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• House Speaker John Boehner lends support to Whip Steve Scalise over speech scandal
• Police say officer in Berkeley, Missouri, shooting acted in self-defense
• Judge accepts former South Carolina sheriff's guilty plea for bribery
• New York City mayor to meet police unions to defuse tensions
• Former U.S. President Bush, 90, released from Houston hospital: spokesman
• Iran sets date for nuclear talks
• Boehner comments on Grimm's resignation
• Wreckage, bodies reveal jet's fate days after it disappeared
• Lawyer says U.S. offered prisoner swap for ex-Marine held in Iran
• Texas woman pleads guilty in revenge murder of prosecutors
• What is the 'Car of the Year'?
• Gun deaths for U.S. officers rose by 56 percent in 2014: report
• Cargo vessel carrying migrants sent distress signal
• Health worker with Ebola transferred to London hospital
• Representative Grimm to step down following guilty plea, reports say
• Three New York City fur vendors charged with tossing bleach on protesters
• House GOP leader once addressed white supremacists
• L.A. police officers shot unarmed black man three times: autopsy
• British patient being treated for Ebola

House Speaker John Boehner lends support to Whip Steve Scalise over speech scandal Posted: 30 Dec 2014 12:06 PM PST House Speaker John Boehner issued a statement of support for Rep. Steve Scalise who appeared at a 2002 convention of the European-American Unity and Rights Organization.

Police say officer in Berkeley, Missouri, shooting acted in self-defense Posted: 30 Dec 2014 11:32 AM PST By Mark Guarino (Reuters) - An 18-year-old man fatally shot by police in Berkeley, Missouri, last week was pointing a gun at an officer, according to a police investigation of the incident. Berkeley Police Chief Frank McCall told a news conference on Tuesday that Antonio Martin "was armed and pointing a weapon at the officer" before he was shot outside a gas station convenience store on Dec. 23. The killing sparked protests, with demonstrators saying the shooting was unjustified and that race was a factor. Martin was black and the officer is white. ...

Judge accepts former South Carolina sheriff's guilty plea for bribery Posted: 30 Dec 2014 11:15 AM PST By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A former South Carolina county sheriff pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants in a deal that federal prosecutors said could land him in prison after a judge rejected a similar deal that had called for only probation. James Metts, 68, was the state's longest-serving sheriff, having worked for Lexington County from 1972 until this year. He was suspended from office in June after being indicted on 10 criminal counts and resigned earlier this month. ...

New York City mayor to meet police unions to defuse tensions Posted: 30 Dec 2014 10:56 AM PST By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was to meet on Tuesday with the leaders of police unions who accused him of having blood on his hands after two policemen were shot dead in an ambush 10 days ago. De Blasio, whose turbulent relationship with his police department has become the gravest crisis of his year-old mayoralty, called the meeting to "foster constructive and responsible dialogue," his press secretary, Phil Walzak, wrote in an e-mail. ...

Former U.S. President Bush, 90, released from Houston hospital: spokesman Posted: 30 Dec 2014 10:23 AM PST AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, 90, was released from a Houston hospital on Tuesday after a weeklong stay brought on by breathing difficulties, his spokesman said. "President Bush was released from the Houston Methodist Hospital today," spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement. "He is now resting at home, grateful to the doctors and nurses for their superb care." Bush was taken by ambulance to Houston Methodist Hospital the night of Dec. 23 and admitted for observation after experiencing shortness of breath, McGrath said. ...

Iran sets date for nuclear talks Posted: 30 Dec 2014 09:16 AM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran and six world powers are set to resume low-level talks on Iran's nuclear program in Geneva on Jan 15, with wide gaps remaining in their positions, the Iranian foreign minister said. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the lead negotiator for Iran with the six powers known as "P5+1," made the remarks in a closed-door session with members of the Iranian parliament's National Security Committee, according to state news agency IRNA. "We have stood firm and demand lifting of all sanctions at once," Zarif said. ...

Boehner comments on Grimm's resignation Posted: 30 Dec 2014 08:27 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that N.Y. Rep. Michael Grimm made the right decision by resigning from Congress after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges.

Wreckage, bodies reveal jet's fate days after it disappeared Posted: 30 Dec 2014 08:11 AM PST Images of debris and a bloated body flash across Indonesian television screens.

Lawyer says U.S. offered prisoner swap for ex-Marine held in Iran Posted: 30 Dec 2014 07:54 AM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - A lawyer for an Iranian-American former U.S. Marine jailed in Tehran was reported on Tuesday as saying the United States had sought his release through a prisoner swap, but officials in Washington denied any proposed exchange. Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabai, attorney for former Marine Amir Hekmati, told Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency that the United States had made the request and it had been put to Iran's judiciary, which has not yet responded. "The US has submitted the request via its interest section in Iran," Tabatabai was quoted by Tasnim as saying. ...

Texas woman pleads guilty in revenge murder of prosecutors Posted: 30 Dec 2014 07:37 AM PST DALLAS (Reuters) - A woman charged with helping her husband kill a Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant district attorney pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday. Kim Williams, 48, accepted a plea deal to three counts of first-degree murder and will serve 40 years in prison, court officials said. Her husband, Eric Williams, was convicted and sentenced to death earlier this month for the murder of Cynthia McLelland. He is also charged with murdering District Attorney Mike McLelland, who was Cynthia's husband, and Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse. ...

What is the 'Car of the Year'? Posted: 30 Dec 2014 06:32 AM PST

Gun deaths for U.S. officers rose by 56 percent in 2014: report Posted: 30 Dec 2014 06:16 AM PST (Reuters) - Gun related deaths of U.S. law enforcement officers rose by 56 percent in 2014 compared to the previous year, with about one-third of officers killed in an ambush, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund said on Tuesday. Across the country, 50 officers were killed by guns in 2014 compared to 32 in 2013, according to the website of the non-profit fund, which aims to increase safety for law enforcement officers. The most deadly states were California, Texas, New York, Florida and Georgia, the group said. ...

Cargo vessel carrying migrants sent distress signal Posted: 30 Dec 2014 04:53 AM PST ATHENS (Reuters) - A vessel that called for help off Greece is a Moldovan-flagged cargo ship believed to be carrying migrants, Greece's shipping ministry said on Tuesday. Greek state television earlier reported a passenger ship issued a distress signal because of armed people on board. The "Blue Sky M" was sailing off the island of Corfu, a shipping ministry spokesman said. The vessel was carrying hundreds of migrants, Greek television stations reported. (Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

Health worker with Ebola transferred to London hospital Posted: 30 Dec 2014 02:31 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A health worker who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in Britain arrived at a London hospital from Scotland early on Tuesday for treatment after contracting the disease in West Africa. The woman arrived at the capital's Royal Free hospital, Britain's designated Ebola treatment center, in an ambulance accompanied by several police vehicles, a Reuters witness said. ...

Representative Grimm to step down following guilty plea, reports say Posted: 29 Dec 2014 07:38 PM PST By Victoria Cavaliere (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Michael Grimm of New York, who pleaded guilty last week to a federal felony tax charge, is expected to resign from office in coming days, published reports said Monday. Grimm spoke privately on Monday with Republican leaders about the decision, sources told the Washington Post and Politico. Grimm could hand in his resignation as early as next Tuesday, the reports said. Following his guilty plea, Grimm said publicly he had no intention of stepping down. Daniel Rashbaum, one of Grimm's lawyers, declined to comment on the reports. ...

Three New York City fur vendors charged with tossing bleach on protesters Posted: 29 Dec 2014 06:15 PM PST (Reuters) - Three New York City fur vendors have been charged with throwing a mixture of bleach and ammonia from the roof of a Manhattan building onto anti-fur protesters and pedestrians on the street below, authorities said on Monday. The incident occurred on a crowded street in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood during the late afternoon of Dec. 20, when at least four people and a baby stroller were hit by the chemical mixture in an area crowded with holiday shoppers, police said. There were no reports of injuries. ...

House GOP leader once addressed white supremacists Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:19 PM PST As Republicans struggle to attract more votes from minorities heading into the 2016 presidential election, a House GOP leader has acknowledged that he once addressed a gathering of white supremacists, though his office denies any association with the group's social views.

L.A. police officers shot unarmed black man three times: autopsy Posted: 29 Dec 2014 04:00 PM PST By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unarmed 25-year-old black man slain by Los Angeles police officers in August suffered three gunshot wounds, including one to his back, a long-awaited autopsy report into the killing showed on Monday. Police have said two officers shot Ezell Ford, described by a family lawyer as mentally challenged, on Aug. 11 after he struggled with one of them and tried to grab the officer's holstered gun. ...

British patient being treated for Ebola Posted: 29 Dec 2014 01:29 PM PST A female health care worker had just returned from Sierra Leone, officials say.

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