Terrorism charges

Terrorism charges

NEW YORK

Three men accused in a plot to travel to Syria to join forces with the Islamic State group pleaded not guilty Friday to terrorism charges in federal court.

Abdurasul Hasanovich Juraboev, 24, Akhror Saidakhmetov, 19, and Abror Habibov, 30, were indicted this week on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, conspiracy and travel-document fraud. Federal officials say Juraboev and Saidakhmetov had tickets to travel to Turkey but really were going to Syria.

Groups seek probe into activist’s death

UNITED NATIONS

Women’s-rights groups Friday demanded an international investigation into the killing of a Libyan activist who had become a symbol of her country’s efforts to create a democracy.

The shooting and stabbing of Salwa Bugaighis shortly after she cast her vote in Libya’s parliamentary elections last year shocked the international community, with U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice calling the assassination “brutal and senseless.”

Noted architect Michael Graves dies

TRENTON, N.J.

Celebrated architect Michael Graves, who created whimsical postmodern structures and later became well known to the masses for designing products for people with disabilities and household goods such as whistling Alessi teakettles and stainless-steel colanders for sale at Target and other stores, died Thursday. He was 80.

Graves died of natural causes at his home in Princeton, spokeswoman Michelle DiLello said.

Associated Press