| Feds: Ohio bartender contemplated poisoning Speaker Boehner Posted: 13 Jan 2015 03:58 PM PST  Michael Hoyt is suspected to have contemplated poisoning House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, and has been charged with threatening to murder a U.S. official, court documents showed on Tuesday. Michael Hoyt, who had long served Boehner at a country club in Ohio and checked into a psychiatric facility after he was questioned by police, was indicted on the charge on Jan. 7, court papers said. ...
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| Tsarnaev lawyers: Suspend jury selection over France attacks Posted: 13 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST  Attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking a judge to suspend jury selection in his trial for at least a month because of the terror attacks in France.
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| Montana officer breaks down after fatally shooting unarmed man Posted: 13 Jan 2015 01:27 PM PST  In the footage, Billings Police Officer Grant Morrison can be seen sobbing on the hood of a police cruiser after shooting 38-year-old Richard Ramirez three times during a traffic stop.
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| U.S. police organizations criticize response to alleged brutality Posted: 13 Jan 2015 01:29 PM PST  By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. police are being unfairly targeted in response to allegations of police brutality, leaders from three police organizations said at the first public meeting of U.S. President Barack Obama's policing task force on Tuesday. In a tense back and forth, Fraternal Order of Police President Chuck Canterbury told the task force that the media and public figures often rush to judgment against officers involved in fatal shootings rather than respecting due process. ...
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| Facebook to issue missing children alerts in U.S. Posted: 13 Jan 2015 11:47 AM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Social networking website Facebook plans to use its estimated 140 million daily U.S. users to help track missing children through emergency alerts, the company said on Tuesday. Facebook partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to immediately begin sending AMBER Alerts, including photographs and other details, to the news feeds of users in targeted search areas. "The chances of finding a missing child increase when more people are on the lookout," Emily Vacher, trust and safety manager at Facebook, said in a statement. ...
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| Probe into deadly Washington subway smoke may take a year: NTSB Posted: 13 Jan 2015 12:32 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The investigation into smoke in a Washington subway tunnel that killed a woman and sent 84 people to hospitals could take six to 12 months, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday. The preliminary cause of the smoke that filled six subway cars in a tunnel on Monday was electrical arcing involving the charged third rail about 1,100 feet (335 metres) ahead of the train, NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said. "What caused the electrical arcing is what we want to understand," he said. ... |
| Man linked to Paris attacker held Posted: 13 Jan 2015 03:23 PM PST  PM Valls is urging tighter surveillance and other anti-terrorism measures.
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| Eleven Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus Posted: 13 Jan 2015 04:25 PM PST  Eleven Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus in the separatist east. Local police said the rocket appeared to have gone astray after being aimed by the gunmen at a checkpoint set up by government soldiers on the main highway connecting the rebel stronghold of Donetsk with Ukraine's southeastern coast on the Sea of Azov. The incident was the deadliest attack on civilians since the rival sides signed a much-maligned September 5 ceasefire that only partially stemmed the fighting and did little to resolve the insurgents' independence claims.
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| US judges review broad surveillance of Muslims by NYC police Posted: 13 Jan 2015 03:05 PM PST  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court appeared concerned Tuesday that the New York Police Department may have spied on Muslim groups following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks solely because of their religion.
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| Pope urges respect for human rights on Sri Lanka trip Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:40 AM PST  Pope Francis urged respect for human rights as he began a two-nation Asia tour in a windswept Sri Lanka Tuesday, bearing a message of peace and reconciliation after a decades-long civil war. His visit, days after the surprise election of a new president, is focused on unity in a country struggling to heal the wounds of a 37-year conflict that pitted troops against Tamil separatists. The Argentine pope's second visit to Asia will also take in the Philippines, a bastion of Christianity in the region, where he is set to attract one of the biggest-ever gatherings for a head of the Catholic Church.
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| Indian state slams plan for centers to make LGBT youths 'normal' Posted: 13 Jan 2015 08:07 AM PST  By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The chief minister of the Indian beach state of Goa on Tuesday slammed plans by his youth affairs minister to set up treatment centers for young lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people(LGBT), a move that had enraged activists. Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said Ramesh Tawadkar's plan to set up centers providing treatment, training and medication "to make them (LGBT youths) normal" was announced in ignorance. ...
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| Israel to bury victims of Paris market attack Posted: 13 Jan 2015 05:20 AM PST  Top Israeli leaders will attend services for four Jews killed in a kosher market.
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| CDC director 'confident' world can get to zero Ebola cases Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:12 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday he was "confident" that the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa can be brought under control, but that "we are by no means out of the woods." Speaking at a breakfast meeting in Washington with public health officials and lawmakers, Dr. Tom Frieden said it is vital that every case of the disease is eliminated. "I remain very confident we can get to zero cases in this epidemic if we continue the way we're going and nothing unexpected happens," he said. ...
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| Contest to succeed Sen. Boxer prompts hectic maneuvering Posted: 13 Jan 2015 04:11 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Tuesday became the first Democrat to enter the high-stakes, high-dollar race to replace Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate.
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| 1792 penny sells for record-breaking sum Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:39 PM PST  By Michael Fleeman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Beverly Hills rare coin dealer purchased a 1792 American penny for nearly $2.6 million, the most ever paid for a one-cent piece at auction. Named after its engraver, Robert Birch, the so-called "Birch Cent" was among the first pennies struck for the United States, part of a series of prototype coins. Only 10 are believed to exist and collector Kevin Lipton said the coin he purchased is in the best condition of those 10. ...
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| Sen. Marco Rubio issues terror warning: Not if, but when Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:39 PM PST  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio warns that "thousands of people around the world" are plotting terror attacks like the one on the staff of the magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and that an attack on America is "not a question of if, but when."
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| Ohio State routs Oregon to win College Football Playoff title Posted:  Running back Ezekiel Elliott scores four touchdowns as the Buckeyes complete a dream season.
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| Divers retrieve AirAsia cockpit voice recorder Posted: 13 Jan 2015 03:07 AM PST  Finding the recorder is a key step towards determining the cause of the deadly crash.
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