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• Cuba expats in America weigh return to island
• Texas armored car driver accused of theft arrested in Colorado
• Two more NY men arrested for threatening police after officers killed
• Russia offers support to North Korea amid Sony hack
• Astronauts celebrate Christmas in space
• Pope condemns Islamic State in Christmas address
• Three injured, two critically, in shooting at Chicago train station
• Protests flare after Missouri police killing of armed black man
• Protesters rally for 2nd night after shooting near Ferguson
• Four shot, one fatally, in downtown St. Louis
• Chinese university bans Christmas, calls it 'kitsch'
• CDC worker monitored for possible Ebola exposure in lab error
• A glance at key police shootings in St. Louis area
• CDC monitoring tech for possible Ebola exposure

Cuba expats in America weigh return to island Posted: 25 Dec 2014 11:47 AM PST Cuban expatriates in America, including many who risked their lives to escape the communist island, are torn about whether to return after Havana and Washington formally reestablish ties next year. US President Barack Obama last week announced the normalization of relations with Cuba, which were severed in 1961. Marisol Camarota said she wouldn't think twice about returning to live in her homeland -- provided she can make a living comparable to what she earns in the United States. By contrast, Hector Martinez -- who fled Cuba years ago on a rickety raft -- wouldn't dream of ever setting foot in Cuba again.

Texas armored car driver accused of theft arrested in Colorado Posted: 25 Dec 2014 10:27 AM PST (Reuters) - An armored car driver in Texas who abandoned his vehicle and made off with $200,000 has been arrested in Colorado on theft charges, and the missing money has been recovered, police said on Thursday. Trent Michael Cook, 24, was arrested at a hotel room in Colorado Springs on Wednesday afternoon along with a suspected accomplice, the Colorado Springs Police Department said in a statement. "Following a carefully orchestrated plan, the driver was contacted in a hotel room and taken into custody without incident," the statement said. Cook, an employee of Rochester Armored Car Co. ...

Two more NY men arrested for threatening police after officers killed Posted: 25 Dec 2014 09:54 AM PST (Reuters) - Two more men have been arrested for threatening New York police, including one who called the precinct headquarters of two officers killed as they sat in their patrol car and asked to speak to one of them, a police spokesman said on Thursday. The arrests bring to six the number of those detained for threats against the New York Police Department since officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot on Saturday by a gunman seeking revenge for unarmed black men killed by police. ...

Russia offers support to North Korea amid Sony hack Posted: 25 Dec 2014 08:15 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has offered sympathy to North Korea amid the Sony hacking scandal, saying the movie that sparked the dispute was so scandalous that Pyongyang's anger was "quite understandable."

Astronauts celebrate Christmas in space Posted: 25 Dec 2014 06:03 AM PST While many of us here on Earth are opening presents and feasting on Christmas Day (Dec. 25), astronauts aboard the International Space Station will be having their own celebration high above the planet's surface. The two Americans among the six-person crew of the current Expedition 42 — commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and flight engineer Terry Virts — are getting a break to mark the holiday in space, NASA officials said. Wilmore and Virts recorded a Christmas video message wishing everyone on Earth a Merry Christmas. It's clear from the video that the space station is decked out with lights, Santa hats, Christmas stockings for each crewmember and even a tiny Christmas tree.

Pope condemns Islamic State in Christmas address Posted: 25 Dec 2014 04:57 AM PST Pope Francis denounces the group's "brutal persecution" of religious minorities.

Three injured, two critically, in shooting at Chicago train station Posted: 25 Dec 2014 02:09 AM PST (Reuters) - Three people were injured, two of them critically, after a gunman opened fire in a Chicago train station on Wednesday night, police said. The suspect, who has not been apprehended, pulled a gun during an argument with a 41-year-old woman on the mezzanine level of a south side Chicago train station around 10:45 p.m. local time, Chicago Police news affairs officer Amina Greer said. The woman and a 25-year-old man were hit, and both were rushed to a local hospital in critical condition. A 24-year-old man was also injured after being hit in the face by glass fragments, Greer said. ...

Protests flare after Missouri police killing of armed black man Posted: 25 Dec 2014 01:53 AM PST By Aaron P. Bernstein BERKELEY, Mo. (Reuters) - Protests flared into early Thursday in the St. Louis suburb where a white policeman fatally shot a black man who brandished a gun at a gas station on Tuesday night. A group of protesters marched onto Interstate 170 in the city of Berkeley, Missouri, around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, blocking traffic for roughly 45 minutes. The demonstration followed a vigil at the Mobil On The Run gas station where the shooting occurred. ...

Protesters rally for 2nd night after shooting near Ferguson Posted: 25 Dec 2014 12:46 AM PST BERKELEY, Mo. (AP) — Demonstrators took to the streets for a second night after a white police officer in Berkeley, Missouri, killed a black 18-year-old who police said pointed a gun at him.

Four shot, one fatally, in downtown St. Louis Posted: 24 Dec 2014 09:13 PM PST (Reuters) - A shooting at a downtown St. Louis convenience store on Wednesday left one person dead and three others badly wounded, police said. Police said no suspects were in custody some five hours after the shooting, which was reported shortly after 5:30 p.m. local time. A St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman, Schron Jackson, said she was unable to provide any details about the victims, any assailants or circumstances of the shooting. ...

Chinese university bans Christmas, calls it 'kitsch' Posted: 24 Dec 2014 07:36 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - A university in northwestern China has banned Christmas, calling it a "kitsch" foreign celebration unbefitting of the country's own traditions and making its students watch propaganda films instead, media said on Thursday. The state-run Beijing News said that the Modern College of Northwest University, located in Xian, had strung up banners around the campus reading "Strive to be outstanding sons and daughters of China, oppose kitsch Western holidays" and "Resist the expansion of Western culture". ...

CDC worker monitored for possible Ebola exposure in lab error Posted: 24 Dec 2014 06:31 PM PST By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A laboratory technician for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been placed under observation for possible exposure to the deadly Ebola virus due to an apparent mix-up in lab specimens, the Atlanta-based agency said on Wednesday. The technician, who was working on Monday with Ebola specimens that were supposed to have been inactivated but which may instead have contained live virus, will be monitored for signs of infection for 21 days, the disease's incubation period, CDC officials said. ...

A glance at key police shootings in St. Louis area Posted: 24 Dec 2014 03:19 PM PST ST. LOUIS (AP) — The shooting death of 18-year-old Antonio Martin marks the third fatal shooting of a young black man by a white police officer in the St. Louis area since Michael Brown was killed in August.

CDC monitoring tech for possible Ebola exposure Posted: 24 Dec 2014 02:46 PM PST The technician has been working in a secure laboratory, the CDC says.

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