Boston Marathon bomber’s case thrown back to lower court for probe of ‘juror bias’

A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the case of the Boston Marathon bomber ... defense attorneys said. IRAQI IMMIGRANT PLOTTED TO SMUGGLE ASSASSINS THROUGH MEXICO TO KILL FORMER US ... Read More

US court directs inquiry into juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber's trial

BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday directed a trial judge to assess whether two jurors in Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's 2015 trial were biased and should not have ... Read More

Defense News

19 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Ukraine ... Four Marines remain hospitalized month after suicide bombing at Afghan airport Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Four U.S. Marines remain ... Read More

Spending more on defense does not mean more defense -- quite the opposite

The B-21 Raider bomber and the Sentinel ICBM programs ... And in the Red Sea, the United States is firing $5 million SM-6 anti-air and $2 million Tomahawk cruise missiles against cheap Houthi ... Read More

Military & Defense

The Pentagon is 'not really' worried about China's new H-20 stealth bomber, defense official says Global military spending saw its steepest spike in more than a decade, with the US vastly ... Read More

Space and Missile Defense

NATO’s forthcoming plans to deter Russia includes “significant improvements to our air and missile defenses,” as well as fifth-generation jets, alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ... Read More

Defense says murder case of Seabeck family in 2017 is based 'purely on speculation'

Closing arguments continued Tuesday in the trial of three men, accused of killing a Seabeck family in 2017. Defense attorneys ... If convicted all three could face life in prison. Read More

How US life expectancy rates changed as COVID deaths wane, drug overdoses persist

Life expectancy rose to 77.5 years on average ... an internist and geriatrician with Mayo Clinic in Arizona told USA TODAY that "up to 25% of longevity is genetic." The rest, he says, comes ... Read More

How to spot dangerous fake solar eclipse glasses being sold in the US that could cause ‘permanent blindness’

Counterfeit solar eclipse glasses made in China that could leave users with “temporarily impaired vision” or “permanent blindness” are being sold in the US, officials cautioned. Read More

Angry anti-Israel protesters dump manure near Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s home: ‘You ain’t s–t’

Members of Palestinian Youth Movement drop manure in front of the houses of two senior US officials [National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin] to protest the ... Read More

Defense Mechanisms

Life is full of unexpected ... see if disruptive or bad behavior may be defense mechanisms masking difficult emotions. For example, a 5-year-old might begin acting out after a new baby is born. Read More

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over Access to Abortion Pill

President Biden scolded Republicans for overturning the protections of Roe v. Wade, the case that recognized abortion as a woman’s constitutional right, in his State of the Union address. Read More