Friday, February 10, 2017

New York man accused of bomb plot admits Islamic State support

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New York man accused of bomb plot admits Islamic State support
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City man who prosecutors said discussed carrying out a pressure cooker bomb attack for Islamic State and helped another man try to travel to join the militant group pleaded guilty on Friday.
Massachusetts 'Baby Doe' mother pleads guilty to murder-related charge
The mother of a 2-1/2-year-old girl whose body was found on a Boston beach in 2015, sparking a months-long search for the identity of "Baby Doe," pleaded guilty on Friday to being an accessory to murder after the fact. Rachelle Bond, who has been in custody since September 2015, also admitted to grand larceny charges for taking state payments to support her daughter for months after she knew that her boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, had killed the girl, first stuffing her body in a refrigerator and later dumping it on a beach. After killing the child, McCarthy told Bond "she was a demon anyway.
Trump promises new security steps after travel ban court setback

Iranian citizen and U.S green card holder Cyrus Khosravi greets his niece and brother after they were detained for additional screening following their arrival to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to visit Cyrus, in SeaTac, Washington, U.S.By Julia Edwards Ainsley and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Friday to introduce additional national security steps, a day after an appeals court refused to reinstate his travel ban on refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, and he expressed confidence his order would ultimately be upheld by the courts. The White House is not ruling out the possibility of rewriting Trump's Jan. 27 order in light of the actions by a federal judge in Seattle and an appeals court in San Francisco that put the directive on hold, an administration official said.


Angry voters flood town halls of GOP lawmakers

A person shouts to Rep. Jason Chaffetz during his town hall meeting at Brighton High School, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. Hundreds of people lined up early for a town hall with Chaffetz on Thursday evening, many holding signs criticizing the congressman's push to repeal the newly-named Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The voter identified himself as a cancer survivor, and he had something to say to Republican Rep. Justin Amash: "I am scared to death that I will not have health insurance in the future."


Nigeria's anti-graft body seizes $9.8 million from state oil firm ex-boss
Nigeria's anti-corruption watchdog has seized $9.8 million in cash from the former head of the state oil company, a spokesman said on Friday, as the government continues to battle endemic corruption. Graft, particularly in the oil sector on which Nigeria relies, has taken large sums from the country's coffers. President Muhammadu Buhari rode to victory in 2015 on an anti-corruption platform after widespread anger at the plundering of the state under his predecessor Goodluck Jonathan.
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