| Survivors gather to remember Pearl Harbor attack Posted: 07 Dec 2014 12:01 PM PST  Veterans who survived the Pearl Harbor attack are gathering for the 73rd anniversary of the Japanese bombing that launched the United States into World War II.
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| Obama on America's racial divide: 'We have made progress' Posted: 07 Dec 2014 09:53 AM PST  In an interview with BET, the president said race issues spotlighted by recent grand jury decisions are not going to be solved overnight, but it's also important to recognize the progress America has made when it comes to civil rights.
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| 1st ID from remains in case of Mexico's missing 43 Posted: 07 Dec 2014 08:47 AM PST  More than two months after they disappeared, concrete evidence is beginning to emerge on the fate of 43 college students whose case has caused a political crisis in Mexico. At least one of them has been identified among charred remains found several weeks ago near a garbage dump, family and government officials say.
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| Woman who stabbed U.S. teacher in UAE was 'lone terrorist': agency Posted: 07 Dec 2014 08:13 AM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - A United Arab Emirates woman who killed an American teacher last week has been inspired by "terrorist ideology" acquired through the Internet but investigators have found no links to militant groups, the state news agency WAM reported on Sunday. Attacks on Westerners are rare in the UAE, a wealthy western allied oil exporter and tourism hub, but concern has been rising following a spate of attacks in neighboring Saudi Arabia and after a warning in October about a jihadist web forum calling for attacks on American teachers in the region. ... |
| U.S. sends Uruguay 6 men from Guantanamo prison Posted: 07 Dec 2014 04:41 AM PST  The deal had been delayed for months by security concerns in the Pentagon and political considerations in the South American country.
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| Survivors to commemorate 73rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack Posted: 07 Dec 2014 04:23 AM PST  By Treena Shapiro HONOLULU (Reuters) - More than 50 World War Two veterans will gather in Honolulu on Sunday to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that left more than 2,000 Americans dead and thrust the United States into the war. The early morning ceremony on the main lawn of the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center was expected to draw 2,500 people, organizers said. Among them will be four of the nine remaining Pearl Harbor survivors who have traveled to Oahu for the last official gathering of the USS Arizona Reunion Association. ...
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| Prince William, Kate to break new ground with U.S. trip Posted: 07 Dec 2014 03:50 AM PST  Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate head to New York on Sunday for a glitzy visit that marks a step up in their role representing Britain abroad, royal commentators said. The three-day trip will see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 32, mix diplomacy with supporting their favourite causes and promoting British business interests. Crucially for William, he will meet US President Barack Obama in the White House on Monday for talks about illegal wildlife trading, an issue close to the prince's heart. William, second in line to the throne after his father Prince Charles, is starting to do more of the long-haul work for the British monarchy as Queen Elizabeth II approaches her nineties.
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| No major damage as Philippine storm weakens Posted: 07 Dec 2014 03:02 AM PST  LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, mowed down trees and sent more than 800,000 people into shelters before it weakened Sunday, sparing the central Philippines the type of devastation that a monster storm brought to the region last year.
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| Berkeley protesters smash windows; 2 officers hurt Posted: 07 Dec 2014 12:06 AM PST  Protests in California over police killings of unarmed black men in Missouri and New York turned violent.
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| Protest of chokehold death turns violent in California Posted: 06 Dec 2014 11:33 PM PST  Masked demonstrators smashed windows and threw objects at police in Berkeley.
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| N. Korea denies hack on Sony Pictures Posted: 06 Dec 2014 10:31 PM PST  North Korea denied involvement Sunday in a cyber attack on Sony Pictures, but praised it as a "righteous deed" potentially carried out by its supporters to protest against a film featuring its leader Kim Jong-Un. "The hacking into the Sony Pictures might be a righteous deed of the supporters and sympathizers with the (North) in response to its appeal," the North's top military body, the National Defense Commission, told the state-run KCNA news agency. "The Interview" -- a comedy film by Sony involving a fictional CIA plot to assassinate Kim -- has infuriated Pyongyang, which earlier warned of "merciless retaliation".
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| Republican challenger wins Louisiana U.S. Senate race: CNN Posted: 06 Dec 2014 07:21 PM PST  NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Republican Congressman Bill Cassidy defeated U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu in a runoff election on Saturday, CNN projected, a result expanding his party's majority in the U.S. Senate at the expense of one of the chamber's last remaining southern Democrats. Cassidy, whose victory swells the ranks of Republicans in the Senate to 54, ran a disciplined campaign focused on linking Landrieu to President Barack Obama, who is deeply unpopular among whites in Louisiana. (Reporting by Jonathan Kaminsky; Editing by Grant McCool)
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| Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu defeated Posted: 06 Dec 2014 07:05 PM PST  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy has defeated Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, denying her a fourth term and extending the GOP's domination of the 2014 midterm elections that put Republicans in charge of Capitol Hill for the final two years of President Barack Obama's tenure.
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| Protests slow in New York after funeral for slain black man Posted: 06 Dec 2014 06:15 PM PST  By Robert MacMillan and Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fourth night of demonstrations against police violence got off to a slow start on a rain-soaked Saturday in New York, after mourners held a funeral for a black man shot dead by a white police officer in the stairwell of a Brooklyn apartment house. The shooting of Akai Gurley, 28, at a public housing project last month was the latest in a series of incidents fueling outrage over what protesters say is a pattern of excessive force being used by law enforcement against African-Americans. ...
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| Recovered from Ebola, Cuban doctor returns home Posted: 06 Dec 2014 05:10 PM PST  HAVANA/GENEVA (Reuters) - A Cuban doctor who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Sierra Leone returned home to Cuba on Saturday, cured after 16 days in a Geneva hospital where he received an experimental treatment. Felix Baez, 43, was one of 256 Cuban doctors and nurses who went to West Africa to treat patients from the worst outbreak of the virus on record, which has killed more than 6,000 people. Baez was met at Havana's Jose Marti airport by his wife, elder son and Health Minister Roberto Morales, among others, officials said. ...
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| Obama, complaining of sore throat, diagnosed with acid reflux Posted: 06 Dec 2014 04:53 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who had medical tests on Saturday after complaining of a sore throat, is suffering from acid reflux, the president's physician said. "The president's symptoms are consistent with soft tissue inflammation related to acid reflux and will be treated accordingly," Obama's doctor, Captain Ronny Jackson, said in a statement. Acid reflux is a condition in which the stomach contents flow back up from the stomach into the esophagus, causing such symptoms as heartburn and sore throat. ...
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| Thousands bid farewell to Washington's 'mayor for life' Posted: 06 Dec 2014 02:58 PM PST  Thousands gathered Saturday for a joyful final farewell to Washington's "mayor for life" Marion Barry, remembering him more for his civic service than his infamous brush with crack cocaine. The popular and controversial Mississippi sharecropper's son turned civil rights activist who served four terms as mayor of the US capital died November 23 at the age of 78. Three days of events marking his outsized life culminated Saturday with a four-hour memorial service at Washington's convention center, followed by a private burial under dark gray skies. Thursday saw Barry lying in state in the Wilson Building, Washington's city hall.
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