| Police arrest Colorado abortion clinic gunman, 11 injured Posted: 27 Nov 2015 04:57 PM PST  By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Police arrested a gunman who stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday and opened fire with a rifle in a burst of violence that left at least 11 people injured, including five officers, authorities said. Authorities did not report any fatalities, but a police spokeswoman, Lieutenant Catherine Buckley, said police were still searching for possible victims who might have been left behind in the clinic as the building was evacuated. A Reuters photographer at the scene saw a man in a white T-shirt, with his hands cuffed behind his back, being taken out of an armored police vehicle and placed in an unmarked squad car.
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| Saudi king showered Obamas with $1.3 million in gifts in 2014 Posted:  The first thing to know is that these gifts aren't bribes.
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| France honors attack victims in city subdued by mourning Posted: 27 Nov 2015 11:26 AM PST  A subdued France paid homage Friday to those killed two weeks ago in the attacks that gripped Paris in fear and mourning, honoring each of the 130 dead by name as the president pledged to "destroy the ...
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| Obama's legacy on climate is at stake in Paris talks Posted:  Obama has been laying the groundwork for years ahead of the U.N. climate change summit.
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| Black Friday around the country Posted: 27 Nov 2015 01:36 PM PST  Black Friday, the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season, isn't always what people expect. In Colorado, for instance, marijuana stores got into the act. In Arizona, families skipped the spending ...
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| E. coli from Costco chicken salad traced to tainted celery Posted: 26 Nov 2015 07:15 PM PST  By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A multi-state E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 19 people who ate rotisserie chicken salad sold at Costco Wholesale Corp's stores has been traced to a celery-and-onion mix used in the salad, prompting its California maker to recall the product. The contaminated chicken in that case was supplied by California-based Foster Poultry Farms.
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| Bond denied for man charged in murder of Chicago nine-year-old: prosecutor Posted: 27 Nov 2015 12:26 PM PST  (Reuters) - Bond was denied on Friday to the man charged with murdering a 9-year-old Chicago boy, who was shot earlier this month in an apparent case of gang-related retaliation, the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois said.
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| Thanksgiving shopping crowds 'good not great'; online sales strong Posted: 26 Nov 2015 06:20 PM PST  PITTSBURGH/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Retailers across the United States offered early Black Friday discounts to lure bargain-hunters on Thanksgiving eve, but initial checks showed crowds in brick-and-mortar stores were subdued even as online sales jumped. "It's still early, and from what we are seeing so far the crowds are good but not great," said Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners. At the Toys R Us in New York's Times Square, a line of about 200 shoppers, hemmed in by barricades, stretched to the corner of 45th Street and toward Sixth Avenue, where the Macy's Inc Thanksgiving Day parade had ended a few hours earlier.
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| Turkey-Russia spat over downed Russian warplane escalates Posted: 26 Nov 2015 07:30 PM PST  Moscow drafts sanctions against Turkey, while Turkey vows to shoot down any new intruders.
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| Man jumps White House fence, triggering lockdown Posted: 26 Nov 2015 03:10 PM PST  A man draped in an American flag jumped over the fence of the White House while President Barack Obama was inside with his family celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday, officials and US media said. In a statement, the Secret Service named the man as Joseph Caputo: "Caputo was immediately apprehended and taken into custody. Secret Service officers had their guns drawn and were accompanied by K-9 units, according to two CNN photojournalists who saw the incident, which triggered a lockdown at the presidential mansion.
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| Trump denies mocking New York Times reporter's disability Posted: 26 Nov 2015 04:29 PM PST  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump denied on Thursday he was mocking the physical disability of a New York Times reporter during a campaign speech in which he flailed his arms and distorted his speech in an imitation of the journalist. The latest uproar over Trump's behavior on the campaign trail was ignited by remarks the billionaire real-estate tycoon and former reality-TV star made during a South Carolina rally on Tuesday about the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York's World Trade Center. During the speech, he singled out Times investigative reporter Serge Kovaleski for a story he wrote a few days after the attacks while he was then a Washington Post correspondent.
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