GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) – The father of a Chechen immigrant killed during questioning over his links with one of the Boston Marathon bombings suspects said on Thursday he plans to travel to the United States where he suspects his son was tortured and killed. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was killed by a federal agent in his [...]
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By Marice Richter GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) – The Boy Scouts of America will vote on Thursday on a proposal to remove its ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout the organization’s 103-year history. The vote by more than 1,400 delegates comes amid intense lobbying by gay-rights activists and members of conservative [...]
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By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) – Military and civilian lawyers for prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base urged U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to improve conditions for detainees, putting more pressure on the Obama administration to make good its promise to close the camp. The plea from 18 lawyers representing “high-value” prisoners came before a [...]
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By Carey Gillam and Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) – Tornado survivors thanked God, sturdy closets and luck in explaining how they lived through the colossal twister that devastated an Oklahoma town and killed 24 people, an astonishingly low toll given the extent of destruction. At least one family took refuge in a bathtub and [...]
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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supporters of U.S. immigration reform are hoping that the smooth and drama-free passage of their legislation through a Senate committee – a departure from almost everything that has happened in Congress over the past four years – will boost the likelihood of the bill winning full Senate approval. Even [...]
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By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Army sergeant at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has been accused of videotaping female cadets in the shower, a defense official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of sex-related incidents that has rocked the military. Sergeant Michael McClendon was charged this month with four [...]
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MIAMI (Reuters) – An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, NBC News reported. NBC said the suspect was being questioned and was originally cooperative, but was fatally shot after attacking the agent. The Orlando Sentinel said a friend had identified the dead [...]
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By Steve Gorman and Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Voters in Los Angeles went to the polls on Tuesday to choose a new mayor in an election between two liberal Democrats seeking to lead America’s second-largest city as it faces an increasingly gloomy financial outlook. City Councilman Eric Garcetti, 42, and Controller Wendy Greuel, [...]
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By Carey Gillam and Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) – Rescuers went building to building in search of victims and survivors picked through the rubble of their shattered homes on Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, wiping out blocks of houses and killing at least 24 [...]
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By Ben Berkowitz and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – Moore, Oklahoma, has had the bad luck of being hit by two highly destructive tornadoes, both in the month of May, 14 years apart. But the Moore that got struck on Monday is not the same as in 1999. Like a lot of towns across America and [...]
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