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Hillary Clinton announces her presidential campaign

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 12:23 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton says she's running for president in 2016After years of often-breathless speculation about her future, Hillary Rodham Clinton's team confirmed one of the worst-kept secrets in politics: She's running for president.


Republicans preemptively react to Hillary Clinton’s presidential announcement

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 01:11 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton officially enters White House raceAhead of Hillary Clinton's announcement of her bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, her Republican opponents preemptively reacted to the news Sunday by attacking her candidacy.


Shooting drew together ordinary lives of driver, officer

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 09:10 AM PDT

Judy Scott, center, is escorted in for the funeral of her son, Walter Scott, at W.O.R.D. Ministries Christian Center, Saturday, April 11, 2015, in Summerville, S.C. Scott was killed by a North Charleston police officer after a traffic Saturday, April 4, 2015. The officer, Michael Thomas Slager, has been charged with murder. (AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool)But for a series of split-second decisions that followed a traffic stop, Walter Scott might still be alive and police officer Michael Slager still patrolling the streets.


Pope calls Armenian slaughter '1st genocide of 20th century'

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 01:20 PM PDT

Pope Francis arrives to celebrates an Armenian-Rite Mass on the occasion of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Sunday, April 12, 2015. Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I, an event widely viewed by genocide scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey however denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated, and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling the massacre by Ottoman Turks "the first genocide of the 20th century" and urging the international community to recognize it as such. Turkey immediately responded by recalling its ambassador and accusing Francis of spreading hatred and "unfounded claims."


Sharpton praises South Carolina mayor where officer shot black man

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 12:05 PM PDT

Founder and President of the National Action Network Al Sharpton speaks at the opening of National Action Network Convention in New York CityBy Randall Hill NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton on Sunday praised the mayor of a South Carolina town where a white patrolman was charged with murder after the fatal shooting of a black man and said other officers there should face charges. New York-based Sharpton said he hoped the prosecution of the officer, who shot Walter Scott in the back on April 4, would mark a turning point in the United States. "Rather than duck, the mayor stood up," Sharpton said of North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey, who attended Sunday's service at a local church where Sharpton spoke. Sharpton said it seemed providential that "way down in South Carolina, where we are still protesting the Confederate flag, that in the Deep South, a mayor and police chief did what we couldn't get mayors in the North and the Midwest to do." Sharpton told the New York Times he would urge authorities to prosecute a black police officer, Clarence Habersham, who arrived on the scene just after Scott was fatally shot.


Wisconsin students' Rice Krispies treat a snap, crackle, colossus

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 02:21 PM PDT

By Mary Reardon MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) - University of Wisconsin-Madison students said on Sunday they have completed a Rice Krispies cereal treat weighing more than 5-1/2 tons they hope will be entered into Guinness World Records. The colossus made by combining Rice Krispies cereal, marshmallows and butter was more than 1,000 pounds heavier than a 10,314 pound Rice Krispies treat made in California in 2010 that is recognized by Guinness World Records. The students had been aiming for a 15,000 pound dessert and manufacturers had donated 9,000 pounds of marshmallows, 5,500 pounds of Rice Krispies and 900 pounds of butter for the effort. Danny Lerner, one of the organizers, said Sunday he was pleased with the results after challenges posed by raw weather and warping in the wooden mold used to make the treat.

Alaska road to oilfield operations opens for limited traffic

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 01:58 PM PDT

By Steve Quinn JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's lone road to North Slope oilfield operations reopened on Sunday to limited traffic after flooding from an adjacent river shut it down for nearly a week, state transportation officials said. Thirty trucks carrying what they deem critical loads are allowed to travel north on the Dalton Highway to Deadhorse, the base of operations for several oilfields that produce more than half a million barrels of crude oil daily, the officials said.

Pope: Church must be 'oasis of mercy,' not severe fortress

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 10:21 AM PDT

Pope Francis walks inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 11, 2015. Pope Francis has proclaimed a special year of efforts by the Catholic Church to be more merciful and less judgmental. At St. Peter's Basilica Saturday evening, he listened as a Vatican prelate read excerpts from a papal bull, or decree, in which Francis proclaimed an "Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy" Holy Year. The year begins on Dec. 8 with Francis' opening the normally closed Holy Door in the back of the basilica, and ends on Nov. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday proclaimed a special year of worldwide efforts by the Catholic Church to stress mercy, not severity, saying the institution's credibility was at stake.


Obama says Clinton would be 'excellent president'

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:21 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference at the Summit of the Americas on April 11, 2015 in Panama CityThe president heaps praise on his friend, who will announce a White House run.


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