| Ferguson police Chief Tom Jackson resigns Posted: 11 Mar 2015 12:28 PM PDT  Chief Jackson's department has been under scrutiny since the shooting of Michael Brown.
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| Kerry: Even a Republican president won’t undo Iran nuclear deal Posted: 11 Mar 2015 12:41 PM PDT  Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly predicts that even a Republican president in 2017 wouldn't nullify Barack Obama's pending nuclear deal with Iran.
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| Sarah Palin mocks Hillary Clinton’s ‘convenience’ excuse in email controversy Posted: 11 Mar 2015 11:54 AM PDT  Sarah Palin is critical of Hillary Clinton's explanation that using one cellphone for personal and work-related business was simply a matter of convenience.
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| AP sues State Dept. over access to Clinton records Posted: 11 Mar 2015 01:32 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press on Wednesday sued the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
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| 11 service members missing in helicopter crash presumed dead Posted: 11 Mar 2015 02:50 PM PDT  The UH-60 Black Hawk crashed during a training exercise at Florida's Eglin Air Force Base.
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| Tsarnaev trial shifts from marathon bombing to MIT officer's killing Posted: 11 Mar 2015 11:49 AM PDT  The trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continued Wednesday, with testimony about the fatal shooting of MIT police officer Sean Collier.
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| Japan marks 4th anniversary of quake-tsunami disaster Posted: 11 Mar 2015 09:11 AM PDT  Japan marked the fourth anniversary Wednesday of a quake-tsunami disaster that swept away thousands of people and sparked a nuclear crisis in a tragedy that continues to wreak misery for many. Remembrance ceremonies were held in towns and cities around the disaster zone and in Tokyo, where Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko led tributes to those who died in Japan's worst peace-time disaster. "The situation surrounding disaster victims remains severe," the emperor told the ceremony.
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| Zeal for control pervades Clinton press conference Posted: 10 Mar 2015 03:09 PM PDT  Her first press conference in months was a hectic affair and maybe a sign of things to come.
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| Families offer apologies for roles in racist OU fraternity video Posted: 10 Mar 2015 07:03 PM PDT  One Dallas-area man and the family of another have apologized for their roles in a viral video containing racial slurs that has caused a firestorm at the University of Oklahoma.
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| Ferguson police chief resigns after scathing Justice Dept. report Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:12 PM PDT  By Carey Gillam KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - The police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, resigned on Wednesday, following a scathing U.S. Justice Department report that found widespread racially biased abuses in the city's police department and municipal court. The resignation of Chief Thomas Jackson, which the city announced in a brief statement, is the latest in a string of departures since the Justice Department announced on March 4 that a months-long probe had uncovered a range of unlawful and unconstitutional practices. Protesters had called for Jackson's removal since the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white Ferguson police officer on Aug. 9. Jackson's departure follows those of Ferguson City Manager John Shaw and Municipal Judge Ronald Brockmeyer earlier this week.
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| Search continues in military copter crash off Florida that left 11 presumed dead Posted: 11 Mar 2015 03:16 PM PDT  Seven Marines and four soldiers were presumed dead after an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a nighttime training mission off Florida's Gulf coast, where U.S. military officials continued a search-and-rescue operation on Wednesday afternoon. Some human remains had washed ashore, said a spokeswoman for Eglin Air Force Base in north Florida. Officials did not immediately release information on what caused the crash involving the Marines and four members of the Louisiana National Guard. A U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the 11 service members aboard were presumed to have died in what could be among the deadliest domestic military training accidents in years.
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| Demonstrators protest police shooting in Madison, Wisconsin Posted: 11 Mar 2015 02:40 PM PDT  By Brendan O'Brien MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) - About 1,500 people, some banging plastic pails or blowing whistles, marched on Wednesday afternoon to the Wisconsin corrections department in Madison to protest the fatal police shooting last week of an unarmed biracial young man. The shooting of Tony Robinson, 19, in Wisconsin's capital by a veteran white Madison police officer on Friday was the latest in a string of officer-involved deaths around the country that have heightened concerns about racial bias in U.S. law enforcement. Activists are questioning the use of force against Anthony Hill, a 27-year-old black man, who was naked and unarmed when he was shot and killed by a white police officer in an Atlanta suburb on Monday. The mostly young Wisconsin protesters carried signs calling for "Justice for Tony." Robinson's mother, Andrea Irwin, said her "wonderful" son would be in awe of the crowd's support, and that she wanted no violence done in his name.
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