| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's mother: ‘My sons are innocent’ Posted: 09 Apr 2015 01:50 PM PDT  Zubeidat Tsarnaeva condemned the guilty verdict delivered by the jury in the Boston bombing trial.
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| Police cruiser video shows moments before fatal shooting Posted: 09 Apr 2015 04:28 PM PDT  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The traffic stop starts like any other: an officer pulls over a motorist, walks up to the driver's side window and asks for license and registration. What happened minutes later appears to take place without any obvious sign of provocation or conflict: The driver opens the door and runs, and the officer chases after him.
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| Obama moves to end conversion therapies for LGBT youth Posted: 09 Apr 2015 02:38 PM PDT  In a move that further solidifies the White House's stance on gay marriage and LGBTQ civil liberties, President Obama is calling for an end to what's known as gay and transgender conversion therapies. This comes just a few months after a 17-year-old transgender teen, Lellah Alcorn, took her own life after writing an online suicide note, which included references to how religious therapists attempted to change her back to being a boy.
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| Witness to S.C. police shooting ‘thought about erasing the video’ Posted: 09 Apr 2015 07:09 AM PDT  The bystander who captured cellphone video says he feared other cops might retaliate against him.
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| Matt Bai: Two friends. Two principles. One answer on Iran. Posted:  If Barack Obama has a close friend in Congress, it's Tim Kaine.
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| Meet DJ Patil: Obama’s Big Data dude Posted:  DJ Patil is still settling into his White House office. It's by far the most prestigious place he's ever worked, but it looks more like a bootstrapping startup than a precinct of Washington power.
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| TV crew's action leads to threat of mistrial in Aaron Hernandez case Posted: 09 Apr 2015 07:37 AM PDT  Two jurors say a TV van suspiciously approached them Wednesday as they left court, a potential violation of Massachusetts law.
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| New video shows South Carolina man fleeing traffic stop before shooting Posted: 09 Apr 2015 04:06 PM PDT  By Harriet McLeod NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A video captured by a South Carolina police cruiser's dashboard camera surfaced on Thursday showing a black man fleeing after what appears to be a routine traffic stop by a white officer who would eventually pursue and fatally shoot him in the back. The footage, released by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and aired by CNN, was taken minutes before a bystander's video recorded North Charleston Patrolman Michael Slager gunning down 50-year-old Walter Scott as he ran. The new video clip, which lasts just four minutes, shows Slager, 33, approaching a black Mercedes-Benz and asking the driver, Scott, for his license and proof of insurance.
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| Rand Paul up, Clinton down in 2016 presidential poll Posted: 09 Apr 2015 06:39 AM PDT  Democrat Hillary Clinton has slipped against leading 2016 Republican candidates in Colorado, Iowa and Virginia, according to a poll released on Thursday that cited damage from the furor over the former secretary of state's emails. The Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll also showed Clinton in a close race with U.S. Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican who declared his candidacy on Tuesday.
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| South Carolina officer dismissed after shooting man in back Posted: 08 Apr 2015 05:01 PM PDT  By Harriet McLeod NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A white South Carolina police officer has been fired after being charged with murder for shooting a black man in the back as he fled, but questions remained on Wednesday about some details of the killing that was filmed by a witness. The shooting occurred on Saturday in North Charleston, a town of about 100,000 people, nearly half of whom are black, but it gained national media attention on Tuesday when the video became public. The incident was recorded by a man identified by NBC News as Feidin Santana. In an interview with the network, he said the victim, 50-year-old Walter Scott, had been hit by the officer's stun gun before fleeing to avoid further stun gun fire.
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| Victims react to Boston bombing verdicts Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:22 PM PDT  A jury finds Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts for his role in the 2013 attacks.
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| Iran's Khamenei demands all sanctions end when nuclear deal signed Posted: 09 Apr 2015 10:56 AM PDT  Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran's nuclear program is concluded. Khamenei, the Islamic Republic's most powerful figure and who has the last say on all state matters, was making his first comments on the interim deal reached last week in the Swiss city of Lausanne. He repeated his faith in President Hassan Rouhani's negotiating team. Everything is in the details, it may be that the deceptive other side wants to restrict us in the details," Khamenei said in a speech broadcast live on state television.
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| Secret Service supervisor placed on leave after allegations Posted: 08 Apr 2015 08:21 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service has placed a high-ranking supervisor on administrative leave and suspended the supervisor's security clearance after what it called "allegations of misconduct and potential criminal activity."
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| Video of fatal police shooting may have major impact Posted: 08 Apr 2015 06:45 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Graphic videos have surfaced previously that kindled outrage over police use of force — the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles, last year's chokehold death in New York City. The new video from South Carolina is perhaps the most striking yet — its depiction of a fleeing, unarmed black man being shot in the back by a white policeman so vivid that a murder charge came swiftly.
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