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• Oil could hit $25 a barrel
• One person shot at Boston hospital, suspect in custody: police
• Yemeni nationals charged in U.S. over alleged al Qaeda link
• Houthis take Yemen presidential palace
• U.S. Supreme Court rules for Muslim inmate over beard policy
• Unique hurdles facing legal pot in live-and-let-live Alaska
• Jury selection begins in Colorado theater shooting case
• Why Obama’s State of the Union still matters in the Twitter era
• Islamic State threatens two Japanese captives in video
• Officials: 1 dead, 1 injured in overpass collapse in Ohio
• Jury selection to start in Colorado cinema massacre trial
• Photos: King's life, legacy celebrated across America
• Jindal: Muslims establish 'no-go zones' outside civic control
• Two-year-old Kentucky boy killed by train while walking with dog
• Tributes, protests mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• McCain urges 'boots on the ground' to combat IS
• FAA probing near miss between planes at New York airport

Oil could hit $25 a barrel Posted: 20 Jan 2015 10:55 AM PST By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil fell as much as 5 percent on Tuesday after the International Monetary Fund cut its 2015 global economic forecast on lower fuel demand and key producer Iran hinted prices could drop to $25 a barrel without supportive OPEC action. Genscape, an analytics firm that monitors U.S. oil stocks, reported a 2.6 million-barrel build last week in Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for the U.S. crude futures contract, adding to the market's bearish sentiment, traders said. Trade group American Petroleum Institute will issue its data on U.S. crude inventories for last week on Wednesday while the government's Energy Information Administration will release its stockpile tally on Thursday, both delayed a day by a holiday on Monday. Benchmark Brent crude was down 39 cents at $48.45 a barrel by 1656 GMT, after touching a session low at $47.78.

One person shot at Boston hospital, suspect in custody: police Posted: 20 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST One person has been shot inside Boston's Brigham & Women's hospital, and the suspected shooter is in custody, the Boston Police Department said on Tuesday, adding that the situation was "under control." The condition of the victim was not immediately known. Police said the hospital was not on lockdown, though hospital officials said on Twitter that staff were asked to remain in place.

Yemeni nationals charged in U.S. over alleged al Qaeda link Posted: 20 Jan 2015 08:27 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Yemeni nationals were charged with conspiring to murder Americans abroad and providing material support to al Qaeda, according to a complaint and arrest warrant unsealed on Tuesday. Saddiq Al-Abbadi and Ali Alvi were arrested in Saudi Arabia and expelled to the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said. Al-Abbadi is scheduled to appear in federal court in Brooklyn later on Tuesday. (Reporting by Aruna Viswanatha)

Houthis take Yemen presidential palace Posted: 20 Jan 2015 07:36 AM PST The development follows some of the most intense fighting in Sanaa in years.

U.S. Supreme Court rules for Muslim inmate over beard policy Posted: 20 Jan 2015 07:20 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday ruled in favor of a Muslim prison inmate who challenged a regulation that prevented him from growing a beard. The nine justices, on a 9-0 vote, said that the prison policy violated the religious rights of inmate Gregory Holt, who wants to grow a half-inch (1.3 cm) beard in accordance with his Muslim beliefs. (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Will Dunham)

Unique hurdles facing legal pot in live-and-let-live Alaska Posted: 20 Jan 2015 05:09 AM PST By Steve Quinn JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) - Presiding over busy waterways and airspace that serve as unofficial highways of an inhospitable state twice the size of Texas, the federal government has a looming presence over Alaska and its famously live-and-let-live residents. This poses unique hurdles for entrepreneurs hoping to capitalize on an Alaska move to legalize recreational marijuana, and who seek to grow and process products to be marketed across the state, much of which is accessible only via transport links policed by U.S. agencies and governed by federal law. "With the risks along the way as far as law enforcement and the elements, most people believe it's the smartest thing to do," said Charlo Greene, a prominent pro-cannabis activist who plans an Anchorage seed-to-sale business. Reflecting a rapidly shifting legal landscape for marijuana, voters in four U.S. states have opted to legalize recreational pot since 2012, most recently in Oregon and Alaska, even as it remains illegal under federal law.

Jury selection begins in Colorado theater shooting case Posted: 20 Jan 2015 03:00 AM PST The fate of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes ultimately hangs on whether the jury thinks he was sane or insane at the time of the rampage. The process to decide who those dozen jurors will be begins Tuesday afternoon when the first wave of an unprecedented 9,000 prospective jurors reports to the Arapahoe County Justice Center.

Why Obama’s State of the Union still matters in the Twitter era Posted: 20 Jan 2015 02:28 AM PST His team plans to use a complex social media blitz to make up for a shrinking TV audience.

Islamic State threatens two Japanese captives in video Posted: 20 Jan 2015 01:39 AM PST The militant Islamic State group, which holds territory in Iraq and Syria, issued a video online on Tuesday purporting to show two Japanese captives and demanding $200 million from the Japanese government to save their lives. A black-clad figure with a knife, standing in a desert area along with two kneeling men wearing orange clothing, said the Japanese public had 72 hours to pressure their government to stop its "foolish" support for the U.S.-led coalition waging a military campaign against Islamic State. The video identified the men as Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto. The video was not dated, but on a visit to Cairo on Jan. 17, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged around $200 million in non-military assistance for countries battling Islamic State.

Officials: 1 dead, 1 injured in overpass collapse in Ohio Posted: 19 Jan 2015 11:29 PM PST CINCINNATI (AP) — Officials say one person died and another person was injured when a highway overpass collapsed in Cincinnati.

Jury selection to start in Colorado cinema massacre trial Posted: 19 Jan 2015 10:25 PM PST By Keith Coffman and Daniel Wallis CENTENNIAL, Co. (Reuters) - The first of some 9,000 potential jurors will report to court in Colorado on Tuesday as selection begins for the trial of James Holmes, the former neuroscience graduate student who killed 12 people in July 2012 at a midnight screening of a Batman movie. Jury selection may take up to four months as Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour seeks to narrow the large field to a panel of 12 jurors and 12 alternates.

Photos: King's life, legacy celebrated across America Posted: 19 Jan 2015 08:13 PM PST Tributes and rallies were held around the U.S. on Monday to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Jindal: Muslims establish 'no-go zones' outside civic control Posted: 19 Jan 2015 06:33 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Some countries have allowed Muslims to establish autonomous neighborhoods in cities where they govern by a harsh version of Islamic law, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday during a speech in London.

Two-year-old Kentucky boy killed by train while walking with dog Posted: 19 Jan 2015 06:03 PM PST By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - A two-year-old boy was struck and killed by a train on Monday while he was walking with a dog along railroad tracks in southwestern Kentucky, police said. The boy, identified as Trayton Joiner by the Christian County coroner's office, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he died, said Hopkinsville Police Sergeant Martin Lopez. Hopkinsville is about 70 miles northwest of Nashville, Tenn. Hopkinsville Police spokesman Paul Ray told WKDZ radio station that the train engineer saw the dog first, and then the child with the dog, but was unable to stop in time. The dog, a female pit-bull mix, was also struck and was taken to Skyline Animal Clinic in Hopkinsville.

Tributes, protests mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day Posted: 19 Jan 2015 04:24 PM PST By Laila Kearney and Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tributes to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. were held nationwide on Monday as protests over the treatment of minorities by law enforcement rolled on across the country. Observers of Martin Luther King Jr. Day have this year linked the federal holiday to a rallying cry in recent months during demonstrations over police brutality: "Black lives matter." King's 1960s dream of racial equality was being viewed through a lens focused on the recent deaths of unarmed black men after confrontations with police, including Eric Garner, who died in July after being put in a chokehold in New York City, and Michael Brown, shot in Ferguson, Missouri, in August. More than 1,800 people pressed into a King commemoration service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where King once preached, some holding signs with his famous quote "I am a man," others with placards reading "I can't breathe" in Garner's memory and "Hands up! Don't shoot!" to honor Brown.

McCain urges 'boots on the ground' to combat IS Posted: 19 Jan 2015 04:09 PM PST US Senator John McCain on Monday urged the deployment of international ground forces to combat jihadists in Syria and Iraq, as he toured the Middle East with a Senate delegation. "For months we've been bombing (Syrian border town) Kobane and we still haven't driven ISIS out," the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman told reporters in Jerusalem, using an acronym for the Islamic State group. "The reality is, we need more boots on the ground... we need intelligence, we need special forces, and we can't treat Iraq and Syria as different battlegrounds because it's the same enemy," McCain said.

FAA probing near miss between planes at New York airport Posted: 19 Jan 2015 02:30 PM PST The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday that it was investigating whether an air traffic control problem caused a near miss between two planes in New York over the weekend. A JetBlue Airways Corp flight to Austin, Texas, was preparing to takeoff at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday when a Caribbean Airlines flight crossed its path, the FAA said in a statement. The Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737 was returning from South America's Guyana. The departing JetBlue Airbus 320 had received control tower clearance when it attempted to takeoff but returned to the gate after the mishap, JetBlue said in a statement.

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