NATION IN BRIEF : OKLAHOMA : 2 Soldiers Charged in Artillery Accident

The Army charged two soldiers at Ft. Sill, Okla., with negligent homicide for using too much powder in an artillery round that strayed outside the target area and killed three soldiers and injured 24 at a rifle range last month, officials said. Sgt. Edward C. Tyler, 26, of Washington, D.C., and Spec. Nickoles W. Holly, 24, of Canton, Ohio, were told that they were being charged in military court, said Sheila Samples, a spokeswoman at the base. She said the two were still performing their duties but were not firing cannons. The maximum sentence would be a bad conduct discharge and 15 months’ confinement with loss of pay.