WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Ash Carter used his personal email account for government business for nearly a year, until December 2015, when news reports revealed the practice, according to hundreds of Carter emails released by the Defense Department.
The 1,336 pages of emails and attachments from Carter’s personal account were released late Friday in response to Freedom of Information Act requests by The Associated Press and other news organizations. None contained classified information, and most pertained to routine business such as scheduling and logistics.
The Pentagon has long banned the use of personal email for official business. Carter’s use of his personal email account was especially remarkable given the burst of public criticism of Hillary Clinton using her private email while she was secretary of state.
LONDON – Scottish police say the killing of a Muslim shopkeeper who wished Christians a happy Easter is being investigated as “religiously prejudiced.”
Vigils were held Friday and Saturday in memory of 40-year-old Asad Shah, who was killed Thursday night in Glasgow.
He had apparently posted messages on Facebook calling for religious harmony: “Good Friday and very happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation x!”
Police say a 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with Shah’s death. The suspect, who police say is Muslim, has not been identified or charged.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The six astronauts at the International Space Station got an early Easter treat this weekend with the arrival of a supply of fresh food and experiments.
Instead of the usual bunny, Saturday’s delivery came via a swan – Orbital ATK’s Cygnus capsule, named after the swan constellation. The cargo carrier rocketed away from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday night.
NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra used the station’s big robot arm to grab the capsule, as the two craft soared 250 miles above the Indian Ocean. “Excellent work, gentlemen,” Mission Control radioed. Four hours later, the capsule was bolted firmly to the complex. It’s the first of three shipments coming up in quick succession.
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. – Two Indiana bakeries share a love for four-sided doughnuts but one of them believes there is room for only one square doughnut-maker.
Valparaiso-based Family Express asked a court Thursday to declare that it can continue to call its products “Square Donuts.” But Terre Haute-based Square Donuts, which has been making its doughnuts since the 1960s and has nine locations, wants Family Express to cut it out.
Family Express started making its version in 2005, and a year later, Square Donuts sent Family Express a cease-and-desist letter.
Associated Press
