NEW YORK (Reuters) - The changing face of U.S. homegrown extremism has officials and analysts worried as a growing number of unlikely militants in small-town America radicalize themselves using the Internet and plot attacks at home and abroad.
The ease with which people can convert online to ...
David Headley, 49, has been cooperating with U.S. investigators since his arrest in October and faces up to life in prison, said U.S. District Court Judge Harry Leinenweber.
Headley also pleaded guilty to plotting an attack on a Danish newspaper that offended many Muslims with 2005 cartoons ...
It would be the first crack down on school snacks in three decades but the compromise stops short of proposals, made in the past, to ban vending machines from schools.
At present, the government bars the sale of junk food in school lunchrooms but has no authority over school stores, snack bars or ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Thursday sought to clamp down on the marketing of cigarettes to children and teenagers, issuing national limits on merchandise sales, event sponsorships and other promotions after a failed attempt more than a decade ago.
Under the U.S. Food and Drug ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said that an analysis of the 2005 hybrid's "black box" data recorder found no braking just before it hit a stone wall in the Westchester County town of Harrison on March 9. The agency also said the throttle was "wide ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The son of prominent investor Mario Gabelli has won the dismissal of large parts of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit alleging securities fraud related to market timing.
U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts dismissed the SEC's claims alleging fraud, and seeking an ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Extreme obesity among American children is much worse than previously believed, putting them at greater risk of serious health problems as they age, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
A study of more than 700,000 children and teens in southern California found that more than ...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania woman who called herself "Jihad Jane" pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of providing material support to terrorists and conspiring to kill in a foreign country.
Colleen LaRose appeared in federal court in Philadelphia accused of plotting ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour was named on Thursday to anchor the ABC News' Sunday morning program "This Week" starting in August, after 27 years as an international correspondent for CNN.
Amanpour, 52, was hired to replace George Stephanopoulos, the ...
An audit of 31 municipalities involving hundreds of local government officials found major differences in awareness and compliance with ethics laws, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in a statement.
"Our auditors found that some municipalities fail to comply with existing rules and aren't ...
