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• Republicans quietly set to approve continuation of controversial Benghazi committee
• Syria's accusation against John McCain
• White House says it will veto bill to approve oil pipeline
• New York Governor Mario Cuomo remembered as humble despite successes
• Republicans push Keystone XL bill with plan to skirt any veto
• Live: Mourners gather at the funeral for former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo
• Attorney Dershowitz files sworn statement denying sex claims
• The continuing mystery of AirAsia Flight 8501
• Showdown looms as North Dakota legislators mull oil levy sharing
• SpaceX calls off launch to space station at last minute
• Virginia ex-governor faces sentencing on corruption charges
• Meet the new Congress
• Top U.S. lawyer Dershowitz: can his accusers in sex abuse case be disbarred?
• Son arrested in NYC hedge fund founder shooting
• NYPD: 2 police officers shot in the Bronx
• Two New York City police officers shot and wounded
• Two killed in train collision with school bus in North Dakota: reports
• NY mayor brushes off reports of police arrests slowdown
• New York mayor brushes off police slowdown reports after arrests drop

Republicans quietly set to approve continuation of controversial Benghazi committee Posted: 06 Jan 2015 11:49 AM PST The House GOP reauthorizes the Benghazi panel.

Syria's accusation against John McCain Posted: 06 Jan 2015 11:33 AM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Syrian government on Tuesday accused U.S. Senator John McCain, former French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner and two others of entering the country illegally.

White House says it will veto bill to approve oil pipeline Posted: 06 Jan 2015 11:16 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto the first piece of legislation introduced in the Republican-controlled Senate, a bill approving the much-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, in what was expected to the first in many confrontations over energy and environmental policy.

New York Governor Mario Cuomo remembered as humble despite successes Posted: 06 Jan 2015 10:26 AM PST By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo was memorialized on Tuesday as a humble man of simple taste who adored his family at a funeral ceremony that drew political luminaries from around the United States. Cuomo, a three-time governor and a leading voice of the Democratic Party's liberal wing, died at his home on Thursday at age 82. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and other political leaders could be seen bundled up against the snow as they arrived for the service at the landmark Church of St. ...

Republicans push Keystone XL bill with plan to skirt any veto Posted: 06 Jan 2015 09:37 AM PST By Timothy Gardner and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican senators this week made good on a campaign promise and kicked off the new Congress with a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, saying if President Barack Obama vetoes it, they have a plan to pass the measure later in the year. Senator John Hoeven, a North Dakota Republican, introduced a bill on Tuesday to approve TransCanada Corp's project that would transport more than 800,000 barrels per day of mostly Canadian heavy oil to Nebraska en route to refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast. ...

Live: Mourners gather at the funeral for former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo Posted: 06 Jan 2015 08:14 AM PST Gov. Andrew Cuomo is joined by Bill and Hillary Clinton, among others.

Attorney Dershowitz files sworn statement denying sex claims Posted: 06 Jan 2015 07:17 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Well-known U.S. criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz has filed a sworn statement denying he had sex with an underage girl on financier Jeffrey Epstein's private plane and island. Dershowitz filed the statement in Florida federal court on Monday night along with a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought against the U.S. government by Dershowitz's accuser and other women who say Epstein sexually abused them. The women say the government's plea deal with Epstein, which allowed him to serve jail time on state charges but avoid federal prosecution, violated their rights. ...

The continuing mystery of AirAsia Flight 8501 Posted: 06 Jan 2015 06:14 AM PST JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed into the Java Sea with 162 people on board, halfway into a Dec. 28 flight from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. Dozens of bodies have been recovered, and search teams have detected what is believed to be the plane's wreckage, but many questions remain unanswered. Here are some of them:

Showdown looms as North Dakota legislators mull oil levy sharing Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:18 AM PST By Ernest Scheyder WILLISTON, N.D. (Reuters) - North Dakota's legislature will decide how to divvy up oil tax revenue among the state's 53 counties, and whether to wave sales taxes on materials used to build natural gas pipelines and chemical plants in a biennial session starting on Tuesday. How to share lucrative tax revenue from booming oil production promises to be the most contentious part of the 80-day session, with politicians from the state's western oil producing counties clamoring for more money to build roads, schools and other infrastructure projects. ...

SpaceX calls off launch to space station at last minute Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:45 AM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has called off its flight to the International Space Station.

Virginia ex-governor faces sentencing on corruption charges Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:11 AM PST By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - Former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell could be sentenced on Tuesday to as much as 12 years in prison for accepting sweetheart loans and lavish gifts from a businessman seeking to promote his dietary supplement. Prosecutors are seeking 10 to 12 years in prison for McDonnell, who was convicted in September along with his estranged wife, Maureen, in a trial that laid bare rifts in their marriage. Attorneys for the former Republican governor want him to serve 6,000 hours of community service rather than go to prison. ...

Meet the new Congress Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:22 AM PST It's younger and more female, but still mainly lawyers and career politicians.

Top U.S. lawyer Dershowitz: can his accusers in sex abuse case be disbarred? Posted: 05 Jan 2015 10:31 PM PST By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Well-known U.S. criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz has vowed to seek the disbarment of two lawyers representing a woman who has accused him of sexually abusing her when she was underage. But legal experts said he faces an uphill battle. In a filing in Florida federal court last week, former federal judge Paul Cassell and Florida plaintiffs attorney Bradley Edwards said that their client was forced as a minor by financier Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with several people, including Dershowitz and Britain's Prince Andrew. ...

Son arrested in NYC hedge fund founder shooting Posted: 05 Jan 2015 09:58 PM PST A 30-year-old man shot his hedge fund founder father to death inside his Manhattan apartment after the two argued over the son's allowance, police said Monday. Thomas Gilbert Jr. was arrested on charges ...

NYPD: 2 police officers shot in the Bronx Posted: 05 Jan 2015 09:25 PM PST The officers' injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening, according to media reports.

Two New York City police officers shot and wounded Posted: 05 Jan 2015 08:37 PM PST (Reuters) - Two New York City police officers were shot and taken to a local hospital, police said on Monday night. The New York Police Department said the officers were responding to a reported robbery in the Bronx when the shooting occurred. The conditions of the policemen were unknown. No suspect had been taken into custody, police said. Further details were not immediately available. Local broadcaster NBC New York reported that the officers suffered non-life-threatening wounds. ...

Two killed in train collision with school bus in North Dakota: reports Posted: 05 Jan 2015 04:47 PM PST (Reuters) - Two people were killed and at least 11 were injured on Monday when an elementary school bus and train collided in northeast North Dakota, local media reported. The collision occurred at about 3:45 p.m. local time, when an elementary school bus failed to yield to an oncoming train at a crossing in Grand Forks, according to the Grand Forks Herald. The North Dakota Highway Patrol could not confirm for the newspaper whether the two fatalities were children. (Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

NY mayor brushes off reports of police arrests slowdown Posted: 05 Jan 2015 04:29 PM PST By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio described a sharp decline in arrests and court summonses in the two weeks since two policemen were shot dead in an ambush as a few "aberrant" days, brushing off reports they were signs of a police work slowdown. De Blasio, in his first interaction with journalists in two weeks, joined Police Commissioner William Bratton on Monday to announce a continued general decline in serious crime in the city in 2014, which he called a record-breaking year. ...

New York mayor brushes off police slowdown reports after arrests drop Posted: 05 Jan 2015 02:16 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio described a sharp decline in arrests and court summonses in the two weeks since two policemen were shot dead in an ambush as a few "aberrant" days, brushing off reports they were signs of a police work slowdown. De Blasio, in his first interaction on Monday with journalists in two weeks, announced along with Police Commissioner William Bratton a general decline in serious crime in New York City in 2014, which he called "record-breaking" year. ...

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