| 11 stories reportedly under scrutiny so far in NBC's Brian Williams investigation Posted: 25 Apr 2015 12:22 PM PDT  Sources report that an NBC internal investigation has so far revealed 11 occasions on which the former "Nightly News" anchor appears to have bent the truth about his reporting.
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| Photos from the red carpet at White House Correspondents' Dinner Posted:  Celebrities and journalists arrive for annual affair to celebrate another year of White House coverage.
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| Nepal quake: Over 1,000 dead, history razed, Everest shaken Posted: 25 Apr 2015 02:35 PM PDT  Rescue workers search for survivors amid toppled walls and collapsed buildings.
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| Thousands rally for Freddie Gray; protesters become rowdy Posted: 25 Apr 2015 05:05 PM PDT  Protesters who have been holding demonstrations almost daily this week over the death of Freddie Gray are promising their biggest march yet a day after the Baltimore Police Department acknowledged that it failed to get him the medical attention he needed after his arrest.
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| Photos from the ground: Devastating earthquake hits Nepal Posted: 25 Apr 2015 08:16 AM PDT  A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal Saturday, causing an avalanche on Mount Everest and crumbling buildings in Katmandu, the capital. Nepal's Home Ministry announced an initial death toll of 686, a number that is continuing to rise. We are collecting stories and photos from the ground and live updates on the death toll and damages as the story develops.
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| 10 dead as quake and avalanche sweep Mount Everest region Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:55 PM PDT  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An avalanche triggered by a massive earthquake swept across Nepal's Mount Everest region on Saturday, killing at least 10 climbers and guides, slamming into a section of the mountaineering base camp, and leaving an unknown number of people injured and missing, officials said.
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| Olympian Bruce Jenner makes transgender history by identifying as a woman Posted: 24 Apr 2015 08:57 PM PDT  By Mary Milliken LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Olympic gold medalist and reality TV star Bruce Jenner said on Friday that he identifies as a woman, becoming the most high-profile American to come out as transgender. The 65-year-old Jenner made the declaration in a wide-ranging interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, nearly 40 years after his record-breaking Olympic gold-medal win in the decathlon that gave him the unofficial title of "World's Greatest Athlete." At the outset of the taped interview, Sawyer asked "Are you a woman?" and Jenner responded, "Yes, for all intents and purposes I am a woman." "People look at me differently," Jenner added.
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| Thousands march in Baltimore to protest black man's death Posted: 25 Apr 2015 03:30 PM PDT  By Lacey Johnson BALTIMORE (Reuters) - At least 2,000 people protesting the unexplained death of a black man while in police custody marched through downtown Baltimore on Saturday, pausing at one point to confront officers in front of Camden Yards, home of the Orioles baseball team. In the biggest protest since 25-year-old Freddie Gray died on Sunday, two clusters of marchers chanting "shut it down" started out at different times before merging during the afternoon into a single wave headed toward City Hall. Last year, there were weeks of protests across the country following the shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the death of Eric Garner, in New York City who was placed in a chokehold during an attempted arrest. Saturday's protests came a day after Baltimore's police commissioner conceded that police had failed to provide Gray with timely medical attention for a spinal injury he had suffered sometime after he was apprehended and put inside a transport van.
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| Russian hackers read Obama's unclassified emails last year: NYT Posted: 25 Apr 2015 05:01 PM PDT  Russian hackers who penetrated sensitive parts of the White House computer system last year read President Barack Obama's unclassified emails, the New York Times reported on Saturday, quoting U.S. officials. "There is no evidence that the president's email account itself was hacked, White House officials said. Still, the fact that some of Mr. Obama's communications were among those retrieved by hackers has been one of the most closely held findings of the inquiry," the paper said. A White House spokeswoman declined to comment on the report but the White House earlier this month confirmed the breach, saying it took place last year and that it did not affect classified information.
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| FBI investigating possible Islamic State terrorism plot in U.S.: CNN Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:07 PM PDT The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a possible Islamic State-inspired terrorism plot in the United States, CNN reported on Saturday, quoting law enforcement officials. A Federal law enforcement official who asked not to be named said there was a known threat to Los Angeles International Airport, but did not say whether this was a new threat or was associated with Islamic State. The Transportation Security Administration had also alerted local law enforcement agencies responsible for security around airports in the state although the possible threat was not necessarily related to aviation, CNN said. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson also declined to comment on the reported threat to Las Angeles airport. |
| Witnesses: Some buildings collapse in Nepal capital after 7.7 quake Posted: 25 Apr 2015 04:02 PM PDT  By Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal urged countries to send aid to help it cope with the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed nearly 1,400 people, a toll predicted to rise as rescuers used their hands to dig for survivors among the rubble on Sunday. Thousands of people braved freezing temperatures and patchy rain to sleep on pavements, in parks or in fields in the crowded Kathmandu valley, too afraid to return to homes damaged by a 7.9 magnitude quake which struck at midday on Saturday. "Our country is in a moment of crisis and we will require tremendous support and aid," he told Indian television. Police said the death toll had reached 1,394, with about 4,700 injured.
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| Obama: ‘We all bleed when we lose an American life’ Posted: 24 Apr 2015 04:28 PM PDT  The president defends U.S. spying operations a day after two al-Qaida hostages were killed by drone strikes.
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| Hawaii poised to become 1st state to raise smoking age to 21 Posted: 24 Apr 2015 07:50 PM PDT  A bill that would make Hawaii the first state to raise the legal smoking age to 21 cleared the Legislature on Friday and is headed to the governor. The bill would prevent adolescents from smoking, buying ...
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