| Police: Ferguson gunman arrested, may not have been targeting officers Posted: 15 Mar 2015 04:21 PM PDT  Jeffrey Williams, 20, was charged in the shootings of two St. Louis-area officers.
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| University of Maryland probing racist fraternity email Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:09 AM PDT  The University of Maryland is investigating a 2014 email allegedly sent by a white Kappa Sigma fraternity member containing racial epithets aimed at African American, Indian and Asian women and encouraging fellow members to have sex with women in their basement regardless of consent.
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| Suspect charged in shooting of police officers in Ferguson, Missouri Posted: 15 Mar 2015 02:34 PM PDT  By Richard Valdmanis FERGUSON, Missouri (Reuters) - A 20-year-old man was charged on Sunday with first-degree assault in last week's shooting of two policemen during a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri, a crime that shocked a city that has been devastated by months of racial strife. The suspect, Jeffrey Williams, has admitted to firing the shots that wounded the officers early on Thursday, said St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch. The gunfire rang out just after midnight at the end of a rally to call for sweeping reforms in Ferguson, where an unarmed black teenager was shot to death by a white officer last summer. Eighteen-year-old Michael Brown's death touched off months of protests against law enforcement's treatment of minority groups, in Ferguson and around the country, and led to a U.S. Justice Department probe that found pervasive racial bias on the part of the city's mostly white police force.
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| New York real estate baron Durst arrested on LA murder warrant Posted: 15 Mar 2015 10:24 AM PDT  Robert Durst, scion of one of New York's largest real estate empires, has been arrested in New Orleans on a murder warrant issued by Los Angeles County, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said. Durst, born in 1943, is known for life twists that led him to be questioned but not charged in the mysterious deaths of his first wife Kathleen Durst in 1982 and a longtime friend in 2000. The New York Times reported last week that the district attorney in Los Angeles had recently reopened an investigation into the December 2000 killing of Durst's friend Susan Berman, and was tying it to the case of Kathleen Durst, who went missing from New York and was eventually pronounced legally dead.
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| Four Americans arrive in Nebraska to be monitored for Ebola virus Posted: 15 Mar 2015 05:00 PM PDT By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Four Americans who may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone have arrived in the United States and are being observed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the hospital said on Sunday. The individuals arrived on Saturday and are being housed on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus in Omaha, where medical personnel will monitor them for 21 days for any Ebola symptoms, hospital spokesman Taylor Wilson said. A U.S. healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola while in Sierra Leone arrived at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland on Friday and was in serious condition, the NIH said. The people under observation in Nebraska are among at least 10 Americans flown to the United States by non-commercial air transport who may have been exposed to the unidentified Ebola patient in Sierra Leone or had a similar exposure to the virus as the patient. |
| US, Iran press for nuke pact; lesser announcement on table? Posted: 15 Mar 2015 02:51 PM PDT  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The United States and Iran plunged back into negotiation Sunday, hoping to end once and for all a decades-long standoff that has raised the specter of an Iranian nuclear arsenal, a new atomic arms race in the Middle East and even a U.S. or Israeli military intervention. Two weeks out from a deadline for a framework accord, some officials said the awesomeness of the diplomatic task meant negotiators would likely settle for an announcement that they've made enough progress to justify further talks.
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| Putin: Russia prepared raising nuclear readiness over Crimea Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:27 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last year's tensions over the Crimean Peninsula and the overthrow of Ukraine's president, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks aired on Sunday.
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| Bombings at churches in Pakistan kill 14 Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:02 AM PDT  The blasts went off minutes apart in a majority Christian suburb of Lahore.
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| Boston St. Patrick's parade to include gay groups for first time Posted: 15 Mar 2015 01:22 PM PDT  By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - For the first time in the 114-year history of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade, gay rights activists marched openly on Sunday under rainbow banners in the city's annual celebration of its Irish heritage, after organizers lifted a longtime ban. Two groups, Boston Pride and OutVets, were among dozens of contingents taking part in the parade through the center of South Boston, once an insular Irish-American neighborhood near downtown that has undergone gentrification in recent years. "South Boston is more diverse then it's ever been and our inclusion is a testament to change in the neighborhood," said Sylvain Bruno, president of Boston Pride, as he waited to march. "Finally in the city of Boston we're seeing the inclusivity we never thought we would see," said Bryan Bishop, the 46-year-old founder of OutVets, representing gay military veterans.
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| White House warns Senate on Iran legislation Posted: 14 Mar 2015 09:48 PM PDT  "Let us complete the negotiations before the Congress acts on legislation," an official says.
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| Report: Jeb Bush used personal email to discuss security Posted: 14 Mar 2015 08:39 PM PDT  Aides for the GOP hopeful say none of the messages contained classified information.
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| U.S. shuts Saudi embassy over security fears Posted: 14 Mar 2015 11:55 PM PDT  The US embassy in Saudi Arabia said it had suspended consular services in the kingdom for two days due to "heightened security concerns", after warning of threats against Western oil workers. All services in Riyadh and at the consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran have been cancelled for Sunday and Monday, it said in a statement posted on its website Saturday. The embassy warned US citizens to take extra precautions and keep a low profile if they were out in public. Saudi Arabia is taking part in US-led air strikes that began in September against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, raising concerns about possible retaliation.
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| Up to 51 dead after bus crash in southern Brazil Posted: 14 Mar 2015 08:30 PM PDT  As many as 51 people died on Saturday when a passenger bus drove off a cliff in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, police said. Despite nearly a decade of sustained economic growth that only slowed in recent years, the country has done little to improve or expand its creaky infrastructure.
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| Vanuatu struggles to account for cyclone damage, deaths Posted: 15 Mar 2015 05:04 PM PDT  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The official death toll from a massive cyclone that tore through Vanuatu has risen to four, with fears it could jump significantly, officials from the tiny South Pacific archipelago said Monday.
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| Kerry cautious before new Iran talks, cites 'important gaps' Posted: 14 Mar 2015 08:21 PM PDT  SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday delivered a highly cautious assessment ahead of the next round of nuclear talks with Iran, citing "important gaps" in the way of a deal before an end of March deadline.
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