A U.S. Army appeals court has ruled that Fort Hood shooting suspect Major Nidal Hassan must shave off his beard for trial. The court on Thursday rejected Hassan’s argument that his beard is an expression of his Muslim faith. It ordered him to shave it off or have it removed by force. Hasan, an Army […]
US Army Orders Accused Fort Hood Shooter to Shave His Beard
Posted October 18th, 2012 at 7:40 pm (UTC-5)
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US Jury Convicts Somali National of Supporting Al-Shabab Terrorists
Posted October 18th, 2012 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. federal jury has convicted a 46-year-old Somali national of conspiring to recruit young men from Minnesota to join the al-Qaida-linked terrorist group al-Shabab in its push to topple the Mogadishu government. Defendant Mahamud Said Omar was found guilty by the Minneapolis jury on all five counts of giving material support to terrorists, and […]
FDA Confirms Link Between Fungus and Meningitis Outbreak
Posted October 18th, 2012 at 5:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. federal health officials confirm that contaminated vials linked to cases of meningitis does indeed contain the fungus responsible for causing the outbreak. Early tests on a batch of steroid led to a strong suspicion of a link. The latest tests announced Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration confirmed it. The meningitis outbreak has […]
Obama, Romney to Share Stage in New York City
Posted October 18th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
Two days after their contentious second debate, U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will meet again in a far more congenial setting Thursday night in New York City. The two candidates will speak at an annual fundraising dinner hosted by the city’s Catholic Archdiocese at the luxury Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Unlike their heated […]
Obama, Romney Highlight Debate Performances
Posted October 18th, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Two days after their contentious debate, U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will meet again in a far more congenial setting Thursday night in New York City. The two candidates have been invited to an annual dinner hosted by the city’s Catholic Archdiocese at the luxury Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The dinner is named […]
Bangladeshi Man Arrested On Charges Of Plotting Bomb Attack In US
Posted October 17th, 2012 at 7:30 pm (UTC-5)
A Bangladeshi man arrested on suspicion that he plotted to blow up the U.S. Federal Reserve building in New York City has appeared in federal court and has been ordered held without bail. Federal authorities arrested 21-year-old Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis in lower Manhattan Wednesday on suspicion that he planned to detonate a van […]
Florida Man Charged with Smuggling Mongolian Dinosaur Skeleton into US
Posted October 17th, 2012 at 7:25 pm (UTC-5)
Federal agents have charged a Florida man with smuggling a 70 million year-old dinosaur skeleton from Mongolia into the United States. Prosecutors call suspect Eric Prokopi of Gainesville, Florida a “one-man black market in prehistoric fossils.” Prokopi allegedly brought the dinosaur bones into the United States and reassembled them to form a Tyrannosaurus Bataar skeleton. […]
Bangladeshi Man Arrested On Charges Of Plotting Bomb Attack In US
Posted October 17th, 2012 at 6:15 pm (UTC-5)
A Bangladeshi man arrested on suspicion that he plotted to blow up the Federal Reserve building in New York City has appeared in federal court and been ordered held without bail. Federal authorities arrested 21-year-old Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis in lower Manhattan Wednesday on suspicion that he planned to detonate a van with explosives […]
US Meningitis Outbreak Deaths Rise to 19
Posted October 17th, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. health officials Wednesday said four more people have died from rare fungal meningitis, bringing the number of deaths in the outbreak to 19. There are at least 245 confirmed cases in 15 states, and thousands of others may also be infected. Nearly all the victims were injected for back pain with a contaminated steroid […]
Obama, Romney Highlight Debate Performances
Posted October 17th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have hit the campaign trail, fresh off of Tuesday’s presidential debate. Mr. Obama urged supporters in Iowa on Wednesday to vote for him for a second term so that he can finish the progress he said he had made on economic issues. Referring to Tuesday’s debate, […]
