Steven Green was found guilty on all 17 counts against him A former US soldier convicted of rape and murder in Iraq has been spared the death penalty. Steven Green, 24, will now be sentenced to life in prison, after jurors ...Read More
KILLEEN, Texas – Sgt. Fahad Kamal awoke before dawn the morning after the attack. In his Army uniform, he stood before his prayer mat, the one his mother bought him in Houston. He smoothed the top right corner folded over ...Read More
As US Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan faces his first court hearing in a San Antonio hospital, America is split over a fundamental question: Is Hasan an Islamic terrorist? Maj. Hasan, who allegedly killed 13 and wounded dozens during a Nov. ...Read More
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
Smiling kids embracing a ...Read More
Attorneys for Casey Anthony say they have new evidence that could indicate she didn't kill her two-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony, and instead could implicate the man who helped police find Caylee's remains. Casey is awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges. She's ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- For a moment, he became judge, jury and executioner. President Obama yesterday blurted out a predicted conviction and death sentence for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed -- then sheepishly qualified the prejudgment. In one of several TV interviews at the ...Read More
CHISINAU, Moldova -- Moldova's army is feeding its soldiers onions and garlic to help them ward off swine flu. Defense Ministry chief doctor Col. Sergiu Vasislita says about 0.9 ounces (25 grams) of onions and 0.5 ounces (15 grams) of garlic ...Read More
ST.PETERSBURG, Russia—Russia's Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions. Constitutional Court chief Valery Zorkin said that Russia must extend the moratorium on executions ...Read More
Texas' Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday recommended that Gov. Rick Perry spare the life of Houston killer Robert Lee Thompson, who is scheduled to be executed tonight in Huntsville.
A Perry spokeswoman did not indicate when the governor, who ...Read More
WASHINGTON - WASHINGTON - Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four others must be, and will be, convicted, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday in defense of his controversial recent decision to try the five alleged terrorists in a ...Read More
OAKLAND, Calif. — Prosecutors say a 38-year-old Oakland man killed his girlfriend's young son, dumped his body in the water, then killed her to stop her from telling anyone. Charles Martin III was charged Tuesday with two counts of murder with ...Read More
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and executed, as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified in the Senate to defend the strategy of civilian trials for the ...Read More
* Attorney General: "failure not an option" for 9/11 trials * Republicans say attacks were war, require military trials (Adds details from congressional hearing, NY court, Guantanamo) WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obamasuggested on Wednesday the self-professed mastermind of ...Read More
Washington - The Obama administration came out swinging today in support of a criminal trial for the alleged plotters of the Sept. 11 attacks, but faced sharp criticism from Republican lawmakers who said a public trial is a ``perversion'' of ...Read More
As Attorney General Eric Holder defends his decision to prosecute Sept. 11 plotters in civilian court in New York, President Obama backed him up in a series of TV interviews today. Holder is testifying this morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee ...Read More
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- A man who killed six people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a northwest Washington shooting rampage last year pleaded guilty Tuesday and will spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital or prison. Isaac Zamora ...Read More
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - A man who killed six people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a northwest Washington shooting rampage last year pleaded guilty Tuesday and will spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital or prison. Isaac ...Read More
Washington - The US Army is short as many as 300 substance-abuse counselors and 800 mental health professionals as it attempts to stem the rise of soldier suicides, which is expected to break new records again this year. As of Monday, ...Read More
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- A man charged with killing six people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a Washington state shooting rampage last year has pleaded guilty. The Skagit Valley Herald reports that Isaac Zamora entered the pleas to 18 charges including ...Read More
Rifleman Fentiman died after coming under fire while on a foot patrol
A UK soldier shot dead on patrol in Helmand province had volunteered to go to Afghanistan and had been there for just two weeks, it has emerged.
Rifleman Andrew ...Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. (Nov. 17) -- An Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because, she said, no one was available to care for her infant son while she was overseas. Spc. ...Read More
