Pentagon says not worried about F-35 costs/orders ‘death spiral’
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland (Reuters) – The Air Force general who runs the Pentagon’s $392 billion F-35 program on Tuesday said he was fairly optimistic the new Lockheed Martin Corp fighter jet would survive the next round of U.S. budget cuts, but said h…
California jury recommends death penalty for convicted serial killer
SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) – A jury recommended the death penalty on Tuesday for an elderly former photographer convicted in the 1970s murders of four Northern California prostitutes, all with matching first and last initials.
Teenager kidnapped from Georgia home by armed robbers
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A 14-year-old girl was missing and believed to be in “extreme danger” on Tuesday after two armed robbers kidnapped her from her suburban Atlanta home, police said.
North Carolina cop ‘justified’ in shooting unarmed man, lawyers say
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – Lawyers for a North Carolina police officer say he was “justified” in shooting an unarmed man 10 times, killing him shortly after police say he survived a car accident early Saturday morning.
U.S. court defends its support for collecting phone data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The surveillance court that oversees the U.S. government’s massive collection of telephone data gave its fullest defense to date on Tuesday of why it considers the program lawful, despite the uproar after its existence was made p…
U.S. orders 3,800 Honeywell aircraft beacons inspected
SEATTLE (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Tuesday ordered airlines to inspect more than 3,800 planes to ensure that emergency locator beacons sold by Honeywell International do not have battery problems that could cause a fire.
Obama says Navy Yard shooting shows need for better gun checks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The mass shooting at a Washington military base shows the United States needs a better way to check whether gun buyers have mental health problems, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.
U.S. self-defense laws result in more justifiable homicides: report
ORLANDO (Reuters) – Killings deemed justifiable rose sharply in states where Stand Your Ground self-defense laws allow individuals who claim to be in fear of their lives to use lethal force rather than retreat, according to a new study by a coalition o…
Vice President Biden’s niece arrested for allegedly hitting NYC cop
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A niece of U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden was arrested in New York on Tuesday morning after police said she struck an officer responding to what local media reported was a dispute with a roommate.
Bolivian anti-corruption cop pleads not guilty to extortion in Miami
MIAMI (Reuters) – A former senior Bolivian anti-corruption official accused of trying to extort $30,000 from a former airline executive in Florida pleaded not guilty in federal court on Tuesday.
