Three Albanian-born brothers serving life for plotting to kill U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, insist they were barred from testifying at their 2008 terrorism trial and asked a judge Wednesday to throw out their life sentences.
Two principals of a Pennsylvania construction company that did work at New Jersey's Fort Dix have been charged with using threats to get employees to kick back part of their wages. One is also accused of resorting to violence against a company manager.
Military officials are warning residents in the vicinity of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst that they may hear more noise than usual in the coming days.
A federal appeals panel on Wednesday upheld the convictions and sentences of five Muslim men accused of planning to attack Fort Dix or other military bases, though it threw out a charge against one defendant.