| American aid worker beheaded Posted: 16 Nov 2014 04:17 PM PST  The White House confirms the death of Peter Kassig at the hands of Islamic State.
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| Lawyer: Cosby won't address 'decade-old' claims Posted: 16 Nov 2014 02:36 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Cosby will not dignify "decade-old, discredited" claims of sexual abuse with a response, his attorney said Sunday, the first comment from the famed comedian's lawyer on an increasing uproar over allegations that he assaulted several women in the past.
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| Hagel says U.S. speeding up training of Iraqi forces Posted: 16 Nov 2014 01:59 PM PST  FORT IRWIN, California (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the U.S. military is accelerating its efforts to train and advise Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State militants.
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| U.S. hostage Peter Kassig is killed by Islamic State Posted: 16 Nov 2014 03:18 PM PST  By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have beheaded another American hostage, Peter Kassig, issuing a video claiming the killing on Sunday and warning the United States they would kill other U.S. citizens "on your streets." U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed the death of the aid worker in what he called "an act of pure evil by a terrorist group that the world rightly associates with inhumanity. ...
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| Republicans weigh government shutdown to stop Obama on immigration Posted: 16 Nov 2014 10:37 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One Republican leader on Sunday held open the possibility that his party could move to shut down the government in an attempt to stop President Barack Obama from taking executive action on immigration policy. A vocal group of conservatives in the House of Representatives is pressing to use government funding as leverage to prevent any White House moves that would allow millions of undocumented immigrants to stay and work in the United States. ...
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| Obama defends healthcare law after adviser criticism Posted: 16 Nov 2014 10:44 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday defended the transparency of his signature healthcare law, after one of the White House's advisers on the reform said the law passed, in part, because of the "stupidity" of American voters. Obama said the law, which extends private health coverage to uninsured Americans, was extensively analyzed and written about before its passage in 2010, and in subsequent debates. "The fact that some adviser who never worked on our staff expressed an opinion that I completely disagree with ... ...
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| Administration says HealthCare.gov working well Posted: 16 Nov 2014 09:49 AM PST  As a crucial second sign-up season gears up, the Obama administration said Sunday that HealthCare.gov is stable and working well, a far cry from last year's frozen computer screens and frustrated customers.
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| Obama confirms "evil"murder of US aid worker Kassig Posted: 16 Nov 2014 01:50 PM PST  President Barack Obama confirmed Sunday the death of US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, calling his beheading at the hands of the Islamic State group "pure evil."
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| New video of MH17 downing shows alarm in Ukraine Posted: 16 Nov 2014 09:21 AM PST  Four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press has obtained video that shows how close the burning passenger jet came to hitting village homes and suggests that residents first assumed it was a Ukrainian military plane that had been struck.
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| Indiana family: Awaiting U.S. to confirm son's death Posted: 16 Nov 2014 06:33 AM PST  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Family members of a U.S. aid worker purportedly beheaded by Islamic State group militants say they are aware of reports regarding the death of their "treasured son" but are awaiting government authentication.
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| G-20 leaders agree on $2 trillion boost to growth Posted: 16 Nov 2014 05:14 AM PST  BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Under pressure to jolt the lethargic world economy back to life, leaders of G-20 nations on Sunday finalized a plan to boost global GDP by more than $2 trillion over five years. The fanfare, however, was overshadowed by tensions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Western leaders.
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| Hagel: U.S. needs game-changing military innovation Posted: 16 Nov 2014 01:36 AM PST  SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Wary of a more muscular Russia and China, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday the Pentagon will make a new push for fresh thinking about how the U.S. can keep and extend its military superiority despite tighter budgets and the wear and tear of 13 years of war.
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| Putin says there is a good chance of ending Ukraine conflict Posted: 16 Nov 2014 12:42 AM PST  By Lincoln Feast and Alexei Anishchuk BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) - Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed on Sunday to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack down on tax avoidance but ties between the West and Russia plummeted to a new low over the crisis in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin left the G20 summit in Brisbane early as U.S. President Barack Obama accused Russia of invading Ukraine and Britain warned of a possible "frozen conflict" in Europe. ...
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| 4 workers die after chemical leak at Texas plant Posted: 15 Nov 2014 08:10 PM PST  LA PORTE, Texas (AP) — Four workers were killed and one was injured Saturday during a hazardous chemical leak at a DuPont industrial plant in suburban Houston, company officials said.
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| Washington state health exchange shuts down Posted: 15 Nov 2014 05:15 PM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — Washington's health care exchange shut down after the first few hours of open enrollment Saturday as state officials and software engineers tried to resolve a problem with tax credit calculations.
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