U.S. nuclear arms modernization plan misguided: scientists’ group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Obama administration plan to spend $60 billion over the next 25 years to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal is misguided and violates the spirit of its pledge not to develop new nuclear arms, a Union of Concerned Scientists re…
California pension fund to appeal San Bernardino bankruptcy eligibility
(Reuters) – The largest U.S. public employee pension fund said Thursday that it would appeal an August court ruling granting Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection to the city of San Bernardino, California.
Prosecutors to appeal new trial ruling for New Orleans cops
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department will appeal a district judge’s decision to grant a new trial to five former New Orleans police officers convicted in the killing of two unarmed people in a post-Hurricane Katrina shooting in 2005, acc…
Americans traveling to Cuba in record numbers
HAVANA (Reuters) – Americans are visiting Cuba in record numbers despite strict travel restrictions, joining the hundreds of thousands of Cuban Americans who travel home each year, according to Cuban government figures published on Friday.
Air marshal accused of taking photos up skirts at Nashville airport
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Police arrested an on-duty federal air marshal on Thursday and accused him of using his cell phone to take photographs beneath the dresses or skirts of female passengers as they boarded a flight at the Nashville airport…
Accused Colorado theater gunman saw lawyer 13 hours after requesting counsel
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Police did not allow accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes access to lawyers for 13 hours after he asked for legal counsel following his arrest, and ignored demands by his lawyers that he not be interrogated, defens…
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…
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author, Alabama museum in legal battle over book
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) – An Alabama museum in the town that inspired the setting for the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” is fighting back against a lawsuit by author Harper Lee that accuses it of exploiting one of America’s best-loved books.
Orlando approves $1 billion airport expansion plan
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Orlando’s international airport authority approved a $1.1 billion improvement program, financed in part by $543.5 million in revenue bonds, to meet growing tourism industry demand linked to the area’s theme parks.
Suspect in Texas murders found dead after car went off cliff
(Reuters) – A man sought in the Texas shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend on Thursday was found dead after his car went over a cliff in a remote area known as “Devil’s Backbone,” police said.
