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• Yemen government signs peace deal after days of fighting
• U.S. senator says no place for violence in NFL
• California wildfire destroys 10 houses, 22 other structures
• Yemen Shiite rebels seize government HQ, PM resigns
• Former NFL kicker Bironas dies in car wreck
• Selling Mitch McConnell: What's love got to do with it?
• Pope denounces perversion of religion for violence
• Massive New York march aims to focus world's eyes on climate change
• Afghan presidential candidates sign unity deal
• Police capture four of five escaped California inmates
• White House intruder was armed with knife: officials
• Secret Service launches security review
• Tour boat runs aground near Statue of Liberty; none injured
• Man arrested for trespassing at White House day after security breach

Yemen government signs peace deal after days of fighting Posted: 21 Sep 2014 12:36 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni government officials and Shiite rebels signed a peace agreement on Sunday following days of violence that have left more than 140 people dead and sent thousands fleeing their homes, state media said, giving no details on the content of the agreement.

U.S. senator says no place for violence in NFL Posted: 21 Sep 2014 12:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women of the U.S. Senate have taken notice and will speak up about how the National Football League has handled domestic abuse cases involving its players, a leading lawmaker said on Sunday. Several recent cases involving NFL players harming their partners or children have embarrassed the league, prompting NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to apologize on Friday and promise reforms. That has not silenced the criticism. ...

California wildfire destroys 10 houses, 22 other structures Posted: 21 Sep 2014 10:46 AM PDT By Kevin Murphy (Reuters) - Ten houses and 22 outbuildings have been destroyed in a wildfire that swept through parts of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California over the past week and continues to burn, a fire official said on Sunday. No residents of the homes were hurt, said Tom Piranio, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Firefighters were only recently able to enter the burned areas to tally the structural damage caused by the King Fire, he added. About 12,000 homes have been evacuated since the blaze began on Sept. 13, Piranio said. ...

Yemen Shiite rebels seize government HQ, PM resigns Posted: 21 Sep 2014 07:57 AM PDT Sanaa (AFP) - Yemen's Shiite rebels seized the government headquarters in the capital on Sunday as Prime Minister Mohamed Basindawa resigned, accusing the president of being "autocratic", senior officials said.

Former NFL kicker Bironas dies in car wreck Posted: 21 Sep 2014 06:22 AM PDT By Kevin Murphy (Reuters) - Former Tennessee Titans' kicker Rob Bironas died late Saturday in a single vehicle car crash in Nashville, police said on Sunday. Bironas, 36, lost control of the SUV he was driving at a high rate of speed around a curve in the road, police said in a statement posted on the department's website. The vehicle veered off the right side of the road, struck a line of trees and stopped upside down in a large culvert, police said. Bironas was taken by ambulance to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. ...

Selling Mitch McConnell: What's love got to do with it? Posted: 21 Sep 2014 05:18 AM PDT By Richard Cowan PADUCAH Ky (Reuters) - Mitch McConnell is hardly a lovable guy. The Republican leader in the U.S. Senate has a dour public persona and many of his constituents don't view him as a "real Kentuckian," according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that underscores what his election campaign already knows - McConnell has an image problem. While other politicians might be deterred by polls showing how unpopular they are in their home state, McConnell has risen to the challenge as he seeks a sixth term in what is perhaps his toughest re-election battle in a 30-year Senate career. ...

Pope denounces perversion of religion for violence Posted: 21 Sep 2014 05:01 AM PDT TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Pope Francis denounced that extremists around the world are "perverting" religion to justify violence as he arrived Sunday in Albania, a Balkan nation where Christians and Muslims endured brutal religious oppression under communism but today live and work together peacefully.

Massive New York march aims to focus world's eyes on climate change Posted: 21 Sep 2014 04:30 AM PDT By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - World leaders including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon were set to join farmers, fishermen, children and others in a massive demonstration on Sunday to demand action on climate change. Organizers are expecting 100,000 to join the People's Climate March in midtown Manhattan ahead of this week's U.N. General Assembly, which brings together 120 world leaders to discuss reducing carbon emissions that threaten the environment. ...

Afghan presidential candidates sign unity deal Posted: 21 Sep 2014 01:36 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's two presidential candidates signed a power-sharing deal Sunday, capped with a hug and a handshake, three months after a disputed runoff that threatened to plunge the country into turmoil and complicate the withdrawal of U.S. and foreign troops.

Police capture four of five escaped California inmates Posted: 21 Sep 2014 12:03 AM PDT (Reuters) - Police have recaptured four of the five inmates, described as armed and dangerous, who escaped from a jail near Fresno, California, authorities said on Saturday. The five men, three of whom were accused of attempted murder, escaped on Friday shortly after 9 p.m. local time from the Madera County jail, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Fresno, said Madera County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Erica Stuart. Sheriffs had recaptured four of the escapees by Saturday night, Stuart said, following a large-scale search. ...

White House intruder was armed with knife: officials Posted: 20 Sep 2014 10:00 PM PDT By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Texas man arrested on Friday for charging at the White House was armed with a knife when he climbed a fence and made it into the executive mansion after President Barack Obama had departed, the U.S. Attorney's Office said on Saturday. Previously, the U.S. Secret Service had said Omar Gonzalez, 42, had been unarmed. Gonzalez was charged with unlawfully entering a restricted building or grounds while carrying a "deadly or dangerous weapon," according to an affidavit released by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Saturday. ...

Secret Service launches security review Posted: 20 Sep 2014 05:48 PM PDT The U.S. Secret Service said it has launched a comprehensive review of White House security procedures after an intruder scaled a fence, sprinted across the lawn and gained entry to the presidential residence.

Tour boat runs aground near Statue of Liberty; none injured Posted: 20 Sep 2014 02:54 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A large sailboat ran aground on a sandbar near the Statue of Liberty in New York on Saturday, triggering the evacuation of all 121 tourists aboard but causing no injuries, authorities said on Saturday. The Clipper City, a 103-foot touring boat, got stuck at around 1 p.m., Petty Officer Frank Iannazzo-Simmons, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman, said. The U.S. Coast Guard and several local agencies used small rescue boats to ferry the passengers to safety, he said. ...

Man arrested for trespassing at White House day after security breach Posted: 20 Sep 2014 02:39 PM PDT By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man was arrested on Saturday for trespassing at the White House, one day after an intruder from Texas scaled a fence and made it inside the doors of the executive mansion while President Barack Obama was away, the Secret Service said. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said the latest case involved a man who approached the White House gates on foot, was sent away, then returned in his vehicle to the White House gates. "He refused to leave and was arrested for trespassing," Donovan said. No further details were available. ...

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