Ex-U.S. Army reservist gets 11 years prison for Islamic State support
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - A former member of the Army National Guard in Virginia was sentenced on Friday to 11 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to Islamic State, despite...
View ArticleTurkish hacker behind cyber heists gets 8 years in U.S. prison
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Turkish hacker was sentenced to eight years in a U.S. prison on Friday for his role as one the masterminds behind three cyber attacks that enabled $55 million to...
View ArticleBAE, Northrop, SAIC, others in $3.04 billion U.S. defense contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of companies including subsidiaries of BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman Corp, Science Applications International Corp, Teledyne Technologies Inc and KBR Inc will share in a...
View ArticleIndiana governor pardons man whom Pence would not
By Joseph Ax(Reuters) - A man who served 10 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of armed robbery thanked Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb on Friday for granting him a pardon that had been denied...
View ArticleMassachusetts 'Baby Doe' mother pleads guilty to murder-related charge
BOSTON (Reuters) - The mother of a 2-1/2-year-old girl whose body was found on a Boston beach in 2015, sparking a months-long search for the identity of "Baby Doe," pleaded guilty on Friday to being an...
View ArticleNew York man accused of bomb plot admits Islamic State support
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City man who prosecutors said discussed carrying out a pressure cooker bomb attack for Islamic State with one of its top hackers and helped another man...
View ArticleEx-DEA employee who concealed strip club ties avoids prison
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration employee avoided prison on Friday after his conviction last year for lying during a national security background check...
View ArticleJudge sets October trial date for accused New York City bomber
By Daniel TrottaNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday set an October trial date for a man accused of detonating a bomb that injured 30 people in New York City, delaying the scheduled start about...
View ArticleDetroit Tigers and Red Wings owner Ilitch dead at 87
(Reuters) - American entrepreneur and Hockey Hall of Famer Mike Ilitch, owner of the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings, died on Friday at the age of 87, his company announced in a statement. No cause of...
View ArticleU.S. man, Mexican woman found murdered in Acapulco apartment
ACAPULCO (Reuters) - An American man and a Mexican woman were found murdered in an apartment in the resort city of Acapulco, authorities in the southwestern state of Guerrero said on Friday.The bodies...
View ArticleOne worker remains hospitalized from Phillips 66 Ferndale leak
HOUSTON (Reuters) - One contract worker remained hospitalized on Saturday after a hydrofluoric acid leak at Phillips 66's Ferndale, Washington, refinery on Friday, the company said in a statement.Five...
View ArticleGoJet flight returns to Boston after pilots smell smoke: media
(Reuters) - Pilots flew a GoJet plane bound for North Carolina back to Boston after they smelled smoke in the cockpit, an ABC-affiliated TV channel in Boston reported on Saturday.The Delta Airlines...
View ArticleDefections by Sears, Kmart cap week of controversy for Trump brands
(Reuters) - Trump-branded consumer products have suffered new blows, with U.S. retailers Sears Holdings Corp and Kmart Corp discontinuing online sales of 31 Trump Home items, while new details emerged...
View ArticleWoman dies in escalator fall at New York's World Trade Center Oculus
(Reuters) - A 29-year-old woman died on Saturday after she fell more than 30 feet (9 meters) from an escalator at the World Trade Center Oculus, part of a new, multi-billion-dollar transportation and...
View ArticleMissing worker believed dead in Phillips 66 pipeline blast
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A worker missing since a Thursday night explosion at a Phillips 66 natural gas liquids pipeline station in Louisiana is believed dead, the company said on Saturday.The on-going fire...
View ArticleUnited pilot replaced after intercom rant while dressed as civilian
(Reuters) - United Airlines replaced a pilot before takeoff on Saturday after she boarded in civilian clothes and told passengers over the intercom that both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were liars...
View ArticleSnow falls across Northeastern U.S. as major storm takes aim
By Scott MaloneBOSTON (Reuters) - Snow began falling across the Northeast on Sunday ahead of a major winter storm that forecasters said could dump more than a foot (30 cm) of snow in some areas,...
View ArticleSpillway on California dam in danger of collapse, evacuations ordered
By Dan Whitcomb(Reuters) - Residents below the tallest dam in the United States, near Oroville in Northern California, were urgently ordered to evacuate on Sunday as a spillway appeared in danger of...
View ArticleMexico's Lopez Obrador blasts Trump's immigration policies at LA rally
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mexico's home-grown populist and presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rallied supporters in Los Angeles on Sunday, criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's...
View ArticleBoeing, machinists face off over union at South Carolina plant
By Alwyn Scott and Harriet McLeodNEW YORK/NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Boeing Co faces its first union vote on Wednesday at its aircraft factory in South Carolina, a high-profile test for...
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