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• NYPD officers turn backs on Mayor de Blasio — again
• Palin to PETA: ‘Chill. At least Trig didn’t eat the dog.’
• Family, officers arrive for 2nd NYPD cop's funeral
• Here come the freshmen: Congress' newest class
• Jury selection begins in trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber
• Pope picks 15 new cardinals to reflect diversity
• Tens of thousands of police expected for funeral of slain N.Y. officer
• Weather frustrates divers as more AirAsia wreckage found
• Patient possibly exposed to Ebola due at Nebraska hospital for observation
• Govt. agency: Ice may have caused AirAsia crash
• Edward Brooke, 1st black elected US senator, dies
• Edward Brooke, first black popularly elected to U.S. Senate, dies: Republican party spokeswoman

NYPD officers turn backs on Mayor de Blasio — again Posted: 04 Jan 2015 11:34 AM PST The officers were seen turning away from an outdoor screen showing de Blasio's eulogy at the service for Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn, defying a request by New York Police Commissioner William Bratton not to protest at the funeral.

Palin to PETA: ‘Chill. At least Trig didn’t eat the dog.’ Posted: 04 Jan 2015 10:14 AM PST Sarah Palin has a message for the animal rights activists who blasted her for applauding her son Trig's idea to step on the family dog to reach the kitchen sink: Chill!

Family, officers arrive for 2nd NYPD cop's funeral Posted: 04 Jan 2015 07:55 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of police officers are paying their respect to a New York Police Department officer shot to death along with his partner as mourners converge from around the country Sunday for a second funeral that stands to test tensions between the city's mayor and police.

Here come the freshmen: Congress' newest class Posted: 04 Jan 2015 06:12 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress' approval rating hovers around 15 percent, but there's one group of people excited about the institution: the newly elected lawmakers who are about to join its ranks.

Jury selection begins in trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Posted: 04 Jan 2015 05:38 AM PST By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Jury selection is set to begin on Monday in the trial of the man accused of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others in the largest mass-casualty attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 21-year-old ethnic Chechen who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, could get the death penalty if convicted in federal court in Boston. He has pleaded not guilty to all 30 charges against him. ...

Pope picks 15 new cardinals to reflect diversity Posted: 04 Jan 2015 03:56 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has named 15 new cardinals, selecting the "princes of the church" from 14 nations, including far-flung corners of the world such as Tonga, New Zealand and Myanmar.

Tens of thousands of police expected for funeral of slain N.Y. officer Posted: 04 Jan 2015 02:53 AM PST By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ten of thousands of police officers were expected along with politicians and other mourners on Sunday at the funeral of a New York City policeman killed last month in an ambush that deepened a rift between Mayor Bill de Blasio and the force. Wenjian Liu, 32, and his partner, Rafael Ramos, 40, were murdered on Dec. 20 as they sat in their squad car in Brooklyn after killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley had stated he was seeking vengeance for the deaths this summer of two unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers. ...

Weather frustrates divers as more AirAsia wreckage found Posted: 04 Jan 2015 02:18 AM PST Officials say they've detected a fifth large underwater object believed to be part of the plane.

Patient possibly exposed to Ebola due at Nebraska hospital for observation Posted: 03 Jan 2015 10:09 PM PST (Reuters) - A U.S. health care worker who was possibly exposed to the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone was expected to arrive for observation on Sunday at a Nebraska facility that has treated three Ebola cases, hospital officials said. The patient, who was not identified, was expected to arrive at the Biocontainment Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha via private air ambulance around 2 p.m. CST for observation and possible treatment, the center said in a statement. The patient "has been exposed to the virus but is not ill and is not contagious," said Dr. ...

Govt. agency: Ice may have caused AirAsia crash Posted: 03 Jan 2015 09:43 PM PST Weather was the "triggering factor" in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 with icing likely causing engine damage, Indonesia's meteorological agency said as divers prepared to search the plane wreckage Sunday. The Airbus A320-200 crashed during a storm en route from Indonesia's second city Surabaya to Singapore, and relief workers are hunting for flight data recorders to determine the cause of the crash.

Edward Brooke, 1st black elected US senator, dies Posted: 03 Jan 2015 07:09 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate, died Saturday. He was 95.

Edward Brooke, first black popularly elected to U.S. Senate, dies: Republican party spokeswoman Posted: 03 Jan 2015 01:36 PM PST (Reuters) - Edward Brooke, the Massachusetts Republican who was the first African-American to be popularly elected to the U.S. Senate, died on Saturday, according to Massachusetts Republican Party spokeswoman Kirsten Hughes. Brooke, 95, was elected to Congress in 1966 by voters in Massachusetts at a time when the nation was gripped in racial unrest. He was serving as the Massachusetts attorney general when he was elected to the U.S. Senate. ...

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