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• Thousands without power on Thanksgiving after storm
• Pope to urge tolerance in Turkey visit as wars rage
• Early-bird shoppers turn out on Thanksgiving
• Ferguson gives thanks after a quiet night
• Holiday storm leaves 350,000 in the dark
• Family: Boy's fatal shooting could have been avoided
• Thankful to arrive on snowy U.S. holiday with power out, travel delays
• Shades of Ferguson: family of NY teen shot dead by cop wins lawsuit
• Holiday travelers greeted by cheap gas, storms
• Ferguson grand jury papers full of inconsistencies
• East Coast storm hampers Thanksgiving travel

Thousands without power on Thanksgiving after storm Posted: 27 Nov 2014 12:04 PM PST A winter storm that wreaked travel chaos across the US northeast wound down Thursday, but hundreds of thousands of people were left without power on the Thanksgiving holiday. About 300,000 people suffered power outages in the wake of the storm, Accuweather.com reported. Hard-hit areas included New Hampshire, where the public utility company said about 174,000 were affected as of noon Thursday. Central Maine Power said 74,000 customers were without electricity.

Pope to urge tolerance in Turkey visit as wars rage Posted: 27 Nov 2014 02:06 PM PST By Nick Tattersall and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Pope Francis begins a visit to Turkey on Friday with the delicate mission of strengthening ties with Muslim leaders while condemning violence against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East. His three-day trip comes as Islamic State insurgents have captured swathes of Iraq and Syria just over Turkey's southern borders, declaring an Islamic caliphate and killing or driving out Shi'ite Muslims, Christians and others who do not share their ultra-radical brand of Sunni Islam. ...

Early-bird shoppers turn out on Thanksgiving Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:34 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Early-bird shoppers headed to stores on Thanksgiving in what's becoming a new holiday tradition.

Ferguson gives thanks after a quiet night Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:19 PM PST Protesters in Ferguson pressed pause Thursday to observe Thanksgiving, decorating boarded-up storefronts at times with Dr. Seuss quotes and gathering for church services and turkey giveaways — a stark contrast to previous days of outrage over the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case.

Holiday storm leaves 350,000 in the dark Posted: Hundreds of thousands of customers from Maine to Virginia were without power.

Family: Boy's fatal shooting could have been avoided Posted: 26 Nov 2014 10:43 PM PST CLEVELAND (AP) — The family of a 12-year-old boy fatally wounded by a Cleveland police officer said surveillance video of the shooting shows that if the officer had not acted so quickly the youngster would still be alive.

Thankful to arrive on snowy U.S. holiday with power out, travel delays Posted: 27 Nov 2014 11:56 AM PST

Shades of Ferguson: family of NY teen shot dead by cop wins lawsuit Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:26 PM PST By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Relatives of a Hispanic teen shot dead by a white New York police officer are headed back to court in January after winning a lawsuit in a case that could set the stage for the family of slain teenager Michael Brown. A day after a Missouri grand jury declined to indict the white police officer in Brown's death, a jury hearing civil cases in Bronx Supreme Court unanimously decided on Tuesday that the City of New York and NYPD Sergeant Robert Barnett were liable in the 2005 death of 19-year-old Leonel Disla. ...

Holiday travelers greeted by cheap gas, storms Posted: 26 Nov 2014 08:36 PM PST Some holiday travelers are giving thanks for the cheapest gas prices in years. But that's cold comfort to those beating a path through stormy weather, including a nor'easter affecting a wide swath of the East Coast.

Ferguson grand jury papers full of inconsistencies Posted: 26 Nov 2014 07:40 PM PST An AP review finds numerous statements that were conflicting, fabricated or provably wrong.

East Coast storm hampers Thanksgiving travel Posted: 26 Nov 2014 05:20 PM PST By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - A blast of rain and snow along the East Coast snarled traffic and disrupted flights for millions of Americans at the start of the long Thanksgiving weekend, traditionally the busiest time of the year for U.S. travel. The nor'easter that formed over the Gulf of Mexico brought rain to cities including New York and Boston. Higher elevations in New England will see about a foot of snow, National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Orrison said on Wednesday. "Either way, travel is not going to be in a good state," Orrison said. ...

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