| CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in U.S. Posted: 30 Sep 2014 02:11 PM PDT  Texas man just back from West Africa confirmed as first Ebola case diagnosed in U.S.
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| Police in manhunt for ambush suspect find pipe bombs in woods Posted: 30 Sep 2014 01:12 PM PDT  State police searching for a man accused of killing a state trooper said Tuesday they found two pipe bombs in the Pennsylvania woods during their manhunt.
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| U.S. loosens civilian death policy in Syria, Iraq Posted: 30 Sep 2014 12:53 PM PDT  Yahoo News exclusive: New standards come after reports of women, children being killed by missile.
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| Tsarnaev sister appears in NYC court for alleged bomb threat Posted: 30 Sep 2014 12:36 PM PDT  Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's sister's latest brush with the law puts a family caught up in the mystery over the 2013 attacks back in the spotlight.
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| California becomes first U.S. state to ban plastic grocery bags Posted: 30 Sep 2014 12:17 PM PDT  By Aaron Mendelson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Single-use plastic bags are set to disappear from California grocery stores over the next two years under a first-in-the-nation state law signed on Tuesday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, despite opposition from bag manufacturers. The law would ban grocery stores from handing out such bags with customers' purchases, and provide money to local plastic bag companies to retool to make heavier, multiple-use bags that customers could buy. ...
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| Police: 1 child hurt, school evacuated in Kentucky Posted: 30 Sep 2014 11:43 AM PDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — One child was injured and a high school was evacuated after a report of weapons seen on the campus in Louisville, police said Tuesday. |
| Oklahoma suspect in beheading death charged with murder Posted: 30 Sep 2014 10:49 AM PDT  By Heide Brandes NORMAN Oklahoma (Reuters) - Oklahoma authorities on Tuesday filed murder charges against Alton Nolen, who is suspected of beheading a former co-worker at a food distribution center last week shortly after being fired, and may seek the death penalty, prosecutors said. The state is not pursuing a terrorism charge and will leave that matter to federal authorities, Greg Mashburn, the Cleveland County district attorney, said at a news conference. "There is not a terrorism statute in the state of Oklahoma," he said. ...
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| Miami commissioners approve billion-dollar downtown complex Posted: 30 Sep 2014 10:30 AM PDT  By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - The city of Miami has given the nod to a $1.5 billion mixed-use project boosters said will transform downtown Miami, adding retail and public spaces to a destitute neighborhood squeezed between condominium towers and the home of the Miami Heat basketball team. City commissioners late Monday voted unanimously to allow Miami developers Miami Worldcenter Associates, together with Michigan-based shopping center developers Taubman Centers and The Forbes Company, to move forward with plans for a sprawling complex that will span several city blocks. ...
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| Olympic U.S. swimming champion Phelps arrested for drunken driving Posted: 30 Sep 2014 10:13 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps was arrested for drunken driving early on Tuesday after speeding and then crossing the double-lane lines inside the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland Transportation Authority Police said. Phelps, 29, was clocked by radar at around 1:40 a.m. traveling 84 miles per hour (135 km per hour) in a 45 mph (72 kph) zone, police said. The 18-time Olympic gold medalist was booked and released. ...
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| Murder charge in Oklahoma beheading case Posted: 30 Sep 2014 09:52 AM PDT  NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man who had been suspended from his job was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the gruesome beheading of a co-worker, who was attacked from behind as the man sought revenge, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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| Parents charged in death of son found in home Posted: 30 Sep 2014 07:46 AM PDT  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A central Pennsylvania man and woman have been charged with homicide in the death of their 9-year-old son, whose decomposing body was found in their Harrisburg home during the summer.
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| Secret Service chief: White House breach unacceptable, 'will never happen again' Posted: 30 Sep 2014 07:26 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson said on Tuesday the recent White House breach by a man carrying a knife was unacceptable and promised "it will never happen again." "It is clear that our security plan was not executed properly," Pierson said in prepared testimony to a House of Representatives committee investigating the Sept. 19 intrusion. (Reporting by David Lawder; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Jim Loney)
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| One person in custody after shooting at North Carolina high school Posted: 30 Sep 2014 06:17 AM PDT WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) - One person was in custody after a shooting on Tuesday at a high school in Albemarle, North Carolina, according to police and local media reports. One person had been shot at Albemarle High School, and the school was on lockdown, NBC's Charlotte affiliate WCNC reported. A woman who answered the phone at the police department confirmed someone was in custody but had no other immediate details. Albemarle is about 40 miles northeast of Charlotte. (Reporting by Colleen Jenkins) |
| AEG asks for more time to lure pro football team back to Los Angeles Posted: 30 Sep 2014 04:08 AM PDT By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) - Developer Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) asked Los Angeles on Monday to give it more time to lure a pro football team back to the city and start building a $1.2 billion stadium downtown. Los Angeles has been without professional football since 1994 when the Rams and the Raiders both left, to the dismay of legions of fans. AEG signed a deal with city authorities in 2012 to sign up a National Football League (NFL) team by Oct. 18 this year, build the new "Farmer's Field" stadium and improve the aging Los Angeles Convention Center. ... |
| NFL player gets penalized after kneeling in Muslim prayer Posted: 30 Sep 2014 02:17 AM PDT  Husain Abdullah of the Chiefs was flagged 15 yards after kneeling in the end zone in Muslim prayer after scoring a touchdown off an interception of Tom Brady.
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| Hong Kong leader says Beijing won't back down Posted: 30 Sep 2014 12:46 AM PDT  Pro-democracy protesters set an Oct. 1 deadline for the government to meet their demands.
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| New York mayor de Blasio plans expansion of living wage: NYT Posted: 29 Sep 2014 10:27 PM PDT  (Reuters) - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to expand the city's living wage measure to include thousands of additional workers, as well as increase the amount workers are paid under the law, the New York Times reported on Monday. De Blasio will sign an executive order on Tuesday to make the change, which his administration estimated could extend coverage to 18,000 workers over the next five years, the newspaper said on its website. The living wage would go to $11.50 an hour from $10. ...
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| Hong Kong protesters set deadline for government Posted: 29 Sep 2014 07:57 PM PDT  HONG KONG (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong set a Wednesday deadline for a response from the government to meet their demands for reforms after spending another night blocking streets in an unprecedented show of civil disobedience.
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| Fence-jumper ran through much of main floor of White House Posted: 29 Sep 2014 05:38 PM PDT  By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The man who breached security at the White House this month raced through several rooms on the main floor, penetrating farther into the building than previously disclosed, a Republican congressman said on Monday. Representative Jason Chaffetz, who chairs a House subcommittee on national security oversight, told CNN an alarm box near the front entrance had been muted, leaving interior personnel unaware of the intrusion before the suspect burst through the open front door. ...
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| Parents charged in Pa. boy’s starvation death Posted: 29 Sep 2014 04:49 PM PDT  Police in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, charged the parents of a 9-year-old autistic boy with homicide on Monday in their son's starvation death in July. Jarrod Tutko Jr. weighed just 16.9 pounds and measured 42 inches tall at the time of his death, Dauphin County District Attorney Edward Marsico and city police said at a news conference. Jarrod N. Tutko Sr., 38, and Kimberly A. Tutko, 39, were arraigned before District Judge Barbara Pianka on criminal homicide charges. They were denied bail. ...
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| NYC man's chokehold death goes to grand jury Posted: 29 Sep 2014 04:32 PM PDT  A grand jury began hearing evidence Monday to determine whether there will be criminal charges in the chokehold death of an unarmed New York City man whose videotaped confrontation with police sparked outrage, union officials said.
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| Judge recommends 6 officers be fired for N.Y. jail beating Posted: 29 Sep 2014 04:15 PM PDT  By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge is recommending six correction officers at the city's largest jail be fired for the hog-tying and brutal beating of an inmate who was handcuffed in a segregated mental health unit, according to a ruling released on Monday. Robert Hinton was seriously hurt in the April 3, 2012, incident at the Rikers Island jail complex, where he suffered facial injuries and a back fracture, according to the ruling by Administrative Law Judge Tynia Richard. Hinton was resisting being transferred to a new cell when he was beaten, the ruling said. ...
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| Truck driver in deadly Oklahoma crash did not take evasive action: official Posted: 29 Sep 2014 03:57 PM PDT  AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) - There was no sign the driver of a truck that hit a bus, killing four college softball players from Texas, tried to avoid the collision after he left an Oklahoma highway traveling at about 70 miles per hour, U.S. officials said on Monday. The 18-wheel tractor trailer was headed northbound late Friday on Interstate 35, a major north-south corridor, when driver Russell Staley, 53, veered across the median and struck a bus carrying the women's team from North Central Texas College. ...
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| U.S. FAA says reviewing contingency plans, security polices after fire Posted: 29 Sep 2014 03:41 PM PDT  By Alwyn Scott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. aviation safety agency's top official said on Monday he ordered a review of all U.S. air traffic control contingency plans and security policies following a fire on Friday that crippled air travel over much of the U.S. Midwest. Speaking at an industry conference, Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta said the agency will not hesitate to make changes in security policies if needed. The outage affected more than 3,000 flights. ...
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| Many youngsters at Miami nightclub during shooting Posted: 29 Sep 2014 03:04 PM PDT  At The Spot, customers can typically buy beer, listen to music and eat fried conch or chicken wings. "Teen nights" at the restaurant and lounge had recently been drawing large crowds, and there were scores of young people there about 1 a.m. Sunday when police said a shooting erupted, wounding 15, including an 11-year-old girl.
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