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• Immigration file shows California shooters got engaged during 2013 Mecca pilgrimage
• Bowe Bergdahl Enters No Plea at Arraignment
• Appeals court says government cannot censor offensive trademarks
• New York City detective among six U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
• Arkansas highway pileup kills three: TV report
• Bowe Bergdahl to be arraigned on military charges
• Man who loaned gun to Boston Marathon bombers to be sentenced
• Bergdahl to be arraigned on charges including desertion
• No indictments in Sandra Bland jail death
• Prosecutor: No indictment in Sandra Bland jail death
• SpaceX launches rocket 6 months after accident, then lands
• Oregon woman held in Las Vegas Strip sidewalk rampage drove with license suspended
• Suspect in Vegas car-ramming to face murder charge

Immigration file shows California shooters got engaged during 2013 Mecca pilgrimage Posted: 22 Dec 2015 10:47 AM PST San Bernardino shooters Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik first met in person and became engaged during the 2013 Haj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, according to a statement Farook made as part of Malik's official U.S. visa application. In a separate part of Malik's immigration file, provided to Reuters by congressional sources, Malik answered "no" to questions about her background and activities, including whether she had ever received weapons training or engaged in "terrorist activity." The questions were included as part of a U.S. permanent residence application, Form I-485 used by the Department of Homeland Security's immigration unit.

Bowe Bergdahl Enters No Plea at Arraignment Posted: 22 Dec 2015 08:57 AM PST Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl deferred entering a plea this morning against charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, after he allegedly deserted his unit in 2009 and was then held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan for five years. If Bergdahl is convicted of misbehavior before the enemy, he could face a life sentence, while the desertion charge carries a maximum five-year sentence. Bergdahl entered his request to be defended by civilian lawyer Eugene Fidell and military lawyer Capt. Frank Rosenblatt rather than the appointed detailed military defense counselor.

Appeals court says government cannot censor offensive trademarks Posted: 22 Dec 2015 08:08 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday struck down a federal law that barred the registration of offensive trademarks because it violates the First Amendment.

New York City detective among six U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan Posted: 22 Dec 2015 06:31 AM PST By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City police detective volunteering for his third deployment to war zones was mourned on Tuesday, a day after he and five other Americans were killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan near Bagram air base. "Detective Joseph Lemm epitomized the selflessness we can only strive for: putting his country and city first," New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said in a statement. Six American troops, including Lemm, a 15-year veteran of the NYPD who also volunteered in the U.S. Air National Guard, were killed Monday when a suicide bomber on a motorbike struck their patrol in the deadliest attack on U.S. forces this year.

Arkansas highway pileup kills three: TV report Posted: 22 Dec 2015 05:39 AM PST CBS affiliate KSLA in Shreveport, Louisiana, said that besides the deaths, there were several injuries from as many as nine crashed vehicles. The accident near Texarkana, Arkansas, began in the southbound lanes, and was followed by a separate crash on the northbound side, it said. Arkansas State Police said in a statement there were an unconfirmed number of fatalities and injuries.

Bowe Bergdahl to be arraigned on military charges Posted: 22 Dec 2015 04:35 AM PST Some soldiers resented the military resources devoted to searching for Bergdahl, and Republicans criticized the Obama administration for the deal that freed him in a prisoner swap with the Taliban in 2014. Bergdahl is now stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, near the hospital where he has been treated since his release from captivity.

Man who loaned gun to Boston Marathon bombers to be sentenced Posted: 22 Dec 2015 04:20 AM PST A man who lent the Boston Marathon bombers the gun they used to kill a police officer three days after the 2013 attack is due in court on Tuesday to be sentenced for drug and firearms charges. Stephen Silva was not accused of playing any role in the April 15, 2013, bombing, which killed three people and injured 264, but he pleaded guilty last year to drug charges and to having possessed a handgun with its serial number filed off. Tsarnaev was found guilty in April of carrying out the bombing attack along with his older brother as well as shooting dead Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, 27, three days later.

Bergdahl to be arraigned on charges including desertion Posted: 22 Dec 2015 03:11 AM PST FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who disappeared in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, was scheduled to appear Tuesday before a military judge on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.

No indictments in Sandra Bland jail death Posted: 22 Dec 2015 12:57 AM PST A grand jury issues no indictments in the death of a black woman in a Texas jail last summer.

Prosecutor: No indictment in Sandra Bland jail death Posted: 21 Dec 2015 07:46 PM PST HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — A grand jury has decided no felony crime was committed by the sheriff's office or jailers in the treatment of a black woman who died in a Southeast Texas county jail last summer.

SpaceX launches rocket 6 months after accident, then lands Posted: 21 Dec 2015 07:00 PM PST SpaceX sent a Falcon rocket soaring toward orbit Monday night with 11 small satellites, its first mission since an accident last summer. Then in an even more amazing feat, it landed the 15-story leftover ...

Oregon woman held in Las Vegas Strip sidewalk rampage drove with license suspended Posted: 21 Dec 2015 04:22 PM PST An Oregon woman who killed one woman and injured at least 35 pedestrians when she plowed her car into crowds on a Las Vegas Strip sidewalk on Sunday evening was driving with her license suspended, authorities said on Monday. Lakeisha N. Holloway, 24, who was homeless and had been living in her sedan with her toddler, gave herself up to officers a short distance from the scene of the carnage. Surveillance video from the scene supports the police assertion that Holloway drove into pedestrians as "an intentional act," Lombardo said.

Suspect in Vegas car-ramming to face murder charge Posted: 21 Dec 2015 01:57 PM PST

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