| Charlie Hebdo cofounder blames slain editor for provoking attack Posted: 15 Jan 2015 12:16 PM PST  Stéphane Charbonnier is criticized for "overdoing it" by publishing provocative cartoons.
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| Immigrants can now get Mexican birth certificates in U.S. Posted: 15 Jan 2015 03:47 PM PST  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — For Mexicans living in the U.S. illegally and hoping to stay in the country under President Barack Obama's new immigration policy, things just got one step simpler.
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| Belgian police kill 2 in anti-terror raid during shootout Posted: 15 Jan 2015 03:32 PM PST  VERVIERS, Belgium (AP) — With Europe dreading more terror, Belgian authorities moved swiftly to pre-empt what they called a major attack by as little as hours Thursday, killing two suspects in a firefight and arresting a third in a vast anti-terrorism sweep that stretched into the night.
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| Obama measures on Cuba trade, travel poke new holes in embargo Posted: 15 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST  By Anna Yukhananov, Matt Spetalnick and Krista Hughes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced sweeping new rules on Thursday that will significantly ease sanctions on Cuba, opening up the communist-ruled island to expanded U.S. travel, trade and financial activities. Defying hardline critics in Congress, President Barack Obama made good on his commitment last month to loosen restrictions on dealings with Cuba as part of an historic effort to end decades of hostility. The U.S. embargo on Cuba, in place for 54 years, will remain. Only Congress can lift it.
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| New Yorkers concerned by mayor's rift with police, poll shows Posted: 15 Jan 2015 12:51 PM PST  A majority of New York City residents are concerned by the unusually deep rift that has formed between Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city's police department, according to a poll released on Thursday, with 77 percent saying the relationship is bad. Forty-five percent say it is the mayor's fault, while 43 percent say it is the police's, according to the Quinnipiac University Poll. Amid police anger over the mayor's qualified support for some of the police's fiercest critics, the number of arrests and court summonses plummeted for two weeks in late December as the nation's largest police department embarked on what city leaders called a slowdown.
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| Airport workers, others protest on Martin Luther King birthday Posted: 15 Jan 2015 11:21 AM PST  By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scores of airport workers rallied on Thursday in New York and other cities to demand higher wages in one of several protests planned by an array of interest groups to mark the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. About 200 service workers blocked a dozen or so bus and car drivers by sitting down on a street bridge leading to New York's LaGuardia Airport. At Philadelphia International Airport, about 100 non-unionized airport workers marched silently through four terminals to a designated "free speech zone" where they held a rally accusing contractors of ignoring minimum wage rules.
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| Bill Cosby praises fans for loyalty before Denver shows Posted: 15 Jan 2015 03:00 PM PST  Bill Cosby released a statement thanking his fans for sticking by his side and buying tickets to his upcoming performances in Denver.
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| Turkey opens probe against columnists over Mohammed cartoon Posted: 15 Jan 2015 08:04 AM PST  Turkish prosecutors on Thursday opened an investigation into two commentators writing for daily newspaper Cumhuriyet who illustrated their columns with the controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoon published by Charlie Hebdo. The prosecutors were investigating Cumhuriyet columnists Ceyda Karan and Hikmet Cetinkaya on suspicion of "inciting public hatred and insulting religious values", the official Anatolia news agency reported. The probe was opened a day after Cumhuriyet published the special edition marking the first edition of the French satirical weekly after the attack on its offices that killed 12 people.
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| U.S. loosens embargo on Cuba Posted: 15 Jan 2015 01:07 PM PST  The White House is changing its policies on trade and investment in the island nation.
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| Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression Posted: 15 Jan 2015 02:47 PM PST  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith.
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| Watch Live: Journalism after #CharlieHebdo Posted: 14 Jan 2015 05:03 PM PST  Katie Couric leads an expert panel discussing fallout from the Paris attacks.
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| Matt Bai: Dear Mitt Romney — Shake it off Posted: 15 Jan 2015 02:36 AM PST  The pundits are saying Mitt Romney can't win in 2016 if he runs for president. But Matt Bai is here to tell him he shouldn't take any of that seriously. Our columnist explores the many arguments in favor of running, starting with Romney's hair.
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| FBI: Ohio man planned to bomb U.S. Capitol Posted: 15 Jan 2015 01:59 PM PST  The 20-year-old suspect expressed his support for the Islamic State, officials said.
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| Spain to probe Paris gunman Coulibaly's Madrid stay Posted: 15 Jan 2015 06:36 AM PST  A Spanish High Court judge has opened a preliminary investigation into French Islamist gunman Amedy Coulibaly's stay in Madrid days before last week's Paris attacks, a judicial source said Thursday. Judge Eloy Velasco will probe the visit by Coulibaly, his partner Hayat Boumeddiene and a "third person who may have helped her reach Syria," the source said. Coulibaly was shot dead by police after he killed four Jewish men in a siege at a kosher supermarket in Paris on January 9.
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| Shakeup at Secret Service; 4 executives reassigned Posted: 14 Jan 2015 04:00 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Four of the highest-ranking Secret Service executives have been reassigned following a series of security mishaps and scathing reports questioning leadership within the agency, the Secret Service said Wednesday.
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| CIA absolves itself in torture report snooping Posted: 14 Jan 2015 07:06 PM PST  A panel clears agency officials of wrongdoing when they accessed Senate committee computers.
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