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• FBI says Sony hackers 'got sloppy,' posted from North Korea addresses
• U.S. appeals court hears arguments on restrictive Texas abortion law
• One dead following officer-involved shooting at Ohio airport: media report
• Bitter cold sweeps Midwest, schools close for safety
• House GOP tries to regroup after divisive speaker vote
• Attorney Dershowitz files sworn statement denying sex claims
• Washington state school district on lockdown over reports of gunman
• U.S. sets air safety rule, airlines must implement in three years
• White House issues veto threat for House bill with Obamacare tweaks
• Live: 12 killed in shooting at satirical newspaper office in Paris
• Obama calls Paris violence 'terrorist attack'
• Paris shooting: Gunmen attack satirical French magazine
• 11 dead in shooting at French satirical weekly
• Ten dead in shooting at French satirical weekly
• As snow moves out, 'dangerously cold air' on the way
• FBI to question 'hundreds of witnesses' in hospital shooting
• Tail of missing AirAsia jet located
• Boehner survives conservative challenge, re-elected U.S. House speaker
• Two U.S. lawyers file defamation suit against attorney Dershowitz
• Gunman kills one person, kills himself at Army medical facility in Texas
• Media: Gunman shoots doctor, kills himself at Texas Army medical center
• California leaders set sights on high-speed rail construction
• 'Active shooter' reported at El Paso military hospital
• Group seeks new grand jury in Ferguson police shooting case

FBI says Sony hackers 'got sloppy,' posted from North Korea addresses Posted: 07 Jan 2015 01:00 PM PST By Emily Flitter and Mark Hosenball NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday that hackers behind the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment provided key clues to their identity by sometimes posting material from IP addresses used exclusively by the North Korean government. The hackers, who called themselves "Guardians of Peace," sometimes "got sloppy" and failed to use proxy servers that would hide their identity, Comey said at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York. ...

U.S. appeals court hears arguments on restrictive Texas abortion law Posted: 07 Jan 2015 12:44 PM PST By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Federal appeals court judges, hearing arguments on a restrictive Texas abortion law that critics say would shutter more than half the state's remaining abortion clinics, on Wednesday asked pointed questions of attorneys for both sides. In a closely watched case, the three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is weighing a requirement struck down by a lower court that the state's abortion clinics must have certain hospital-like settings for surgeries. ...

One dead following officer-involved shooting at Ohio airport: media report Posted: 07 Jan 2015 11:37 AM PST (Reuters) - One person was killed in a shooting involving a police officer at Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio's state capitol on Wednesday, according to local media reports. The local NBC television affiliate, citing the Fraternal Order of Police, said the shooting happened in the departures area on the second floor. The shooting could not immediately be confirmed but the airport tweeted that officials were responding to a "public safety matter" and that flights were operating normally. (Reporting by Mary Wisniewski; Editing by Bill Trott)

Bitter cold sweeps Midwest, schools close for safety Posted: 07 Jan 2015 11:03 AM PST By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Schools closed in cities across the Midwest and as far south as Tennessee to protect children from bitterly cold weather, as forecasters warned of dangerously low temperatures. In Chicago, the third-largest U.S. school district with 400,000 students and almost 800 schools, students were told to stay home and indoors as temperatures dropped to between 20 and 30 degrees below average. Overnight lows were expected to be as low as 16 below zero. ...

House GOP tries to regroup after divisive speaker vote Posted: 07 Jan 2015 10:47 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans began the new Congress with old divisions on display Wednesday, bitter fallout from a failed rebellion against Speaker John Boehner.

Attorney Dershowitz files sworn statement denying sex claims Posted: 07 Jan 2015 10:32 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prominent 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 join 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 2008 plea deal with Epstein, which allowed him to serve jail time on state charges but avoid federal prosecution, violated their rights. ...

Washington state school district on lockdown over reports of gunman Posted: 07 Jan 2015 09:56 AM PST SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Washington state school district near Seattle placed all of its schools on lockdown on Wednesday after reports of an armed man on the campus of an elementary school, the King County Sheriff's Office said. Police were searching all schools in the Shoreline School District, just north of Seattle, as well as a swath of the city of Shoreline, after witnesses called in reports of a man dressed in a dark hooded sweatshirt and camouflage pants and brandishing a firearm, the sheriff's office said. The man was first seen on the campus of an elementary school around 8 a.m. ...

U.S. sets air safety rule, airlines must implement in three years Posted: 07 Jan 2015 09:24 AM PST (Reuters) - U.S. government said on Wednesday it is requiring domestic airlines to put in place proactive safety measures designed to highlight risks, deter accidents and make air travel safer. The rule by the Federal Aviation Administration, which was four years in the making, requires all U.S. airlines and freight carriers to submit so-called "safety management system" plans within six months and implement them within three years, the FAA said. (Reporting by Alwyn Scott; Editing by Alden Bentley)

White House issues veto threat for House bill with Obamacare tweaks Posted: 07 Jan 2015 08:39 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama would veto a bill that would reduce the number of people who qualify for employer-based health insurance under his signature Affordable Care Act. The bill, introduced on Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives, "would shift costs to taxpayers, put workers' hours at risk, and disrupt health insurance coverage," the White House said in a statement. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Bill Trott)

Live: 12 killed in shooting at satirical newspaper office in Paris Posted: 07 Jan 2015 08:06 AM PST Masked gunmen fled after attack on Charlie Hebdo; manhunt under way.

Obama calls Paris violence 'terrorist attack' Posted: 07 Jan 2015 07:50 AM PST US President Barack Obama condemned an attack in Paris Wednesday on the offices of a satirical newspaper that left 12 dead, calling it a "terrorist attack" and pledging US assistance. Gunmen shouting Islamist slogans stormed the offices of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris, armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and a grenade launcher. The weekly's editor-in-chief Stephane Charbonnier, and three cartoonists were among those killed in the attack, a judicial source in Paris said. "I strongly condemn the horrific shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris that has reportedly killed 12 people," Obama said.

Paris shooting: Gunmen attack satirical French magazine Posted: 07 Jan 2015 07:33 AM PST Footage taken from nearby rooftops captures dramatic scene.

11 dead in shooting at French satirical weekly Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:33 AM PST Gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs and a rocket-launcher opened fire.

Ten dead in shooting at French satirical weekly Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:17 AM PST At least 10 people were killed when gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs and a rocket-launcher opened fire in the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, Paris prosecutors said. Deputy Mayor of Paris Bruno Julliard earlier said "six people are seriously injured", including a policeman. French President Francois Hollande was on his way to the scene of the shooting and called an emergency cabinet meeting, the presidency said. The publication's cartoonist Renaud Luzier earlier told AFP there were "casualties" after the incident.

As snow moves out, 'dangerously cold air' on the way Posted: 07 Jan 2015 02:35 AM PST Frigid air is blowing across the United States, dropping temperatures in many areas into the single digits and leading weather monitors to issue wind chill advisories and politicians to plead with residents to check on their neighbors.

FBI to question 'hundreds of witnesses' in hospital shooting Posted: 06 Jan 2015 11:48 PM PST EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The FBI will question hundreds of patients at a West Texas veterans' hospital who may have witnessed a shooting that left two people dead, including the suspected gunman, the bureau's top El Paso agent said.

Tail of missing AirAsia jet located Posted: 06 Jan 2015 10:24 PM PST It's the first confirmed sighting of any major wreckage from Flight 8501.

Boehner survives conservative challenge, re-elected U.S. House speaker Posted: 06 Jan 2015 07:23 PM PST By David Lawder and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Boehner narrowly won a third term as House of Representatives speaker on Tuesday, surviving a stiff challenge from 25 conservative Republicans that may signal a growing split in the party as it takes full control of Congress. Boehner received 216 of 408 votes, with a growing faction of dissident House Republicans opposing him because they said he had done too little to cut spending and fight President Barack Obama's immigration and healthcare policies. ...

Two U.S. lawyers file defamation suit against attorney Dershowitz Posted: 06 Jan 2015 06:33 PM PST (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawyers representing a woman who claims to have had sex while she was a minor with prominent U.S. criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz filed a defamation lawsuit against him on Tuesday. Former federal judge Paul Cassell and Florida plaintiffs attorney Bradley Edwards filed the lawsuit in a Florida circuit court, also accusing Dershowitz of initiating a public media assault on their reputation and character, according to court documents. Dershowitz has denied the allegations. (Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Ken Wills)

Gunman kills one person, kills himself at Army medical facility in Texas Posted: 06 Jan 2015 06:18 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A gunman fatally shot one person and then killed himself in an incident on Tuesday at a U.S. Army facility in El Paso, Texas, a senior U.S. Army official said. The names of those who died were not released. The shootings took place at a VA hospital at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in west Texas. (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Peter Cooney)

Media: Gunman shoots doctor, kills himself at Texas Army medical center Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:57 PM PST The incident took place at an Army medical center in El Paso, Texas, news reports say.

California leaders set sights on high-speed rail construction Posted: 06 Jan 2015 04:41 PM PST By Robin Respaut FRESNO (Reuters) - California's business leaders on Tuesday ceremoniously broke ground on the country's largest and most ambitious plan for high-speed rail that would eventually transport passengers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than three hours. The architect of California's plan, Governor Jerry Brown, brushed off a few dozen naysayers who protested nearby, saying other great infrastructure feats faced skepticism when originally proposed. ...

'Active shooter' reported at El Paso military hospital Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:38 PM PST The Army is searching for a suspect after an "active shooter" was reported as a West Texas military hospital.

Group seeks new grand jury in Ferguson police shooting case Posted: 06 Jan 2015 02:49 PM PST ST. LOUIS (AP) — The NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational Fund, citing "grave legal concerns," is asking a Missouri judge to convene a new grand jury to consider charges against the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown.

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