Tennessee man plotted to attack Muslims, burn down mosque in New York's Islamberg
An ex-Congressional candidate from Tennessee faces up to five years in prison for plotting to burn down an upstate New York mosque and use an assault rifle against anyone who tried to stop him, according to court documents. Robert Doggart, who made a failed bid for Congress in 2014 as an independent with highly conservative views, pleaded guilty on April 29 to interstate communication of threats, according to a plea
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Railroad unions are urging Amtrak to put a second engineer in locomotives in the wake of a deadly derailment last week in Philadelphia.
Yahoo’s Bianna Golodryga talks with experts about the fall of the major Iraqi city of Ramadi.
Waco Police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said that five gangs had been identified in a shootout that left 9 dead and 18 injured Sunday, but he would not give them publicity by naming them. Earlier reports, however, pinpoint at least two outlaw motorcycle gangs at the center of the chaos.
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Cheap debt is creating opportunities for companies to grow through acquisitions, Anthem Chief Financial Officer Wayne DeVeydt told investors during the UBS Global Healthcare Conference in New York. Analysts have said for years that Anthem and No. 3 insurer Aetna Inc are possible acquirers of smaller national competitors including Humana Inc and Cigna Corp . Last week, Leerink Research reignited that talk when it said in a research note after
By Joseph D’Urso LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM) have launched Britain’s first billboard campaign to raise awareness and encourage girls at risk to get advice as public pressure mounts to stamp out the practice. Survivors Aissa Edon and Hoda Ali joined forces with students Mabel Evans and Kain Egan who came up with the idea after realizing that no one in Britain had
By Pavithra George FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Reuters) – Musician Stuart Jewell is working on a long-cherished dream to record a song that he wrote almost thirty years ago, but his purpose is to create a memento for his family, rather than to become a star. A stage III cancer patient, Jewell spends long hours in a recording studio in Falls Church, Virginia, as he battles his disease. “When I play
More than 35 countries have been hit in a surge in bird flu outbreaks since early last year, killing tens of millions of poultry, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. U.S. poultry and egg producers have been grappling with a record outbreak of avian flu, mainly the H5N2 strain, that has led to the culling of more than 33 million birds since December last year and
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway and General Electric have invested $22.5 million in U.S.-Israeli eVolution Networks, a provider of energy-saving software to mobile network operators. EVolution said on Tuesday the money, which came from Berkshire’s IES Holding and GE Ventures, would be used to expand into new markets, like data center energy management. The company said its system can reduce the annual energy consumption of mobile operators by up to
