| Hagel: Russia, China aim to close military tech gap with U.S. Posted: 03 Sep 2014 12:50 PM PDT  Russia and China are trying to close the technology gap with the U.S. Hagel was speaking before a NATO summit expected to bring Russia's souring relations with the West into sharp focus and the goals of NATO allies to strengthen defense spending. Hagel said the Pentagon was renewing a push to revamp how it works with the defense industry.
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| Feds probing some Chicago police-involved shootings: attorney Posted: 03 Sep 2014 12:31 PM PDT By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - The FBI and federal prosecutors are investigating some shootings in Chicago in which police were involved and in which a gun belonging to the person shot was not recovered, according to an attorney who represents police officers. The attorney, Daniel Q. Herbert, in a letter to the head of the Chicago police union dated Aug. 29, warned of the investigation and advised that officers not speak to investigators unless they have legal representation present. "It has come to my attention that the FBI and U.S. The letter to Dean C. Angelo, Sr., president of the Chicago branch of the Fraternal Order of Police, was published this week on the police blog Second City Cop. |
| Watch live: Warren weighs in on ISIL, Syria Posted: 03 Sep 2014 12:15 PM PDT  Yahoo's Katie Couric talks with the Mass. senator about global crises, her thoughts on 2016.
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| Ebola death toll at more than 1,900: WHO chief Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:57 AM PDT More than 1,900 people have died in the Ebola epidemic sweeping through West Africa, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday. |
| Wisconsin 'Slenderman' attack victim returns to school Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:37 AM PDT By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Wisconsin girl stabbed repeatedly by her friends to please the fictional Slenderman character has returned to school as she receives therapy for emotional scars, a spokesman for her family said on Wednesday. The 12-year-old girl had a "fantastic" first day of seventh grade on Tuesday, family spokesman Steve Lyons said, three months after she was stabbed. Two classmates are accused of luring her into the woods and stabbing her 19 times in Waukesha, a suburb of Milwaukee, the morning after a sleepover. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, both 12, are accused of attacking her and have been charged as adults with first-degree attempted homicide. |
| Californians back Obama acting on immigrant children if Congress won't Posted: 03 Sep 2014 11:18 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Most Californians would support President Barack Obama's issuing an executive order to deal with the flood of immigrant children who have entered the country illegally if Congress fails to act, according to a new poll published on Wednesday. Fifty-five percent of respondents said they would favor unilateral action from the White House regarding the 63,000 unaccompanied immigrant children who have entered the country since last October, according to the Field Research Corporation, though opinions varied starkly by race and political affiliation. The findings come just days after the president said he was committed to taking executive action on immigration issues, despite threats from conservatives who have said they may tie a must-pass budget bill to immigration policies.
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| Federal judge upholds Lousiana's gay marriage ban Posted: 03 Sep 2014 10:59 AM PDT  A federal judge upheld Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriages on Wednesday, as well as the state's refusal to recognize gay marriages legally performed in other states.
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| Fewer child migrants crossing U.S. border Posted: 03 Sep 2014 10:41 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of immigrant children caught alone illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States continued to decline in August, according to figures disclosed Wednesday by the Homeland Security Department.
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| Detroit-area man sentenced to 17 years in porch shooting Posted: 03 Sep 2014 07:54 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit man was sentenced Wednesday to at least 17 years in prison for killing an unarmed woman who appeared on his porch before dawn.
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| In small Ohio city, 4 beaten to death, 4 different homes Posted: 03 Sep 2014 07:11 AM PDT  BUCYRUS, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in a small Ohio city are trying to figure out who killed four men in four separate homes.
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| Naked photo hacking: Sex crime or not? Posted: 03 Sep 2014 05:56 AM PDT  Already hounded by paparazzi on their doorsteps, celebrities face a new battle to protect their privacy from hackers willing to splash their most intimate, behind-closed-doors photos online. After the massive release of naked photos of stars including Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence, some experts said it should be treated as a sex crime, rather that just an Internet or privacy breach. Celebrities are at risk but also CEOs and politicians," said Jules Polonetsky, head of the The Future of Privacy think-tank. For Polonetsky, "this is a sex crime more than a leak" -- a view expressed by a number of celebrities themselves on Twitter following the weekend hack.
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| Russia-Ukraine cease-fire short-lived Posted: 03 Sep 2014 05:23 AM PDT  Explosions rocked outskirts of Donetsk shortly after Kiev and Moscow said they agreed on cease-fire.
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| Suburban Detroit man to be sentenced for fatal porch shooting Posted: 03 Sep 2014 04:28 AM PDT  By Aaron Foley DETROIT (Reuters) - A white suburban Detroit homeowner could face at least 17 years in prison when he is sentenced on Wednesday for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager on his front porch. Theodore Wafer, 55, an airport maintenance worker from Dearborn Heights, was convicted last month of second-degree murder, felony firearm usage and manslaughter in the death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Dana Hathaway will sentence Wafer at a hearing in Detroit. Prosecutors are seeking a sentence of 15 years to 25 years for Wafer's conviction on second-degree murder in addition to a mandatory two-year sentence on his felony firearms conviction, a person familiar with the case told Reuters in August, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
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| U.S. says Islamic State video of journalist's killing is authentic Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:58 AM PDT  An Islamic State video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff in reprisal for U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said on Wednesday. Intelligence Community has analyzed the recently released video showing U.S. President Barack Obama is in Estonia ahead of a NATO summit in Wales later this week.
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| US says Sotloff beheading video is authentic Posted: 03 Sep 2014 02:07 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States said Wednesday that a video showing the beheading of a second U.S. journalist by Islamic State militants is authentic.
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| Ukraine president says cease-fire deal agreed Posted: 03 Sep 2014 01:52 AM PDT  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The office of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reached agreement on a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine.
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| CVS changes name, stops tobacco sales early Posted: 02 Sep 2014 10:14 PM PDT  As CVS sharpens its focus on customer health, the nation's second-largest drugstore chain will tweak its corporate name and stop the sale of tobacco nearly a month sooner than planned. CVS Caremark said ...
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| Obama visits Eastern Europe amid Russia tensions Posted: 02 Sep 2014 09:58 PM PDT  The president arrives in Estonia for talks with nervous Baltic leaders on the crisis in Ukraine.
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| Key hearing on Detroit's historic bankruptcy begins in U.S. court Posted: 02 Sep 2014 08:31 PM PDT  By Karen Pierog DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit will not recover, and it may not survive as a major city if its debts are not significantly reduced during bankruptcy, a city attorney told a federal judge at the start of a critical phase of the case on Tuesday. As Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr looked on in the courtroom, Bruce Bennett, an attorney for the city, sought to convince Judge Steven Rhodes that Detroit's 1,034-page plan to adjust $18 billion of debt would save the city. "There is no doubt, your honor, that progress has been made, but Detroit is still a city in distress," said Bennett, an attorney with the Jones Day law firm, in his opening statement. The plan is aimed at reducing Detroit's debt by about $7 billion and reinvesting as much as $1.7 billion in the city, according to Bennett.
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| Obama assigns 350 more troops to U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Posted: 02 Sep 2014 06:43 PM PDT  The U.S. is adding 350 more troops to help protect the American Embassy in Baghdad and its support facilities in the capital, raising the number of U.S. forces in the country to over 1,000, officials said Tuesday.
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| Despite dangers, U.S. journalist Sotloff was determined to record Arab Spring's human toll Posted: 02 Sep 2014 06:26 PM PDT  By Warren Strobel and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even for a freelance journalist covering the tumult in the Arab world, Steven Sotloff's travels seemed nonstop. In December, he was in northern Syria, writing about the lives of destitute, displaced Syrians and the war, according to his published reports and his communications with colleagues and editors. It's pretty bad here," he e-mailed another journalist. "I've been sleeping at a front, hiding from tanks the past few nights, drinking rain water." In August 2013, telling colleagues he understood the dangers, Sotloff returned to Syria, slipping across the border from Turkey.
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| Obama sending 350 more troops to protect U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Posted: 02 Sep 2014 06:08 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has ordered about 350 more troops to Baghdad to protect the U.S. Embassy in the Iraqi capital and is sending top officials to the Middle East to "build a stronger regional partnership" against Islamic State militants, the White House said on Tuesday. Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby added that the move would bring the total number of U.S. military personnel responsible for bolstering diplomatic security in Iraq up to about 820. (Reporting by Will Dunham; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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| Key hearing on Detroit's historic bankruptcy begins in US court Posted: 02 Sep 2014 05:17 PM PDT By Karen Pierog DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit will not recover, and it may not survive as a major city if its debts are not significantly reduced during bankruptcy, a city attorney told a federal judge at the start of a critical phase of the case on Tuesday. As Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr looked on in the courtroom, Bruce Bennett, an attorney for the city, sought to convince Judge Steven Rhodes that Detroit's 1,034-page plan to adjust $18 billion of debt would save the city. "There is no doubt, your honor, that progress has been made, but Detroit is still a city in distress," said Bennett, an attorney with the Jones Day law firm, in his opening statement. The plan is aimed at reducing Detroit's debt by about $7 billion and reinvesting as much as $1.7 billion in the city, according to Bennett. |
| Air Force instructor convicted in sex scandal dies Posted: 02 Sep 2014 04:58 PM PDT  Officials: The first Air Force instructor convicted of rape, sexual assault in a massive sex scandal has died in prison.
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| 911 calls show efforts to save Ariz. gun instructor Posted: 02 Sep 2014 04:26 PM PDT  People at a northern Arizona gun range where a 9-year-old girl accidentally shot an instructor with an Uzi desperately tried to keep him alive as they urged 911 dispatchers to send a medical helicopter.
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