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• New Yorkers concerned by mayor's rift with police, poll shows
• Watch Live: Journalism after #CharlieHebdo
• Protests against police violence close Boston highway
• Airport workers, others to protest on Martin Luther King birthday
• U.S. report finds no technological replacement for bulk data collection
• Michigan must recognize legal marriages of 300 same-sex couples
• Turkey opens probe against columnists over Mohammed cartoon
• Lawsuit planned in deadly Washington subway smoke incident
• U.S. loosens embargo on Cuba
• U.S. takes first step to ending Cuba trade embargo
• Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression
• Oklahoma and Florida plan to execute convicted murderers
• Paris gunman 'spent three days in Madrid'
• Matt Bai: Dear Mitt Romney — Shake it off
• NY union boss leading revolt against mayor faces own rebellion
• FBI: Ohio man planned to bomb U.S. Capitol
• Ohio man accused of plotting to attack US Capitol
• U.S. Secret Service dumping senior officials after security lapses
• Labor groups file suit to stop Kentucky county right-to-work law
• Panel clears CIA officials accused of spying
• Yosemite climbers reach top of El Capitan in historic ascent
• Ohio man arrested for planning attack on U.S. Capitol
• Obama to renew push for paid leave for working parents
• United, American owe World Trade Center developer billions: lawyer
• Ohio man arrested for planning attack on U.S. Capitol

New Yorkers concerned by mayor's rift with police, poll shows Posted: 15 Jan 2015 12:55 PM PST A majority of New York City residents are concerned by the unusually deep rift that has formed between Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city's police department, according to a poll released on Thursday, with 77 percent saying the relationship is bad. Forty-five percent say it is the mayor's fault, while 43 percent say it is the police's, according to the Quinnipiac University Poll. Amid police anger over the mayor's qualified support for some of the police's fiercest critics, the number of arrests and court summonses plummeted for two weeks in late December as the nation's largest police department embarked on what city leaders called a slowdown.

Watch Live: Journalism after #CharlieHebdo Posted: 15 Jan 2015 11:53 AM PST Katie Couric leads an expert panel discussing fallout from the Paris attacks.

Protests against police violence close Boston highway Posted: 15 Jan 2015 11:00 AM PST Massachusetts State Police on Thursday arrested 29 people who stopped traffic on two sections of a major highway into Boston during the morning rush hour to protest the recent killings by U.S. police of unarmed black men. Protesters stopped traffic north and south of Boston during the morning rush hour, officials said. "Our nonviolent direct action is meant to expose the reality that Boston is a city where white commuters and students use the city and leave, while black and brown communities are targeted by police, exploited and displaced," organizer Katie Seitz said in a statement. Massachusetts State Police said the protesters prevented an ambulance carrying a crash victim with life-threatening injuries from reaching a trauma center in Boston, and forced it to divert to a smaller hospital outside the city.

Airport workers, others to protest on Martin Luther King birthday Posted: 15 Jan 2015 09:41 AM PST By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scores of airport workers gathered to rally on Thursday in New York and other cities to demand higher wages in one of several protests planned by an array of interest groups to mark the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The service workers plan to crowd onto a street bridge to block vehicular traffic in and out of New York's LaGuardia Airport, union organizers said. Similar protests are planned at airports in Philadelphia, Boston and Fort Lauderdale in Florida, organizers said. Last year, police arrested about 30 protesters after hundreds sat on the LaGuardia bridge in a similar action to recognize King. "If Martin Luther King were alive today he would be standing with airport workers, as he did in 1968 with striking sanitation workers in Memphis," the Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union said in a statement.

U.S. report finds no technological replacement for bulk data collection Posted: 15 Jan 2015 09:09 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No software-based technique can fully replace bulk collection of data for electronic intelligence gathering, the U.S. National Research Council said in a report released on Thursday. The report, however, said some methods could be developed to better target collection and control the use of the collected data, which could help protect privacy of the information and allay civil liberties concerns. The report suggested such approaches as automated systems for isolating collected data, restricting queries that can be made against those data and auditing the use of the data. ...

Michigan must recognize legal marriages of 300 same-sex couples Posted: 15 Jan 2015 08:53 AM PST (Reuters) - Michigan must recognize the legal marriages of about 300 same-sex couples who were wed in the state after a federal court struck down a ban on gay marriage and before the decision was put on hold by a U.S. appeals court, a judge ruled Thursday. The couples have a fundamental right under the U.S. Constitution even though a U.S. appeals court has reversed the 2014 decision that struck down the Michigan law, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Goldsmith ruled.

Turkey opens probe against columnists over Mohammed cartoon Posted: 15 Jan 2015 08:21 AM PST Turkish prosecutors on Thursday opened an investigation into two commentators writing for daily newspaper Cumhuriyet who illustrated their columns with the controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoon published by Charlie Hebdo. The prosecutors were investigating Cumhuriyet columnists Ceyda Karan and Hikmet Cetinkaya on suspicion of "inciting public hatred and insulting religious values", the official Anatolia news agency reported. The probe was opened a day after Cumhuriyet published the special edition marking the first edition of the French satirical weekly after the attack on its offices that killed 12 people.

Lawsuit planned in deadly Washington subway smoke incident Posted: 15 Jan 2015 08:05 AM PST Some of the victims hurt when a Washington subway train and station filled with smoke, killing one woman and sending 84 to hospitals, plan to sue the transit system, a law firm said on Thursday. The lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will be filed in District of Columbia Superior Court on Friday, lawyer Kim Brooks-Rodney said in a statement. The accident occurred on Monday in a tunnel just south of Washington's L'Enfant Plaza station, and the National Transportation Safety Board has blamed the smoke on electrical arcing from the charged third rail. The NTSB and Metro say investigating the cause may take a year.

U.S. loosens embargo on Cuba Posted: 15 Jan 2015 07:15 AM PST The White House is changing its policies on trade and investment in the island nation.

U.S. takes first step to ending Cuba trade embargo Posted: 15 Jan 2015 06:12 AM PST The United States eased decades of trade and financial restrictions on Cuba, opening up the country to U.S. telecommunications, construction and financial services in a slew of changes announced by the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Treasury. The new rules, effective on Friday, are the first concrete step to implement U.S. President Barack Obama's move last month to restore diplomatic ties with Cuba and ease the long economic embargo on America's Cold War enemy after more than 50 years.

Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression Posted: 15 Jan 2015 05:24 AM PST ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of expression, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith.

Oklahoma and Florida plan to execute convicted murderers Posted: 15 Jan 2015 04:51 AM PST Oklahoma plans on Thursday to conduct its first execution since a faulty lethal injection last April led to an overhaul of its death chamber protocols and prompted President Barack Obama to seek a re-examination of capital punishment in the United States. An hour before the execution in Oklahoma, Florida is expected to execute a man for murdering a Pensacola banker and sexually assaulting his wife in a 1993 home invasion. The Florida execution is planned for 6 p.m. Eastern Time and the one in Oklahoma for 6 p.m. Central Time. Oklahoma is set to execute child rapist and murderer Charles Warner after spending months revising how it implements the death penalty to prevent death chamber shortcomings.

Paris gunman 'spent three days in Madrid' Posted: 15 Jan 2015 03:29 AM PST French Islamist gunman Amedy Coulibaly spent three days in Madrid before last week's Paris attacks, with Spanish police now investigating whether he had a support cell there, a newspaper said Thursday. He was in Madrid between December 30 and January 2 with another person who has not yet been identified, Barcelona-based daily newspaper La Vanguardia reported. Coulibaly shot dead a policewoman in Paris on January 8 before killing four hostages he took at a kosher supermarket in the east of the French capital the following day. His partner, Hayat Boumeddiene, is known to have been in the Spanish capital before last week's attacks, but this is the first report that Coulibaly himself had been there for three days.

Matt Bai: Dear Mitt Romney — Shake it off Posted: 15 Jan 2015 03:12 AM PST The pundits are saying Mitt Romney can't win in 2016 if he runs for president. But Matt Bai is here to tell him he shouldn't take any of that seriously. Our columnist explores the many arguments in favor of running, starting with Romney's hair.

NY union boss leading revolt against mayor faces own rebellion Posted: 15 Jan 2015 02:23 AM PST By Michelle Conlin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hours after two New York policemen were shot dead in their patrol car last month, police union boss Pat Lynch accused the mayor of having "blood on his hands." Lynch's attack was prompted by what many police officers saw as the mayor's failure to defend them against criticism that overly aggressive tactics had caused the death of a black suspect. In the weeks that followed, Lynch was the face of an extraordinary revolt by many officers against Mayor Bill de Blasio. Lynch's union, the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA), is in turmoil, beset by infighting, according to interviews with more than 40 police officers and union insiders. On Tuesday, a group of union insiders is set to announce a campaign to unseat him in the upcoming June election, several PBA trustees said.

FBI: Ohio man planned to bomb U.S. Capitol Posted: 15 Jan 2015 02:06 AM PST The 20-year-old suspect expressed his support for the Islamic State, officials said.

Ohio man accused of plotting to attack US Capitol Posted: 14 Jan 2015 10:29 PM PST The suspect spoke of his desire to support the Islamic State militant group, the FBI said.

U.S. Secret Service dumping senior officials after security lapses Posted: 14 Jan 2015 09:41 PM PST By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service will remove four senior officials while another has opted to retire, the latest shake-up after a series of security lapses at the agency charged with protecting the president, an agency official said on Wednesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmedActing Director Joseph Clancy had told the four assistant directors who oversee the agency's missions of protection, investigations, technology and public affairs that they must leave their jobs. "Four assistant directors have been notified that they're being assigned to other positions," the official said. Recent lapses by the agency include allowing a knife-carrying man to jump a fence and run into the White House last September in one of the worst security breaches since President Barack Obama took office in 2009.

Labor groups file suit to stop Kentucky county right-to-work law Posted: 14 Jan 2015 08:53 PM PST By Steve Bittenbender LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Nine labor unions filed suit in a Kentucky federal court late on Wednesday to stop a county from enacting right-to-work legislation they say violates the National Labor Relations Act. The suit comes just a day after Kentucky's Hardin County became the fifth in the state in less than a month to pass a local ordinance that prohibits unions from requiring members to pay dues in exchange for representation. The lawsuit only covers Hardin County, but plaintiffs' attorney Irwin Cutler said the suit could expand to cover challenges to laws passed in Warren, Simpson, Fulton and Todd counties. Officials in Warren County said their community, 20 miles (32 km) north of Tennessee, has lost several opportunities to its neighbor, which is a right-to-work state.

Panel clears CIA officials accused of spying Posted: 14 Jan 2015 08:22 PM PST A CIA panel cleared agency officials of any wrongdoing when they accessed the computers of a Senate committee investigating the agency's involvement in torture.

Yosemite climbers reach top of El Capitan in historic ascent Posted: 14 Jan 2015 06:29 PM PST By Dan Whitcomb and Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two climbers completed a historic 19-day ascent to the summit of Yosemite National Park's El Capitan in California on Wednesday after scaling the rock formation's 3,000-foot (900-metre) sheer granite face without climbing tools, representatives said. Tommy Caldwell, 36, and Kevin Jorgeson, 30, made it to the top of El Capitan at 3:30 p.m., spokeswoman Jess Clayton of clothing company Patagonia which played a sponsorship role in the climb, said in an email. The two men, who were the first to climb El Capitan's so-called Dawn Wall without bolts or climbing tools but used safety ropes in case of falls, climbed the rock face in stages beginning on Dec. 27. The Dawn Wall of El Capitan is divided into 32 climbing pitches, which are varying lengths of rock that the climbers mastered with only their hands and feet.

Ohio man arrested for planning attack on U.S. Capitol Posted: 14 Jan 2015 04:53 PM PST By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants was arrested and charged on Wednesday in connection with a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol with guns and bombs, court documents disclosed. Christopher Cornell, 20, of Cincinnati researched the construction of pipe bombs, purchased a semi-automatic rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition and made plans to travel to Washington to carry out the plot, according to an FBI informant's legal testimony. ...

Obama to renew push for paid leave for working parents Posted: 14 Jan 2015 04:22 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Renewing a push for paid leave for workers, President Barack Obama on Thursday will call on Congress, states and cities to pass measures to allow millions of workers to earn up to a week of paid sick time a year, the White House said. He'll also ask Congress for more than $2 billion in new spending to encourage states to create paid family and medical leave programs.

United, American owe World Trade Center developer billions: lawyer Posted: 14 Jan 2015 03:34 PM PST By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - The developer rebuilding the World Trade Center in New York told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that he is entitled to recoup billions of dollars from two airline companies, even though he has already collected $4 billion in insurance money for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that destroyed the site. Lawyers for Larry Silverstein and his World Trade Center Properties urged the 2nd U.S. ...

Ohio man arrested for planning attack on U.S. Capitol Posted: 14 Jan 2015 02:31 PM PST By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol with guns and bombs, court documents disclosed. Christopher Cornell, 20, of Cincinnati researched the construction of pipe bombs, purchased a semi-automatic rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition and made plans to travel to Washington to carry out the plan, according to an FBI informant's legal testimony. ...

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