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• Obama requests $263 million for federal response to Ferguson, Mo
• President Obama to order more training, oversight for military gear to cops
• U.S. military warned of possible Islamic State attacks at home: report
• Johnson: Immigration changes 'simple common sense'
• Wife of NFL's Rice says he never hit her before casino fight
• Congressional aide to resign after criticizing Obama children: report
• U.S. Supreme Court rejects September 11 environmental appeal
• FBI issues strong warning about Islamic State attacks in U.S.
• Ferguson protesters lawyer up after scores of arrests
• Jury selection to begin in Montana killing of German teen
• Former top prosecutor 'outraged' by military’s handling of sex-assault cases
• Obama to hold White House meetings on Ferguson
• Supreme Court to consider Facebook threats case
• U.S. Justice Department names new counterespionage chief
• Congress crams unfinished agenda
• Wife of Ray Rice says he was candid with NFL about assault
• Missouri officer in fatal shooting resigned without severance: mayor
• Missing Ohio State football player found dead: police
• Ohio State's Kosta Karageorge found dead
• Missouri officer in fatal shooting resigned without severance: mayor

Obama requests $263 million for federal response to Ferguson, Mo Posted: 01 Dec 2014 11:09 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Monday for $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval in Ferguson, Missouri, and is setting up a task force to study how to improve modern-day policing. The $263 million would pay for body cameras for police officers to use and expand training for law enforcement in an attempt to build trust in communities such as Ferguson, where a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death last summer of an unarmed black teenager. ...

President Obama to order more training, oversight for military gear to cops Posted: 01 Dec 2014 10:36 AM PST President Barack Obama is expected to sign an executive order to encourage more oversight of federal programs that dole out military gear to local police departments, senior administration officials said Monday.

U.S. military warned of possible Islamic State attacks at home: report Posted: 01 Dec 2014 10:20 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials have warned military personnel that Islamic State forces may be planning attacks against them in the United States, ABC News reported on Monday. A joint intelligence bulletin sent to law enforcement agencies by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security urged U.S. military to erase from their online social media accounts anything would draw attention from "violent extremists" or reveal service members' identity, the news network said. FBI representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the ABC report. ...

Johnson: Immigration changes 'simple common sense' Posted: 01 Dec 2014 10:02 AM PST President Obama's Homeland Security secretary confronts GOP critics.

Wife of NFL's Rice says he never hit her before casino fight Posted: 01 Dec 2014 09:47 AM PST (Reuters) - Janay Rice, the wife of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, insisted in an interview on NBC's "Today" program that her husband had never hit her prior to their fight in a New Jersey casino elevator in February. "There's no way," Palmer told NBC in an interview that aired Monday. "He knows what he would have to deal with. I'm not going to sit there in silence and let something happen to me and, God forbid, in front of my child. ...

Congressional aide to resign after criticizing Obama children: report Posted: 01 Dec 2014 08:23 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional aide who recently criticized President Barack Obama's teenage daughters on social media told NBC News on Monday that she would resign. Elizabeth Lauten, communications director for Republican Representative Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, had said via a Facebook post that Obama's daughters, Malia, 16, and Sasha, 13, needed to show "a little class," complaining they appeared to look disinterested last week during an appearance with their father at a White House pre-Thanksgiving ceremony at which he had "pardoned" a turkey. ...

U.S. Supreme Court rejects September 11 environmental appeal Posted: 01 Dec 2014 07:36 AM PST By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a New York real estate developer's lawsuit against the leaseholder of the destroyed World Trade Center and two airlines seeking environmental cleanup costs related to the Sept. 11, 2001 hijacked airliner attacks. The court's refusal to hear the appeal filed by Cedar & Washington Associates Ltd means an appeals court ruling dismissing the lawsuit remains intact. ...

FBI issues strong warning about Islamic State attacks in U.S. Posted: 01 Dec 2014 05:44 AM PST FBI issues strong warning about Islamic State attacks in U.S.

Ferguson protesters lawyer up after scores of arrests Posted: 01 Dec 2014 04:54 AM PST By Emily Flitter FERGUSON, MO. (Reuters) - The young man and woman waiting in the dark outside the St. Louis county jail were bundled up in scarves and hats to ward off a light freezing rain, but still they were shivering. Every time someone emerged from the jail they would scurry with the person to a nearby car, which had the engine running and the heat blasting. The pair were one of several teams working in shifts to help some of the more than 100 people who were arrested during last week's sometimes violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri. ...

Jury selection to begin in Montana killing of German teen Posted: 01 Dec 2014 04:23 AM PST (Reuters) - Jury selection is set to begin on Monday in the trial of a Montana man who shot and killed a 17-year-old German exchange student in an incident that has ignited international debate about U.S. gun laws. Markus Kaarma of Missoula is charged with deliberate homicide in the death of Diren Dede of Hamburg, who police said was killed by shotgun blasts after entering Kaarma's garage in what appeared to be a search for alcohol. German officials have expressed outrage at the killing and the teen's father suggested to a German news agency that U.S. ...

Former top prosecutor 'outraged' by military’s handling of sex-assault cases Posted: 01 Dec 2014 01:53 AM PST In a Yahoo News Interview, Col. Don Christensen says he was sidelined after speaking out.

Obama to hold White House meetings on Ferguson Posted: 01 Dec 2014 01:20 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will discuss the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, with his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others Monday.

Supreme Court to consider Facebook threats case Posted: 01 Dec 2014 12:47 AM PST The high court is weighing the rights of people who use violent language on social media.

U.S. Justice Department names new counterespionage chief Posted: 30 Nov 2014 10:20 PM PST By Aruna Viswanatha WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has named an experienced former federal prosecutor to oversee its counterespionage efforts, part of a broad restructuring of the national security prosecution team to deal with cyber attacks and the threat of sensitive technology ending up in the wrong hands. David Laufman will become chief of the counterespionage section of the Justice Department's national security division, according to an internal announcement viewed by Reuters. He starts his new job on Monday. ...

Congress crams unfinished agenda Posted: 30 Nov 2014 07:22 PM PST Keeping the government running and renewing tax breaks are on the to-do list.

Wife of Ray Rice says he was candid with NFL about assault Posted: 30 Nov 2014 06:33 PM PST (Reuters) - The wife of former Baltimore Ravens' football player Ray Rice said in an interview that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was not truthful when he described Rice as ambiguous about striking her in an elevator early this year. Janay Rice said in an interview with NBC's "Today" show host Matt Lauer that her husband told Goodell the truth about the assault that left her unconscious in an New Jersey casino elevator in February, an incident that lead to his indefinite suspension by the league in September. ...

Missouri officer in fatal shooting resigned without severance: mayor Posted: 30 Nov 2014 04:56 PM PST By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - The white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, this summer, got no severance deal when he resigned from the force, the mayor of the St. Louis suburb said on Sunday. The officer, Darren Wilson, announced his resignation late Saturday, saying he feared for his own safety and that of his fellow police officers after a grand jury decided not to indict him in the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. ...

Missing Ohio State football player found dead: police Posted: 30 Nov 2014 03:51 PM PST (Reuters) - An Ohio State University football player who went missing earlier this week was found dead on Sunday, authorities said. Kosta Karageorge, 22, a fifth-year senior who was last seen early Wednesday morning, died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound and his body was found inside a Dumpster, the Columbus Police Department said on its Facebook page. His mother, Susan, told authorities earlier this week he has suffered several concussions and has had spells of being extremely confused, a police report said. ...

Ohio State's Kosta Karageorge found dead Posted: 30 Nov 2014 03:18 PM PST

Missouri officer in fatal shooting resigned without severance: mayor Posted: 30 Nov 2014 02:29 PM PST By Daniel Wallis and Edward McAllister FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - The white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, this summer, got no severance deal when he resigned from the force, the mayor of the St. Louis suburb said on Sunday. The officer, Darren Wilson, announced his resignation late Saturday, saying he feared for his own safety and that of his fellow police officers after a grand jury decided not to indict him in the fatal Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. ...

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