| Body of U.S. hostage killed in rescue attempt in Yemen arrives in U.S. Posted: 10 Dec 2014 12:25 PM PST  ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - The body of Luke Somers, an American held by an al Qaeda unit in Yemen who was killed on Saturday when U.S. special forces tried to rescue him, was flown to the United States on Wednesday, a U.S. defense official said. The body of the photo journalist landed shortly after noon EST (1700 GMT) aboard a C-17 U.S. military aircraft in Dover, Delaware, and there was a "dignified transfer" with Somers' family present, the official said. No media representatives were present. U.S. ...
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| HealthCare.gov sign-ups grow in week three of 2015 enrollment: Govt Posted: 10 Dec 2014 12:08 PM PST  (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Wednesday that 618,548 individuals selected a 2015 health plan on HealthCare.Gov during the week of Nov. 29 to Dec. 5, of which 48 percent were consumers who had not previously purchased this insurance. HealthCare.gov is a website created under the national healthcare reform law that sells health plans to individuals and provides income-based subsidies. Enrollment opened for 2015 plans on Nov. 15. More than 7 million people signed up for this insurance in 2014 and the government expects more than 9 million to enroll in 2015. Since Nov. ...
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| Chicago proposes chokehold ban in wake of U.S. protests Posted: 10 Dec 2014 09:39 AM PST  By Mark Guarino CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago city council members have proposed a ban on the use of chokeholds by police officers working within city limits in an expansive proposal coming in the wake of the chokehold death of an unarmed black man being arrested in New York. The proposal, which includes all security personnel such as deputy sheriffs, U.S. Marshals and private security guards, is the first among U.S. municipalities attempting to regulate arrest techniques after a grand jury last week declined to indict a New York City police officer in a chokehold death. ...
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| Detroit to exit historic bankruptcy later Wednesday Posted: 10 Dec 2014 08:49 AM PST  DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit will officially exit the biggest-ever U.S. municipal bankruptcy later on Wednesday, city and state of Michigan officials announced. "It is time for the city to emerge from bankruptcy," Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr said at a news conference. The effective day will trigger payments to city creditors under a debt adjustment plan confirmed by a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge last month. (Reporting By Serena Maria Daniels, additional reporting by Karen Pierog in Chicago and Lisa Lambert in Washington. Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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| Obama to announce new grants to states for preschool Posted: 10 Dec 2014 07:42 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday will announce more than $1 billion in public and private investments in preschool programs, a small step toward the kind of infusion the White House says is needed. Fewer than a third of U.S. 4-year-olds are currently enrolled in preschool programs that help them do better when they get to elementary school and help increase their learning and earning potential later in life. The United States ranks 28th in access to preschool among industrialized nations. ...
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| Dr. Phil's startup launches video visits with U.S. therapists Posted: 10 Dec 2014 06:22 AM PST  By Christina Farr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Doctor On Demand is the latest Silicon Valley startup to bet that people will turn to mobile devices for confidential counseling. The company has launched a web and mobile service to connect people with its network of U.S. psychologists. The Doctor On Demand app is available on mobile devices with both Google Inc's Android and Apple Inc's iOS platforms. Doctor On Demand was founded by daytime talk show personality Dr. Phillip McGraw, popularly known as Dr. Phil, as well as his son Jay McGraw and entrepreneur Adam Jackson. ...
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| UN expert calls for prosecution over torture Posted: 10 Dec 2014 05:00 AM PST  Members of George W. Bush's national security team must be prosecuted, says a UN official.
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| Malala, Satyarthi to receive Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 10 Dec 2014 04:07 AM PST  Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel laureate, receives the Peace Prize on Wednesday, sharing it with Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi. The 17-year-old Pakistani girl, who will be given the prize in a ceremony in Oslo, became a global icon after she was shot and nearly killed by the Taliban for insisting that girls had a right to an education. Malala has already been honoured with a host of awards, standing ovations and plaudits everywhere from the United Nations to Buckingham Palace. "I want to serve my country and my dream is that my country becomes a developed country and I see every child get an education." - Pen and a book - At a press conference Tuesday in Oslo, Malala said that in many parts of the world, children's requirements are infinitely more modest than an "iPad or computer." "What they are asking for is just a book, just a pen, so why can't we do that?" Malala was 15 when a Taliban gunman shot her in the head as she travelled on a school bus in response to her campaign for girls' education.
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| Hundreds march in fourth day of protests in California Posted: 10 Dec 2014 12:31 AM PST  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of protesters angered at the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers marched through downtown Berkeley streets, briefly blocking traffic on a state highway, and delaying metro and train services in the area as protests continued in Northern California.
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| Hundreds march as California protests continue Posted: 09 Dec 2014 09:14 PM PST  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of protesters angered at the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers are marching through downtown Berkeley streets.
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| NY police promise to rebuild trust as protests spread Posted: 09 Dec 2014 08:43 PM PST  By Sharon Bernstein and Scott Malone BERKELEY, Calif./NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of the New York Police Department vowed on Tuesday to repair relations with poor and minority communities following the death of a suspect, even as protests over police violence flared across the United States. The department will retrain its members in nonviolent ways of making arrests, Police Commissioner William Bratton said, adding that he had taken a non-confrontational approach to protests over a grand jury's decision not to charge the officer involved in the controversial chokehold case. ...
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| Report slams psychologists who devised Bush-era interrogation Posted: 09 Dec 2014 07:08 PM PST By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA paid $80 million to a company run by two former Air Force psychologists without experience in interrogation or counter-terrorism who recommended waterboarding, slaps to the face and mock burial for prisoners the U.S. suspected of being terrorists, according to a U.S. Senate report. The two men are referred to in the report by the pseudonyms "Dunbar" and "Swigert" but have been identified by U.S. intelligence sources as James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen. ... |
| Obama tells Latinos immigration policy shift won't hurt them later Posted: 09 Dec 2014 05:34 PM PST  By Jeff Mason NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Latinos on Tuesday that signing up for deportation relief under his new immigration policy was safe and would not put them in jeopardy if his White House successor tried to overturn the action. Supported strongly by immigration activists and staunchly opposed by many Republicans, Obama's controversial executive action removed the threat of deportation for up to 4.7 million undocumented immigrants. ...
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| Attorneys: Darren Wilson should be banned from policing in Missouri Posted: 09 Dec 2014 05:18 PM PST  Darren Wilson, who shot and killed unarmed teen Michael Brown, may have resigned from the Ferguson Police Department, but a group of attorneys wants the controversial officer stripped of his right to carry a badge anywhere in Missouri.
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| Senate report: CIA torture produced ‘fabricated’ intel, thwarted no plots Posted: 09 Dec 2014 05:01 PM PST  After waterboarding, a 9/11 mastermind told interrogators what "he thought they wanted to hear."
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| Tennessee couple get 35 years in prison in girl's soda death Posted: 09 Dec 2014 03:54 PM PST By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - An eastern Tennessee father and stepmother of a 5-year-old girl who died after being forced to drink large amounts of grape soda and water as a form of punishment have been sentenced to 35 years in prison, authorities said. Randall Vaughn, 42, and Mary Vaughn, 59, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated child neglect and were sentenced on Monday in Rogersville, Tennessee, District Attorney General Dan Armstrong said on Tuesday. ... |
| Man charged with trying to take U.S. military documents to China Posted: 09 Dec 2014 03:21 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Connecticut resident and Chinese citizen who allegedly worked on the F135 engine was charged with trying to take sensitive documents about military technology to China, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Tuesday. Yu Long was en route to China in November via Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey where customs officers found proprietary documents in his luggage that included equations and test results used to develop titanium for U.S. military aircraft, prosecutors said. Yu Long was arrested two days later in Ithaca, New York. U.S. ... |
| Kerry urges flexibility in U.S. war powers against Islamic State Posted: 09 Dec 2014 03:03 PM PST  By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any congressional authorization of U.S. military force against Islamic State should be flexible and not limit the fight to Iraq and Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday. The authorization should also not restrict U.S. President Barack Obama in deploying combat troops against the militant group if needed, Kerry told a Senate committee debating the need for an Authorization for the Use of Military Force, or AUMF. ...
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