2015年11月24日星期二

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Chicago charges officer in black teen's death, releases video of shooting

Posted: 24 Nov 2015 03:53 PM PST

Killings by Police ChicagoProsecution was sped up in hopes of staving off a fresh burst of the turmoil over race and police use of deadly force.


Hollande and Obama vow unity against IS, appeal to Russia

Posted: 24 Nov 2015 03:15 PM PST

US President Barack Obama (R) and his French counterpart Francois Hollande hold a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC on November 24, 2015France and the United States pledged Tuesday to step up the fight against the Islamic State group, urging Russia to throw its weight behind global efforts to resolve the four-year Syrian conflict. President Francois Hollande met his US counterpart Barack Obama at the White House as Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane dealt a severe blow to efforts to coordinate the fight against IS. Speaking 11 days after jihadists killed 130 people in the French capital, Hollande urged an "implacable" joint response to crush the group in Syria and Iraq.


Ted Cruz has always had a master plan. Now it could win him the White House.

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CDC says at least 19 E. coli infections linked to Costco chicken salad

Posted: 24 Nov 2015 03:17 PM PST

Shoppers are pictured outside a Costco Wholesale store in Los Angeles(Reuters) - At least 19 people in seven states may have been infected by E. coli after eating rotisserie chicken salad sold at Costco Wholesale Corp's stores, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday. No deaths have been reported, but two individuals developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, a type of kidney failure that can lead to permanent organ damage. The infections have been reported in Montana, Utah, Colorado, California, Missouri, Virginia and Washington, CDC said.


Five charged in $600 million California health care fraud scheme

Posted: 24 Nov 2015 03:48 PM PST

By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The former chief financial officer of a California hospital and four other people have been charged in a series of health care kickback schemes that generated nearly $600 million in fraudulent billings for spinal surgeries, prosecutors said on Tuesday. All five defendants have agreed to cooperate in a wide-ranging federal investigation into the fraud, dubbed "Operation Spinal Cap", U.S. Attorney's spokesman Thom Mrozek said, and two have already pleaded guilty to federal charges. Prosecutors say one of the schemes involved kickbacks and fraudulent claims submitted in thousands of spinal surgery cases referred to Pacific Hospital in the Los Angeles suburb of Long Beach.

Congress is running out of time, and will, to respond this year to Paris attacks

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Chicago prepares for protests after release of video showing officer shooting teen

Posted: 24 Nov 2015 04:46 PM PST

Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, accused of fatally shooting a black teenager, arrives at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Van Dyke was charged with first degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP)MANDATORY CREDIT, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES OUT, DAILY HERALD OUT, NORTHWEST HERALD OUT, DAILY CHRONICLE OUT, THE HERALD-NEWS OUT, THE TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA OUT, TV OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALESCHICAGO (AP) — The latest on the shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer. (All times local):


Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border

Posted: 24 Nov 2015 11:17 AM PST

File Russia's Defence Ministry handout photo shows a Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet taking off from the Hmeymim air base near Latakia, SyriaRussia claims its plane was still in Syrian airspace at the time of the incident.


Source: Chicago cop expected to be charged in teen's death

Posted: 23 Nov 2015 10:03 PM PST

Journalist Brandon Smith, left, and activist William Calloway talk to reporters Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, after a Cook County judge ordered the Chicago Police Department to release a video of an officer fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Nov. 25, in Chicago. The video is said to show the officer shooting McDonald 16 times in October 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County prosecutors are expected to charge a white Chicago police officer with murder in the death of a black teenager who was shot 16 times more than a year ago, an official close to the investigation said Monday night.


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