agree to more concessions, possibly delaying the resolution of America’s second-largest municipal bankru…
Obama picks attorney Jeh Johnson for Homeland Security chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will nominate former Pentagon attorney Jeh Johnson, a national security expert who had a role in ending the military’s ban on gays in the military, to be Homeland Security chief, a White House official said…
San Francisco rail workers plan strike barring last-minute deal: union
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Commuter rail workers in San Francisco will go on strike on Friday unless a last-minute deal with management on a contract is reached before midnight on Thursday, an employee union said in a statement.
New NSA deputy expected to be leaks task force head: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Richard Ledgett, who heads a new task force at the National Security Agency to handle information leaks, is expected to take over as the deputy director of the spy agency after the current No. 2 retires in January, sources told R…
Knife-wielding man hijacks Arkansas school bus
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) – An Arkansas man wielding a knife hijacked a school bus carrying 11 elementary school students as well as the driver on Thursday morning, but all the children were freed unharmed, police said.
Former Primary Global employee avoids jail in insider case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former technology analyst at expert networking firm Primary Global Research LLC avoided jail time on Thursday after a judge praised his “very substantial assistance” in cooperating with a government insider-trading investigation….
Chicago’s O’Hare airport adds runway to cut delays, grow traffic
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport opened a new runway on Thursday, which the city hopes can cut delays by nearly half, and allow for nearly 90,000 additional annual flights as demand grows.
Police lift evacuation at San Francisco’s Union Square
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An evacuation of San Francisco’s Union Square, a plaza popular with tourists that is surrounded by upscale shops, was lifted after less than two hours on Thursday when a suspicious package was found to pose no threat, the poli…
