| Gay marriage: High court sets stage for historic ruling Posted: 16 Jan 2015 04:32 PM PST  The Supreme Court will decide whether same-sex couples nationwide have right to marry.
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| Why it’s taken so long to bring James Holmes to trial Posted: 16 Jan 2015 11:08 AM PST When the first potential juror in Case No. 12CR1522 arrives at the Arapahoe County courthouse on Tuesday, two years, six months and a day will have passed since the defendant terrorized a packed Denver-area movie theater with guns and tear gas. |
| John Boehner uses Taylor Swift GIFs to attack Obama’s education plan Posted: 16 Jan 2015 12:17 PM PST  Sometimes Taylor Swift really gets what you're feeling, whether you are a teenager of House Speaker John Boehner.
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| Supreme Court to decide if states can ban gay marriage Posted: 16 Jan 2015 02:21 PM PST  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether states can ban gay marriage, delving into a contentious social issue in what will be one of the most anticipated rulings of the year. The court, in a brief order, said it would hear cases concerning marriage restrictions in Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. The plaintiffs include two nurses from Michigan, April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, and Louisville. "We are excited obviously for our clients and for the many thousands of couples like them in Michigan, but we are also excited for the entire nation," added Dana Nessel, a lawyer for the Michigan plaintiffs.
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| Judge denies bail to man accused of plotting U.S. Capitol attack Posted: 16 Jan 2015 12:13 PM PST  By Ginny McCabe CINCINNATI (Reuters) - A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that an Ohio man charged with plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol with guns and bombs be held without bail after prosecutors said he posed a threat to national security. Christopher Cornell, 20, of Cincinnati, was arrested on Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie Bowman granted their request to deny bail in a hearing that lasted less than 15 minutes.
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| Obamacare's lead agency chief announces her resignation Posted: 16 Jan 2015 10:47 AM PST  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration official who oversaw the botched rollout of the Obamacare website, Healthcare.gov, announced on Friday she will resign as head of the agency that also manages the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs. "It is with sadness and mixed emotions that I write to tell you that February will be my last month," Marilyn Tavenner, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said in an email to staff. A former nurse and hospital chain executive, Tavenner, 63, joined CMS in February 2010, a month before President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. An administration official said Tavenner was leaving "at the right time" after her agency had hired capable new officials in leadership positions.
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| U.S. war crimes ambassador stepping down in ‘frustration’ Posted: 16 Jan 2015 11:40 AM PST  Prominent Obama administration official Stephen Rapp, the ambassador-at-large in charge of the State Department's Office of Global Criminal Justice, who has spoken out against "atrocities" by the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, confirmed today he is resigning his post in the next few months after a "frustrating" experience trying to hold that government accountable for its actions.
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| Boko Haram’s use of girl suicide bombers intensifies amid terror campaign Posted: 16 Jan 2015 11:00 AM PST  Experts discuss Boko Haram's new tactic of forcing young women and girls to walk into crowded market places wearing explosive devices, as campaign of terror escalates.
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| Obama: Europe needs to better integrate Muslim communities Posted: 16 Jan 2015 10:40 AM PST  The president says Europe must not 'simply respond with a hammer' to attacks.
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| Islamic State group reaches for Afghanistan and Pakistan Posted: 16 Jan 2015 02:16 PM PST  CAMP SHORABAK, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan and Pakistan, home to al-Qaida and Taliban militants and the focus of the longest war in U.S. history, face a new, emerging threat from the Islamic State group, officials have told The Associated Press.
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| To run or not to run? Posted: 16 Jan 2015 08:18 AM PST  Tom Steyer — the San Francisco hedge-fund manager turned environmental activist who has spent the last few election cycles spending vast amounts to influence climate-change policy nationwide — is considering a run to succeed retiring California Sen. Barbara Boxer. One of his advisers agreed to provide Yahoo News with a behind-the-scenes look at Steyer's decision-making process.
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| Obama, Cameron pledge unified effort to fight terrorism Posted: 16 Jan 2015 11:03 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a show of trans-Atlantic unity, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a joint effort on Friday to fight domestic terrorism following deadly attacks in France. They also strongly urged the U.S. Congress to hold off on implementing new sanctions on Iran in the midst of nuclear talks.
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| Arizona students face new graduation requirement Posted: 16 Jan 2015 03:11 PM PST  Students in the Copper State must take a test that's the first of its kind in the nation.
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| Saudi Arabia postpones lashing blogger 1,000 times Posted: 16 Jan 2015 11:45 AM PST  Saudi Arabia on Friday postponed the next round of flogging for a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam because his wounds from last week's beating have not yet healed, his wife said. The public flogging of Raef Badawi, who is also serving a 10-year jail sentence, has sparked an international outcry and a campaign by Amnesty International and other rights groups to free him. His wife Ensaf Haidar told AFP: "We only knew today that Badawi's case was referred by the royal court to the supreme court nearly a month ago," possibly paving the way for an appeal. Badawi received the first 50 lashes of his sentence outside a mosque in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on January 9.
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| GOP’s biggest tech challenge for 2016 is closing small-donor gap Posted: 16 Jan 2015 02:23 AM PST  In the world of money and politics, Democrats talk a lot about wealthy Republican donors, but the reality is that in recent years they've had a cash advantage over Republicans that the GOP has not been able to match.
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| Pakistanis protest Charlie Hebdo Posted: 16 Jan 2015 06:47 AM PST  Anti-Charlie Hebdo protesters face police outside the French consulate in Karachi.
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| Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to train Syrian rebels Posted: 15 Jan 2015 10:13 PM PST  The U.S. military is planning to deploy more than 400 troops to help train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State, along with hundreds of U.S. support personnel, a Pentagon spokesman told Reuters on Thursday. The U.S. military has not yet identified where it will draw its forces from for the training mission, expected to begin in the spring at sites outside Syria, Colonel Steve Warren said. The training program is a part of President Barack Obama's multi-year plan to field local forces in Syria to halt and eventually roll back Islamic State fighters, while pounding them with U.S.-led airstrikes.
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| Oklahoma carries out its first execution since botched one Posted: 15 Jan 2015 08:55 PM PST  Another inmate is executed in Florida using the same three-drug method.
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