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• Judge declares Obama immigration action unconstitutional
• Sony hackers reference 9/11 in new threats against theaters
• Former oil executive in custody after escape from U.S. prison in Texas
• U.S. torture report puts Romania's role under scrutiny
• N.Y. Times reporter ordered to answer questions in CIA leak case
• Family of Ohio man shot and killed in Walmart sue company, police
• Gay veterans' group says to march in Boston St. Patrick's Day parade
• Texas Rangers investigate officer who killed suspect holding spoon
• Jeb Bush to 'actively explore' run for president
• Friend of accused Boston bomber may plead guilty in gun, drug case
• Suspect in six Pennsylvania killings is target of manhunt
• Filmmaker Polanski's lawyers seek sex crime case dismissal: U.S. newspapers
• Search intensifies for Pa. gunman who killed 6
• Taliban storm Pakistani military school, kill 21
• At least 17 children amoung 20 killed in Taliban attack in Pakistan
• Three dead, 35 wounded in attack on Pakistan school
• What we know about the Aussie hostage taker
• Suspect in six Pennsylvania killings is target of manhunt
• Senate approves Obama pick for surgeon general
• 6 dead, suspect on loose in suburban Philadelphia

Judge declares Obama immigration action unconstitutional Posted: 16 Dec 2014 01:04 PM PST By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's new plan to ease the threat of deportation for 4.7 million undocumented immigrants violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge found on Tuesday, handing down the first legal ruling against the plan. The ruling has no immediate impact, with the government saying there was no reason for Judge Arthur Schwab of the Western District of Pennsylvania to address the issue in the case, which concerns 42-year-old Honduran immigrant Elionardo Juarez-Escobar. ...

Sony hackers reference 9/11 in new threats against theaters Posted: 16 Dec 2014 12:29 PM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hackers calling themselves Guardians of Peace made ominous threats Tuesday against movie theaters showing Sony Pictures' film "The Interview" that referenced the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Former oil executive in custody after escape from U.S. prison in Texas Posted: 16 Dec 2014 11:56 AM PST By Jim Forsyth AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A former oil company executive convicted of operating an investment scam that defrauded about $7 million from hundreds of investors was captured on Tuesday after escaping from a low-security federal prison in central Texas. Jimmy Morrisett, 55, who fled the Bastrop Satellite Prison Camp on Sunday night, was tracked by U.S. marshals to a vacant home in Burnet, a town west of Austin, where he lived before being sentenced last year. Morrisett, found hiding in the attic of the home, at first refused to surrender, according to Deputy U.S. ...

U.S. torture report puts Romania's role under scrutiny Posted: 16 Dec 2014 11:04 AM PST By Radu-Sorin Marinas and Christian Lowe BUCHAREST/WARSAW (Reuters) - The lawyer for a man tortured by the CIA said Romania's authorities should acknowledge the role they played after a U.S. Senate report pointed to Romania as the site of the secret CIA jail where the man was interrogated. The report did not name countries that hosted CIA jails, but it gave details of prisoners being transferred to and from "detention center BLACK" which matched air traffic records of CIA-chartered planes passing through Romanian airports between 2003 and 2005. ...

N.Y. Times reporter ordered to answer questions in CIA leak case Posted: 16 Dec 2014 10:15 AM PST By Aruna Viswanatha WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered New York Times reporter James Risen to appear in court to answer questions about his book detailing a failed CIA effort to undermine Iran's nuclear weapons program, in a case that has become a touchstone of press freedom. Though Risen has taken a firm stance about not revealing the identity of his sources, U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing early on Tuesday they would seek to ask Risen if he had a confidentiality agreement with the individual who provided certain information for the 2006 book "State of War. ...

Family of Ohio man shot and killed in Walmart sue company, police Posted: 16 Dec 2014 09:58 AM PST By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The family of an Ohio man shot and killed by police while holding a BB gun in a Walmart store filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against the police and the national retail chain. John Crawford, 22, was shot after a 911 caller reported a man with a gun at the Beavercreek Walmart in a suburb of the southern Ohio city of Dayton. ...

Gay veterans' group says to march in Boston St. Patrick's Day parade Posted: 16 Dec 2014 08:34 AM PST By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - The leader of a Boston group of gay U.S. military veterans said on Tuesday his organization had reached a deal to march in the city's St. Patrick's Day parade, which has long banned openly gay groups. But at least one high-ranking official on the Allied War Veterans Council, which organizes the parade, denied a deal had been reached to end the stalemate, which this year caused a major sponsor pullout and the city's first Irish-American mayor in 20 years to skip the event. ...

Texas Rangers investigate officer who killed suspect holding spoon Posted: 16 Dec 2014 08:18 AM PST AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas Rangers are investigating an incident in Texarkana in which a police officer responding to a reported burglary fatally shot a suspect who was holding a spoon, officials said on Tuesday. The incident comes as increased scrutiny has been placed on police following the deaths of unarmed suspects at the hands of police that have sparked protests nationwide. In Texarkana, the officer arrived at the scene of the reported burglary at about 2 a.m. Monday and found a suspect in the garage of a house, police in the East Texas city said. ...

Jeb Bush to 'actively explore' run for president Posted: 16 Dec 2014 07:28 AM PST Jeb Bush is taking his most definitive step yet toward running for president.

Friend of accused Boston bomber may plead guilty in gun, drug case Posted: 16 Dec 2014 06:52 AM PST BOSTON (Reuters) - A high school friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber charged with possessing a gun that prosecutors believe may have been used by the suspects in the 2013 attack may change his plea in the case to guilty, according to a court filing. Stephen Silva was charged in July with having possessed a Ruger P95 9mm pistol with its serial number filed off, as well as with conspiracy to distribute heroin. He pleaded not guilty in an August hearing but may be planning to file a new agreement this week, according to papers filed with the U.S. District Court in Boston late Monday. ...

Suspect in six Pennsylvania killings is target of manhunt Posted: 16 Dec 2014 03:47 AM PST By Daniel Kelley LOWER SALFORD, Penn. (Reuters) - Pennsylvania police on Tuesday searched for an Iraq war veteran suspected of killing six family members, including his 14-year-old niece, in a shooting spree in communities near Philadelphia. The manhunt for Bradley William Stone, 35, focused on and around Pennsburg, about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Philadelphia, where residents were advised to remain indoors with their doors locked, the Montgomery County district attorney said. ...

Filmmaker Polanski's lawyers seek sex crime case dismissal: U.S. newspapers Posted: 16 Dec 2014 03:31 AM PST (Reuters) - Lawyers for filmmaker Roman Polanski are seeking to have a case involving a 1977 charge of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl dismissed, U.S. newspapers reported on Tuesday. Polanski's lawyers are seeking a hearing to decide whether misconduct and a "false" extradition request sent by the U.S. Justice Department to the Polish government on Oct. 28 requires the case to be dismissed, the Los Angeles Times reported. Polanski was charged in 1977 with raping a 13-year-old girl in Hollywood after plying her with champagne and drugs. ...

Search intensifies for Pa. gunman who killed 6 Posted: 16 Dec 2014 01:18 AM PST A former Marine is being sought in the shooting deaths of six family members.

Taliban storm Pakistani military school, kill 21 Posted: 16 Dec 2014 01:01 AM PST A hospital official says 20 students and one soldier have been killed in Peshawar.

At least 17 children amoung 20 killed in Taliban attack in Pakistan Posted: 16 Dec 2014 12:48 AM PST At least 20 people including 17 children were killed and 36 wounded in a Taliban attack on an army-run school in Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said.

Three dead, 35 wounded in attack on Pakistan school Posted: 16 Dec 2014 12:07 AM PST A Taliban attack on an army-run school in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday left at least three students dead and 35 people wounded, hospital and police sources said. Sharif Khan, a doctor at the Lady Reading Hospital in the city of Peshawar, where the attack is still under way, said they had received the bodies of three students. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the gunmen had been ordered to shoot older students but not children. "There has been an incident of firing at Army Public School in Peshawar.

What we know about the Aussie hostage taker Posted: 15 Dec 2014 09:26 PM PST The man behind the deadly siege was a self-styled sheikh with a violent criminal past.

Suspect in six Pennsylvania killings is target of manhunt Posted: 15 Dec 2014 08:54 PM PST By Daniel Kelley LOWER SALFORD, Penn. (Reuters) - An Iraq war veteran suspected of killing six family members, including his 14-year-old niece, in a shooting spree in communities near Philadelphia was being sought on Monday by Pennsylvania police. The manhunt for Bradley William Stone, 35, focused in and around Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, where residents were advised to remain indoors with their doors locked, the Montgomery County district attorney said. ...

Senate approves Obama pick for surgeon general Posted: 15 Dec 2014 03:56 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy to serve as U.S. surgeon general, despite opposition from Republicans and some Democrats over his support for gun control.

6 dead, suspect on loose in suburban Philadelphia Posted: 15 Dec 2014 03:40 PM PST PENNSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man went to three houses in the Philadelphia suburbs before dawn Monday and fatally shot six people, authorities said, including his recently engaged ex-wife, who had told neighbors she feared he would kill her.

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