| Oregon Gov. Kitzhaber resigns amid scandal Posted: 13 Feb 2015 03:50 PM PST  Long-time Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has announced his resignation amid allegations his fiancee used her relationship with him to enrich herself.
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| Pennsylvania governor makes big death penalty change Posted: 13 Feb 2015 03:59 PM PST  Newly elected Gov. Tom Wolf has made a major policy shift in the controversial punishment.
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| Details emerge about driver in Bob Simon's accident Posted: 13 Feb 2015 09:48 AM PST  The livery cab driver who survived the fatal crash that killed journalist Bob Simon had a reportedly checkered driving record and previously attempted suicide.
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| Sierra Leone quarantines 700 homes after Ebola case Posted: 13 Feb 2015 10:56 AM PST  This news comes less than a month after the nation had lifted all travel restrictions.
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| Family of German exchange student sues shooter, girlfriend Posted: 13 Feb 2015 10:17 AM PST  MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The family of a 17-year-old German exchange student who was shot to death last spring in Montana has filed a lawsuit against the shooter and his girlfriend.
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| Boko Haram attacks village in Chad as revolt spreads Posted: 13 Feb 2015 05:32 AM PST  This is the first known lethal attack in Chad by the Nigerian militant group.
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| Ukraine cease-fire deadline provokes bitter last-gasp battle Posted: 13 Feb 2015 01:45 PM PST  ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-backed separatists mounted a vicious assault Friday in eastern Ukraine ahead of a weekend cease-fire deadline, pummeling a strategic railway hub with wave upon wave of shelling in a last-minute grab for territory. At least 26 people were killed across the region.
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| Obama denounces 'outrageous murders' of three U.S. Muslims Posted: 13 Feb 2015 02:50 PM PST  By Colleen Jenkins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday described the deaths of three young Muslims gunned down in North Carolina this week as "brutal and outrageous murders" and said no one in the United States should be targeted for their religion. The president's statement came as the U.S. Justice Department said it would join the FBI's preliminary inquiry to determine whether the man accused in the Chapel Hill shooting on Tuesday broke any federal laws, including hate crime laws. The families had called on Obama to insist that federal authorities investigate whether the murder suspect, 46-year-old paralegal student Craig Stephen Hicks, was motivated by hatred toward the victims because they were Muslim. Newlywed Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, a University of North Carolina dental student, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, a student at North Carolina State University, were killed in a condominium about two miles (three km) from the UNC campus.
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| U.N. chief praises three young Muslims killed in North Carolina Posted: 13 Feb 2015 11:10 AM PST  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday praised three young Muslims killed in North Carolina as representing the best values of global citizenship and said he was deeply moved by scenes of thousands of people mourning their deaths. Deah Barakat, 23, a University of North Carolina dental student, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, a student at North Carolina State University, were gunned down on Tuesday in Chapel Hill.
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| California has three new measles cases, Arizona says outbreak winding down Posted: 13 Feb 2015 03:48 PM PST  By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California public health officials have confirmed three more cases of measles in an outbreak that began in late December, bringing to 113 the total number of people believed to have been infected in the state. Health officials in Arizona, where seven cases of measles have been documented, said the outbreak would likely be considered over in that state if no further infections were reported over the weekend. Across the United States, more than 150 people have been diagnosed with measles, many of them linked to an outbreak that authorities believe began when an infected person from out of the country visited Disneyland in late December. The California Department of Public Health said 39 of the 113 people who contracted measles in the state were believed to have been exposed while visiting Disneyland.
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