| Obama uses familiar rhetoric in 'Bloody Sunday' speech Posted: 07 Mar 2015 01:58 PM PST  The president sounded a bit like his 2008 self while talking about voting rights heroes.
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| Jeb Bush remarks on ethanol have Iowans reading tea leaves Posted: 07 Mar 2015 01:35 PM PST  Bush gave a nod to free-market conservatives on government subsidies for industry, but in actuality his position appears to be one of full support for the Renewable Fuel Standard.
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| CUNY refunds fees to undocumented students who unknowingly overpaid Posted: 06 Mar 2015 03:42 PM PST  The majority of undocumented high school graduates don't go to college, despite being eligible for some financial aid.
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| In solidarity with Selma, hundreds cross Brooklyn Bridge Posted: 07 Mar 2015 01:26 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of New Yorkers have marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark event of the civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama.
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| Police chief: Veteran officer shot unarmed 19-year-old Posted: 07 Mar 2015 04:21 PM PST  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 19-year-old black man who died after being shot by a white police officer was unarmed, the Madison police chief said Saturday, assuring protesters who earlier in the day had chanted "Black Lives Matter" that his department would defend their rights to gather while imploring the community to express their anger with "responsibility and restraint."
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| 2 Nemtsov suspects detained in Russia, prompting skepticism Posted: 07 Mar 2015 01:23 PM PST  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's security service head said Saturday that two suspects in the killing of leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov have been detained. Russian news reports later cited an official as saying one of them had served with police troops in Chechnya.
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| Photos: The legacy of the march in Selma Posted: 04 Mar 2015 09:26 PM PST  In this March 7, 1965 file photo, state troopers use clubs against participants of a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala. At foreground right, John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, is beaten by a state trooper. The day, which became known as "Bloody Sunday," is widely credited for galvanizing the nation's leaders and ultimately yielded passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. (AP Photo) |
| On Selma anniversary, Obama says racial progress made but more needed Posted: 07 Mar 2015 04:11 PM PST  By Jeff Mason SELMA, Ala. (Reuters) - With a nod to ongoing U.S. racial tension and threats to voting rights, President Barack Obama declared the work of the Civil Rights Movement advanced but unfinished on Saturday during a visit to the Alabama bridge that spawned a landmark voting law. Obama, the first black U.S. president, said discrimination by law enforcement officers in Ferguson, Missouri, showed a lot of work needed to be done on race in America, but he warned it was wrong to suggest that progress had not been made. "Fifty years from Bloody Sunday, our march is not yet finished, but we're getting closer," Obama said, standing near the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where police and state troopers beat and fired tear gas at peaceful marchers who were advocating against racial discrimination at the voting booth. The event became known as "Bloody Sunday" and prompted a follow-up march led by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. that spurred the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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| U.S. Republican hopefuls Bush, Walker change their tune on ethanol Posted: 07 Mar 2015 03:13 PM PST  By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Potential Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Scott Walker told Iowa voters on Saturday that they supported government policies to boost ethanol use, a change in position that could help their prospects in the corn-growing state. Speaking at an agricultural forum in Des Moines, the two White House hopefuls said a 2007 law requiring ethanol use should be kept in place despite their general distaste for subsidies and mandates. The so-called Renewable Fuel Standard requires motor fuel producers to use an ever-increasing amount of ethanol and other renewable fuels in an effort to boost U.S. energy production. "I don't think Washington should be picking winners and losers," said Texas Senator Ted Cruz.
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| White House lockdown triggered by burning truck cleared Posted: 07 Mar 2015 10:23 AM PST  A security lockdown at the White House triggered by a loud bang just as President Barack Obama was due to leave was caused by a souvenir truck catching fire in a nearby street, the Secret Service said on Saturday. The security alert happened just moments before Obama and his family had been due to board a helicopter from the presidential mansion's South Lawn for Andrews Air Force Base. Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary said the fire had been contained and a vehicle near the White House was investigated and cleared after a bomb-sniffing dog detected something on it. Obama and his family left the White House by motorcade instead of helicopter an hour later and boarded Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base.
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| Sen. Menendez, amid probe, says he's honest, law-abiding Posted: 07 Mar 2015 08:47 AM PST  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Amid a federal investigation, U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez insists he has always been honest in his more than 20 years in Congress and says he is "not going anywhere" even as a person familiar with the matter says he's expected to face criminal charges soon.
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| Top U.S. general optimistic about outcome of Tikrit battle Posted: 07 Mar 2015 09:07 AM PST  MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — The top U.S. general predicts the one-two punch of Iranian-backed militias and Iraqi government troops will prevail over Islamic State fighters in the unfolding battle for Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown.
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