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• New York City ban on foam cups and containers begins July 1
• Connecticut top court rejects teen's plea to end cancer treatment
• Obama meets Giffords on 4th anniversary of shooting
• New video released in officer shooting of Cleveland boy
• US attorney general to attend terror talks in Paris Sunday
• Police identify man shot by officers at Ohio airport
• Supreme Court to meet again to decide on hearing gay marriage
• Unemployment falls and labor market strengthens
• Florida girl dies after father throws her off a bridge: police
• French terror suspect was failed rapper-turned-jihadist
• Elizabeth Warren sounds another note against Obama’s trade deal
• Why Jeb won’t keep the rest from running
• Massachusetts court to consider case reviews after crime lab scandal
• Police officer dies in shooting at Paris' edge
• Washington state teenager pleads guilty to murder of World War Two veteran: media
• Jury selection in Boston bombing trial moves into arduous phase
• Manhunt for 2 Paris shooting suspects
• Poland says received U.S. request for Polanski extradition
• Slump in New York arrests, fines hits traffic lawyers, bail bondsmen
• Last two defendants plead guilty in string of Mississippi hate crimes
• Suspect in Paris attacks voluntarily turns himself in
• Slain editor was on terrorist group's ‘hit list’
• California health officials link measles outbreak to Disneyland
• 'Baby, It's Cold Outside': large part of U.S. in deep freeze
• Cosby's Canadian shows go ahead in midst of new sex claims

New York City ban on foam cups and containers begins July 1 Posted: 08 Jan 2015 12:25 PM PST By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio fulfilled a campaign promise on Thursday by announcing a ban on serving food and drinks in polystyrene foam containers, a measure hailed by environmentalists but long opposed by the food service industry. The measure, first proposed in February 2013 by de Blasio's predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, will stop restaurants, coffee shops and food carts in the nation's largest city from using single-serve containers made of expanded polystrene beginning on July 1. ...

Connecticut top court rejects teen's plea to end cancer treatment Posted: 08 Jan 2015 11:51 AM PST By Richard Weizel HARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters) - Connecticut's top court on Thursday rejected a request by a teenager diagnosed with cancer to halt the state-ordered chemotherapy treatments she has been receiving, saying her rights had not been violated. The court's seven justices said the 17-year-old, referred to as "Cassandra C. ...

Obama meets Giffords on 4th anniversary of shooting Posted: 08 Jan 2015 11:17 AM PST President Obama meets with the former congresswoman on the shooting's fourth anniversary.

New video released in officer shooting of Cleveland boy Posted: 08 Jan 2015 11:02 AM PST By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Cleveland police tackled, handcuffed and detained the 14-year-old sister of Tamir Rice after an officer fatally shot the boy in a city park in November, according to security video released by the city on Thursday. The girl can be seen in the footage running toward the site on Nov. 22 after Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann shot Rice, 12. After being handcuffed, she was put into a squad car several feet away from her brother's body. Rice family lawyer Walter Madison identified her as Rice's sister. ...

US attorney general to attend terror talks in Paris Sunday Posted: 08 Jan 2015 10:12 AM PST US Attorney General Eric Holder will attend international terror talks convened by France in Paris on Sunday after a deadly attack on a satirical newspaper, a Justice Department official said Thursday. The ministerial-level meeting was convened by French Justice Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. Twelve people were killed in the attack Wednesday by heavily armed gunmen who stormed Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly in Paris that had lampooned Islam. The massacre, which claimed the lives of the weekly's editor and some of France's most celebrated cartoonists, drew international condemnation as an attack on the free speech central to western culture.

Police identify man shot by officers at Ohio airport Posted: 08 Jan 2015 09:56 AM PST (Reuters) - Police on Thursday identified a knife-wielding man who officers shot and killed just outside a terminal at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio's capital city. Hashim Hanif Ibn Abdul-Rasheed, 41, lunged at an officer with a knife Wednesday afternoon, the Columbus Regional Airport Authority and the Columbus Division of Police said in a statement. Police wanted to question the man because an airline ticket agent reported someone had attempted to buy an airplane ticket using identification that belonged to a woman, police said. ...

Supreme Court to meet again to decide on hearing gay marriage Posted: 08 Jan 2015 07:25 AM PST By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The nine justices of the Supreme Court, who opted in October not to take up the issue of state bans on gay marriage, are set to meet behind closed doors on Friday to consider once again whether to hear any cases on the contentious issue. The court has five cases pending concerning same-sex marriage prohibitions in Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky and Louisiana. The legal issue is whether the state bans violate the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law. ...

Unemployment falls and labor market strengthens Posted: 08 Jan 2015 07:08 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week and job cuts declined for a second straight month in December, adding to signs of a strengthening labor market.

Florida girl dies after father throws her off a bridge: police Posted: 08 Jan 2015 06:51 AM PST TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida man killed his 5-year-old daughter by throwing her over the side of a bridge early on Thursday, police in St. Petersburg said. John Jonchuck Jr., 25, was driving about 100 miles per hour when he sped past an officer just after midnight, police said in a statement. The officer followed in an attempt to stop the driver and found Jonchuck waiting near the top of a bridge over Tampa Bay, said St. Petersburg police Chief Anthony Holloway. The father walked calmly to open a passenger door, grabbed his daughter and threw her over the bridge railing, Holloway said. ...

French terror suspect was failed rapper-turned-jihadist Posted: 08 Jan 2015 06:20 AM PST Cherif Kouachi, 32, had very different ambitions nine years ago.

Elizabeth Warren sounds another note against Obama’s trade deal Posted: 08 Jan 2015 06:03 AM PST Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) on Wednesday signaled a readiness to fight against President Obama's push for a free trade deal with Asian countries in the new year.

Why Jeb won’t keep the rest from running Posted: 08 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST The last two midterm elections created and solidified a whole new group of what you might call surfer Republicans — candidates for both governor and Senate who caught a powerful wave and never looked back. And this unusual double uprising is bound to upend some of our accepted notions of primary politics, including the one that says only a handful of serious candidates can court the same voting blocs and contributors.

Massachusetts court to consider case reviews after crime lab scandal Posted: 08 Jan 2015 04:11 AM PST BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts' top court will consider arguments Thursday on how to handle tens of thousands of drug convictions that were potentially tainted by a rogue crime lab scientist, in a case that could have national implications. The American Civil Liberties Union and law firm Foley Hoag will argue at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for measures to speed up reviews of the cases, and limit the powers of prosecutors to oppose them. "People who have suffered ... ...

Police officer dies in shooting at Paris' edge Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:39 AM PST A policewoman is fatally shot a day after the deadly assault on a satirical newspaper.

Washington state teenager pleads guilty to murder of World War Two veteran: media Posted: 08 Jan 2015 01:59 AM PST SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Washington state teenager changed his plea to guilty on Wednesday in the murder of a World War Two veteran he beat up with an accomplice in 2013 during what he said was a drug deal, Spokane area media reported. Kenan Adams-Kinard, 17, pleaded guilty in Spokane County Superior Court to first-degree murder in the death of 88-year-old Delbert "Shorty" Belton, as a part of a deal in which robbery charges against him would be dropped. He could serve between 20 and 27 years in jail on sentencing, according to media reports. ...

Jury selection in Boston bombing trial moves into arduous phase Posted: 08 Jan 2015 01:44 AM PST By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Jury selection for the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will move into a more difficult phase on Wednesday after the court wraps up its initial screening of 1,200 candidates summoned to appear this week. The field needs to be winnowed down to 12 jurors and six alternates, a challenge made all the greater by the possibility of the death penalty if Tsarnaev, 21, is convicted. ...

Manhunt for 2 Paris shooting suspects Posted: 08 Jan 2015 12:53 AM PST Police make several arrests, but the main suspects in the newspaper attack remain at large.

Poland says received U.S. request for Polanski extradition Posted: 08 Jan 2015 12:20 AM PST By Marcin Goclowski and Wiktor Szary WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish prosecutors plan to question filmmaker Roman Polanski after they received a request for his extradition to the United States over a 1977 child sex crime conviction, the prosecutor-general's office said on Wednesday. A lawyer for the director -- viewed by many Poles as one of their greatest living cultural figures -- said Polish prosecutors already questioned Polanski last year and let him go free, and since then nothing had changed. ...

Slump in New York arrests, fines hits traffic lawyers, bail bondsmen Posted: 07 Jan 2015 11:45 PM PST By Megan Davies NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sharp drop in arrests and fines in New York may prove costly for the city but it could already be hurting some traffic lawyers and bail bonds firms, which are seeing their phones ring less often as fewer people are in trouble and need help. The slump in arrest volume - last week's total was around half that recorded a year ago - is seen by supporters of new York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as evidence of a work slowdown by police officers angered by recent comments he made that they viewed as anti-police. Police unions deny there is a slowdown. ...

Last two defendants plead guilty in string of Mississippi hate crimes Posted: 07 Jan 2015 07:59 PM PST By Therese Apel JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) - Two white Mississippi men pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to their roles in a string of racially motivated attacks on blacks in 2011 that included the killing of a man run over by a truck. The defendants were the last of 10 to be convicted in connection with the attacks, which included the killing of James Craig Anderson, 47, and sparked outrage in a state that has struggled to overcome a long history of racism. "The hate crimes to which these defendants have pleaded guilty were as shocking as they were reprehensible," U.S. ...

Suspect in Paris attacks voluntarily turns himself in Posted: 07 Jan 2015 07:42 PM PST PARIS (Reuters) - An 18-year old man sought by police over Wednesday's shooting attack at satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo handed himself voluntarily to police in northeastern France, an official at the Paris prosecutor's office said. Police are hunting three French nationals, including brothers Said Kouachi, born in 1980; Cherif Kouachi, born in 1982; and Hamyd Mourad born in 1996, after suspected Islamist gunmen killed 12 people. ...

Slain editor was on terrorist group's ‘hit list’ Posted: 07 Jan 2015 06:54 PM PST Stephane Charbonnier was targeted by an al-Qaida web magazine two years before the Paris massacre.

California health officials link measles outbreak to Disneyland Posted: 07 Jan 2015 06:07 PM PST By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nine cases of measles have been confirmed in people who visited Disneyland or its adjacent California Adventure park in late December, state health officials said on Wednesday, urging anyone who may have been exposed to contact a doctor. All nine of the confirmed cases are in people who visited at least one of the two amusement parks in Anaheim between Dec. 15 and Dec. 20, said Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health. ...

'Baby, It's Cold Outside': large part of U.S. in deep freeze Posted: 07 Jan 2015 05:03 PM PST By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Schools in large cities across the Midwest and into the Northeast announced they will close on Thursday to protect children from bitterly cold temperatures as wind chill warnings were issued for most of the eastern half of the United States. The National Weather Service (NWS) warned of an Arctic air blast from Canada continuing to provide subzero temperatures for the U.S. Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Wednesday evening and into Thursday. ...

Cosby's Canadian shows go ahead in midst of new sex claims Posted: 07 Jan 2015 04:47 PM PST By Andrea Hopkins and Eric Kelsey TORONTO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bill Cosby, the subject of more than a dozen sex abuse allegations over the past three months, will go ahead with three Canadian shows this week, coming as more women leveled accusations against the comedian. Protesters geared up to heckle Cosby and some fans tried to offload their tickets for the three performances in Ontario beginning on Wednesday. Cosby, best-known as Dr. ...

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