| Officials: 3 go to hospital after Oregon school shooting Posted: 12 Dec 2014 01:36 PM PST  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Firefighters say they have taken three people to the hospital after a shooting at a Portland, Oregon, high school.
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| Obama says NFL was 'winging it' in Rice domestic violence case Posted: 12 Dec 2014 01:21 PM PST  By Steve Ginsburg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday the NFL appeared to be "winging it" in dealing with former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice's domestic violence case but praised the league for later putting in place a new policy to handle such incidents. The National Football League on Wednesday unveiled a tougher policy for disciplining players for off-field misconduct including violence against women in the wake of high-profile domestic violence cases involving Rice and 2012 NFL Most Valuable Player Adrian Peterson. ...
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| FBI probing death of black North Carolina teen hanged from swing set Posted: 12 Dec 2014 11:43 AM PST (Reuters) - Federal authorities are investigating the death of a black teenager found hanged in August from a swing set in North Carolina, a case ruled a suicide by local authorities at the time, the FBI said on Friday. The family of Lennon Lacy, 17, and the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP had been pushing for a federal probe, citing concerns about the handling of the case and suspicions that the teen, whose relationship with an older white woman was well known in the small community of Blandeboro, might have been murdered. (Reporting by Jonathan Kaminsky) |
| Cleveland boy killed by police shot once, death declared homicide Posted: 12 Dec 2014 09:28 AM PST  CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The 12-year-old Cleveland boy fatally shot by police in November was struck once in the abdomen, and his death has been formally ruled a homicide, according to a Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's autopsy report released on Friday. Tamir Rice, who was black, was shot on Nov. 22 by police responding to a call of a suspect waving a handgun around in a Cleveland park. The weapon turned out to be a replica that typically fires plastic pellets. He died the next day. (Reporting by Kim Palmer in Cleveland; Writing by David Bailey; Editing by Susan Heavey)
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| Chrysler expands Takata passenger-side air bag recall in U.S. Posted: 12 Dec 2014 09:12 AM PST  DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group is expanding its U.S. recall of older-model vehicles with Takata Corp passenger-side air bags, adding a second inflator design to the recall and more affected regions. Chrysler, a unit of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, said in a statement late Thursday that it was recalling 208,783 vehicles by adding the second inflator family as well as including five states and three territories. The company said no accidents or injuries in any of its vehicles have been linked to any Takata passenger-side inflators. ...
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| U.S. wont stand in way if Indian tribes want to grow, sell marijuana Posted: 12 Dec 2014 08:56 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has signaled it would not stand in the way of Native American tribes who may seek to legalize marijuana use or cultivation. Federal prosecutors will instead focus on priorities like keeping marijuana out of the hands of minors and out of states in which marijuana use is not legal, the department said in a memo released on Thursday. The memo, sent from Justice Department headquarters to U.S. attorney's offices around the country, said some tribes had requested guidance on the federal drug law. ... |
| FBI looking into teen's hanging death Posted: 12 Dec 2014 08:39 AM PST  BLADENBORO, N.C. (AP) — A prosecutor says the FBI is looking into the hanging death of a black North Carolina teen after his family questioned the official ruling that he killed himself.
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| U.S. Senate appears set to pass spending bill, timing uncertain Posted: 12 Dec 2014 07:49 AM PST  By Richard Cowan and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate looked set to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill in time for a Saturday night deadline, following a narrow House of Representatives vote that averted a government shutdown. The House passed the bill late on Thursday despite a revolt by Democrats against controversial financial provisions that led to a day of drama on Capitol Hill and exposed fraying unity between President Barack Obama and his party. ...
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| Award-winning Washington Post photographer dies of heart attack in Liberia Posted: 12 Dec 2014 06:43 AM PST Award-winning Washington Post photographer dies of heart attack in Liberia |
| Oil sinks below $63 a barrel Posted: 12 Dec 2014 05:54 AM PST  By Simon Falush LONDON (Reuters) - Brent crude oil slipped on Friday to below $63 a barrel, its lowest since July 2009, on persistent concerns over a global supply glut and weak demand outlook. Brent is down around 9 percent this week, some 45 percent below its June peak above $115 per barrel. Oil prices will likely come under further downward pressure, the International Energy Agency said as it cut its outlook for demand growth in 2015 and predicted that healthy non-OPEC output gains were poised to increase global supplies. ...
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| California storm hits south after drenching north Posted: 12 Dec 2014 03:41 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dangerous storm that flooded Northern California freeways, kept thousands from work and school, and forced scores of evacuations moved into the southern part of the state, spreading light showers in the Los Angeles area that will intensify as Friday progresses.
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| Major storm moves into southern California, prompts evacuations Posted: 12 Dec 2014 03:07 AM PST  By Curtis Skinner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A major storm that pummeled northern California and the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and high winds and killed two people moved south overnight, prompting evacuation orders in areas prone to floods and mud flows. The National Weather Service forecast the system to track through southwestern California late on Thursday and into Friday, brining the possibility of strong thunderstorms, as well as waterspouts and small tornadoes along the coast. ...
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| Senate to take up $1.1T spending bill Posted: 12 Dec 2014 02:19 AM PST  It's now up to the Senate to pass a huge spending bill to keep the government running.
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| CIA chief challenges Senate torture report Posted: 12 Dec 2014 01:13 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director John Brennan is acknowledging that agency officers did "abhorrent" things to captive terror suspects, and he says he can't prove the harsh treatment made the prisoners cooperate. But he defends the overall post-9/11 interrogation program for stopping attacks and saving lives.
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| House passes spending bill, averts shutdown Posted: 11 Dec 2014 11:31 PM PST  The House narrowly passes the $1.1 trillion bill despite strenuous Democratic objections.
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| U.S. corporations winning fight over human rights lawsuits Posted: 11 Dec 2014 10:26 PM PST  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2013 that made it all but impossible to sue foreign companies in U.S. courts for alleged roles in overseas human rights abuses is proving to be a boon for U.S. firms too, court documents show. In the roughly year and a half since the ruling in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co, U.S. ...
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| Detective testifies Montana homeowner deliberately shot student to death Posted: 11 Dec 2014 09:18 PM PST  By Lori Grannis MISSOULA, Mont. (Reuters) - A Montana homeowner who killed a German exchange student in his garage repositioned himself to aim a fatal shotgun blast at the teenager, even though he later claimed it was too dark to see, a detective testified on Thursday in the man's murder trial. Markus Kaarma, 30, a former U.S. Forest Service firefighter, is charged with deliberate homicide in the April 27 death of 17-year-old Diren Dede of Hamburg, who had walked into the Missoula homeowner's garage. Kaarma has pleaded not guilty and defense lawyers say he acted to protect his family. ...
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| Convicted money manager to stars avoids repeat trip to U.S. prison Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:57 PM PST  By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former money manager to Hollywood stars who served prison time for operating a $10 million investment fraud avoided another trip to the slammer Thursday, even as a Manhattan federal judge said she was "deeply troubled" by his latest crime. Dana Giacchetto, a former investment advisor to A-listers such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz, was sentenced to two years probation, including four months home confinement for using a stolen credit card to spend more than $9,000. U.S. ...
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| House approves $1.1T bill financing government Posted: 11 Dec 2014 07:08 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have muscled a $1.1 trillion bill financing government agencies through the House after President Barack Obama phoned Democratic lawmakers and urged them to back the measure.
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| Major storm knocks out power, disrupts flights in California Posted: 11 Dec 2014 05:47 PM PST  By Curtis Skinner and Emmett Berg SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A major storm pummeled California and the Pacific northwest on Thursday with heavy rain and high winds, killing one man, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, disrupting flights and prompting schools to close. Some 240 departing and incoming commercial flights were canceled at San Francisco International Airport and others were delayed for more than two hours, airport managers said. ...
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| U.S. congressional staffers stage walkout in latest police protests Posted: 11 Dec 2014 04:44 PM PST  By Emmett Berg WASHINGTON/OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Dozens of congressional staff staged a walkout on Thursday to protest decisions by grand juries not to charge white police officers in the killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City. The staffers, including members of the Congressional Black Associates group, held a prayer service on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and raised their hands in a reference to the "Hands up, don't shoot" chants that have become a regular feature of protests around the nation. ...
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| Ebola cases require rare dual air ambulance rescues Posted: 11 Dec 2014 02:21 PM PST  An American nurse possibly infected with the Ebola virus in West Africa was flown to the National Institutes of Health on Thursday. The rescue was one of two air ambulance missions flown this week by Georgia-based Phoenix Air.
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