| Justice for Freddie Gray Posted: 22 Apr 2015 11:56 AM PDT  Where does the investigation stand in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore man who apparently suffered grievous injuries to his spine while in police custody? Billy Murphy, Jr., an attorney for Freddie Gray's family, speaks to Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga and offers his views on where the case stands, and what needs to be done to ensure justice for Mr. Gray and his family.
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| Tsarnaev middle finger photo formally entered into evidence Posted: 22 Apr 2015 12:38 PM PDT  Prosecutors formally enter into evidence a video still of the now-convicted Boston Marathon bomber giving a courthouse security camera the middle finger.
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| Police: Congressman brought assault rifle to Capitol legally Posted:  Colorado Rep. Ken Buck caused a stir last week when he and Rep. Trey Gowdy posed with an AR-15 rifle.
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| 'I thought ... I was dead': dancer maimed in Boston bombing Posted: 22 Apr 2015 01:29 PM PDT  By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - When ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis heard a blast as she stood at the finish line of the Boston Marathon two years ago, she knew it was no accident and suspected another explosion would follow. "I couldn't hear myself scream," Haslet-Davis on Wednesday told the jurors who will determine if convicted bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sentenced to death or life in prison. "I thought that because I couldn't hear myself scream, I was dead." Federal prosecutors called a series of witnesses who described what they lost when the 21-year-old ethnic Chechen and his brother set off a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs at the race's crowded finish line on April 15, 2013. Haslet-Davis, 34, was among them.
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| Would-be Reagan assassin seeks expanded freedom in Virginia Posted: 22 Apr 2015 12:11 PM PDT  By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Would-be U.S. presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. should be allowed to reside full time away from the mental hospital where he has lived since shooting Ronald Reagan in 1981, his lawyer argued in federal court on Wednesday. In his opening statement, Hinckley's lawyer Barry Levine requested he be granted convalescent leave, the equivalent of outpatient status, so he could live full time with his 89-year-old mother. "There is no dispute that Mr. Hinckley is clinically ready for the next step in treatment, which is convalescent leave," Levine told U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman. The government opposed Levine's request, with prosecutor Colleen Kennedy saying the provisions suggested for expanded release were inadequate for a would-be presidential assassin.
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| New York jurors retire with no verdict in case of missing boy Posted: 22 Apr 2015 02:19 PM PDT  By Natasja Sheriff NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors deliberating murder and kidnapping charges against a man who confessed to strangling 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 ended a sixth day of deliberations on Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the notorious case. Pedro Hernandez, 54, is on trial in the killing of Patz, whose disappearance from his New York City neighborhood nearly 36 years ago changed the way U.S. authorities respond to reports of missing or abducted children. During the deliberations in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, the jurors asked Judge Maxwell Wiley for a list of all the witnesses and exhibits from the three months of testimony in the trial. One the earliest was the boy's mother, Julie Patz, who took the stand in January.
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| Live updates: Penalty phase in Tsarnaev Boston bombing trial Posted:  The convicted Boston Marathon bomber will learn his fate after being found guilty on all 30 counts.
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| Extremist's misfire foiled attack on Paris church Posted: 22 Apr 2015 08:45 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — An Islamic extremist with an arsenal of loaded guns was prevented from opening fire on churchgoers only because he accidentally shot himself in the leg, French officials said Wednesday.
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| Tina Brown on Hillary Clinton's 2016 run Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:31 AM PDT  The host of the Women in the World Summit talks with Yahoo's Bianna Golodryga about what's different this time around.
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| Protests grow over death of man in Baltimore police custody Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:43 PM PDT  The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into Freddie Gray's death.
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| Obama again avoids calling 1915 Armenian killings 'genocide' Posted: 22 Apr 2015 10:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will once again stop short of calling the 1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide, prompting anger and disappointment from those who have been pushing him to fulfill a campaign promise and use the politically fraught term on the 100th anniversary of the killings this week. Officials decided against it after opposition from some at the State Department and the Pentagon.
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| New airstrikes in Yemen after Saudis say operation over Posted: 22 Apr 2015 01:42 PM PDT  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Hours after Saudi Arabia declared an end to its coalition's nearly monthlong air campaign in Yemen, new airstrikes Wednesday hit Iran-backed militants and their allies in two cities, and the rebels said they would welcome U.N.-led peace talks in the conflict that has killed more than 900 people.
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