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• President Obama, politicians react to Senate CIA torture report
• British royal couple pays respects at New York's Sept. 11 Memorial
• Republicans insist CIA methods helped capture terrorists
• White House rolls out new tire safety, efficiency program
• Obamacare consultant apologizes for remarks about stupidity of voters
• Supreme Court rules no worker pay for security screening
• Dream on Me recalls playpens because of strangulation hazard
• Executions set in Georgia, Missouri for convicted murderers
• New York police shoot, kill man who stabbed person in synagogue
• U.S. on alert ahead of torture report's release
• Lava flows toward Hawaii village, threatens major intersection
• Mexican protesters block key U.S. entry points into Mexico
• Kate visits NYC kids; Prince William joins Obama
• Obama riffs on his presidency with Stephen Colbert
• Texas pair arrested for suspected Black Friday murder
• NBA players in New York add voices to protests over police killings
• Damaged Seattle highway sank up to 1.2 inches since October
• FBI probe Into Eric Garner death 'will take months'
• San Jose State University evacuates classrooms over report of gunman
• State lawmakers launch gun control coalition

President Obama, politicians react to Senate CIA torture report Posted: 09 Dec 2014 12:21 PM PST Some reaction to the Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday on the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the 9/11 terror attacks.

British royal couple pays respects at New York's Sept. 11 Memorial Posted: 09 Dec 2014 10:41 AM PST By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, paid a solemn visit on Tuesday to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, greeted by a small but resolute crowd of admirers who withstood driving rain and wind for a glimpse of the royal pair. Kate, the duchess of Cambridge, laid a bouquet of white roses and a handwritten note at one of the two memorial pools marking where the World Trade Center towers once stood. Etched along the pools are names of the nearly 3,000 people killed on Sept. 11, 2001, when two hijacked planes destroyed the twin towers. ...

Republicans insist CIA methods helped capture terrorists Posted: 09 Dec 2014 08:44 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate and the party's top member on the Senate Intelligence Committee insisted on Tuesday that CIA interrogation methods detailed in a newly issued report developed intelligence that helped capture important terrorists and take down Osama bin Laden. "Claims included in this report that assert the contrary are simply wrong," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Saxby Chambliss, the ranking member of the intelligence panel, said in a joint statement. ...

White House rolls out new tire safety, efficiency program Posted: 09 Dec 2014 08:27 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday will roll out a new program aimed at getting U.S. consumers to buy tires that will enable cars to get better mileage and take better care of them to cut down on tire-related crashes. The program, which will encourage consumers buying replacement tires to choose low rolling resistance tires, which cost more initially than those with more friction but increase fuel economy and save money on gasoline. ...

Obamacare consultant apologizes for remarks about stupidity of voters Posted: 09 Dec 2014 07:54 AM PST By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Obamacare consultant Jonathan Gruber apologized on Tuesday for his recent remarks about "the stupidity of the American voter," telling a congressional committee he did not think President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law was passed in a deceptive manner.     Gruber, a healthcare economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said he had not intended to denigrate the 2010 Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. ...

Supreme Court rules no worker pay for security screening Posted: 09 Dec 2014 07:38 AM PST By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that companies do not have to pay workers for the time they spend undergoing security checks at the end of their shifts in a case involving an Amazon.com Inc warehousing contractor. On a 9-0 vote, the court said employees of Integrity Staffing Solutions facilities in Nevada, where merchandise is processed and shipped, cannot claim compensation for the up to half an hour a day they spend going through security screening aimed at protecting against theft. ...

Dream on Me recalls playpens because of strangulation hazard Posted: 09 Dec 2014 07:21 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baby products company Dream On Me is recalling about 10,000 Incredible playpens because their rails can collapse and become a strangulation hazard for children, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. The South Plainfield, New Jersey, company is recalling two-level deluxe adjustable height playpens with model numbers starting with 436A, 436B, 436G, 436O, 436P and 436R, the commission said in a statement. There have been no reports of injuries or incidents from the devices, it said. ...

Executions set in Georgia, Missouri for convicted murderers Posted: 09 Dec 2014 05:23 AM PST By David Beasley and Carey Gillam ATLANTA/KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - A Georgia man due to be executed on Tuesday for the 1995 murder of a sheriff's deputy is mentally disabled and received inadequate representation from a lawyer who drank heavily at the time of his trial, the death row inmate's current attorneys said. Robert Wayne Holsey, 49, is scheduled to die by injection at 7 p.m. EST. He was convicted of shooting Baldwin County deputy Will Robinson in the head after the officer pulled him over following a convenience store robbery. ...

New York police shoot, kill man who stabbed person in synagogue Posted: 09 Dec 2014 04:35 AM PST (Reuters) - New York police shot and killed a man on early Tuesday who had stabbed a person in the head inside of a Brooklyn synagogue, police said. Police responded to the scene around 1:40 a.m. ET and found the 49-year-old suspect with knife in hand, the New York Police Department said in a statement, giving the address as 770 Eastern Parkway, the world headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Officers demanded that he drop the knife, which he did, before picking it back up and moving toward the officers. An officer shot once, hitting the man in his torso and fatally wounding him. ...

U.S. on alert ahead of torture report's release Posted: 09 Dec 2014 02:26 AM PST U.S. embassies, military units and other interests prepare for possible security threats.

Lava flows toward Hawaii village, threatens major intersection Posted: 09 Dec 2014 02:09 AM PST By Karin Stanton PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Slow-moving lava from an erupting volcano on Hawaii's Big Island continued to flow toward a small village, advancing about 250 yards on Monday, and threatened to reach a major traffic intersection before year's end. While the main flow from Kilauea's June 27th eruption has stalled yards from the main road through Pahoa Village and just feet from a recycling transfer station, the breakout upslope is active and lava is crawling toward the area, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The flow front is 2. ...

Mexican protesters block key U.S. entry points into Mexico Posted: 09 Dec 2014 12:14 AM PST By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Mexican demonstrators blocked or slowed traffic near at least four busy entry points along the United States's southern border on Monday to protest against new Mexican fees and rules on imports of used cars from the United States.  The Veterans International Bridge between Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico remained closed on Monday evening, U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Roger Maier said. Traffic was clearing around 7:30 p.m. ...

Kate visits NYC kids; Prince William joins Obama Posted: 08 Dec 2014 10:34 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Britain's Prince William sat down with President Barack Obama in Washington on Monday and unveiled an effort to curtail illegal wildlife trading, while his wife, Kate, made an impression of a down-to-earth duchess on preschoolers and prominent British expats in New York.

Obama riffs on his presidency with Stephen Colbert Posted: 08 Dec 2014 09:13 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — His daughters mock his big ears, he leaves his socks on the floor and sitting behind Stephen Colbert's desk, he said, gives him a greater sense of power.

Texas pair arrested for suspected Black Friday murder Posted: 08 Dec 2014 07:35 PM PST By Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) - Two former employees of an American Eagle Outfitters store in Fort Worth, Texas, beat, strangled and set on fire an assistant store manager to steal thousands of dollars of Black Friday sales, according to police documents released on Monday. Carter Cervantez, 25, and her boyfriend Clarence "David" Mallory, 19, have been charged with capital murder in the Nov. 28 death of Ashlea Harris, 31, police said. Bond was set at $500,000 each and lawyers for the arrested pair were not immediately available for comment. ...

NBA players in New York add voices to protests over police killings Posted: 08 Dec 2014 07:20 PM PST By Scott Malone, Karen Freifeld and Emmett Berg NEW YORK/BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) - Shopkeepers boarded up windows in California and basketball stars in New York wore shirts invoking the last words of Eric Garner, a black man who died after a police chokehold, amid racially charged protests Monday over a grand jury's failure to indict the white officer involved. ...

Damaged Seattle highway sank up to 1.2 inches since October Posted: 08 Dec 2014 06:29 PM PST By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Parts of a double-decker highway along Seattle's waterfront have sunk up to 1.2 inches since October, possibly due to workers pumping groundwater out of a pit they are digging to salvage a tunnel project, Washington state officials said on Monday. The so-called "settlement" of the busy above-ground Alaskan Way Viaduct poses no immediate threat to public safety, state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Laura Newborn said. ...

FBI probe Into Eric Garner death 'will take months' Posted: 08 Dec 2014 05:42 PM PST The FBI investigation into the choke hold death of Eric Garner is now in the most preliminary of stages, a law enforcement official briefed of the situation told ABC News.There is no set timeline for how long the investigation will take, but the law enforcement official said "it will take months."The federal investigation was launched after a Staten Island grand jury decided not to indict Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo on any criminal charges stemming from Garner's death on July 17.The Staten Island district attorney's office has already begun handing over evidence to the FBI. ...

San Jose State University evacuates classrooms over report of gunman Posted: 08 Dec 2014 04:40 PM PST (Reuters) - San Jose State University in California evacuated a classroom building and adjoining faculty offices on Monday after authorities received an unconfirmed report of a gunman on campus, a spokeswoman said. University police were conducting a floor-by-floor search of the Boccardo Business Complex and adjoining Business Tower, university spokeswoman Patricia Harris said. ...

State lawmakers launch gun control coalition Posted: 08 Dec 2014 02:17 PM PST By Lacey Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State lawmakers have launched a nationwide non-partisan coalition to combat gun violence, in part because the Congress has failed to reform gun laws, members of the group said on Monday. Some 200 lawmakers from 50 states have joined the alliance, American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, said the group's founder, Democratic New York State Assembly member Brian Kavanagh. ...

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