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• UK debates how to stop teenage girls travelling to Syria
• Hundreds of inmates relocated after Texas prison uprising
• Body of six year old girl found at Branson, Missouri hotel
• Islamic State militants claim attacks on Iranian ambassador's residence, airport
• Homeland security chief worried about al Shabaab mall threat
• For Clinton, her family foundation may pose campaign risks
• Legal haze: D.C. pot users face questions as deadline expires this week
• Bangladesh ferry with 100 passengers sinks; at least 7 dead
• Kerry and Iran's Zarif to try narrow gaps in nuclear talks
• Another winter storm hits East Coast
• Retired police officer kills daughters, self in N.Y. suburb: reports
• Inmates to be transferred after unrest at Texas prison: reports
• Standoff nearing end at south Texas prison: report
• ‘Laser cat’ high school senior commits suicide

UK debates how to stop teenage girls travelling to Syria Posted: 22 Feb 2015 12:18 PM PST School friends Kadiza Sultana, 17, and 15-year-olds Shamima Begum and Amira Abase left their east London homes on Tuesday and flew to Istanbul, raising concerns they would travel on to Syria to join IS jihadists.

Hundreds of inmates relocated after Texas prison uprising Posted: 22 Feb 2015 10:57 AM PST (Reuters) - More than 300 inmates from a Texas federal prison damaged in an uprising on Friday were relocated on Sunday and hundreds more will be moved later in the day, said a private contractor who operates the prison. The inmates at the Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville, Texas are being transferred to other U.S. Bureau of Prisons facilities in a process that will continue next week, said Issa Arnita, spokesman for Management & Training Corporation.

Body of six year old girl found at Branson, Missouri hotel Posted: 22 Feb 2015 10:42 AM PST (Reuters) - The body of a 6-year-old girl was found at a Missouri hotel on Saturday evening shortly after she was reported missing, police said on Sunday, and her death is being treated as suspicious. Jasmine Miller was found dead in a room at the Windsor Inn near the city of Branson, a tourist destination in the Ozark Mountains known for its numerous entertainment theaters, many of which feature country music stars.

Islamic State militants claim attacks on Iranian ambassador's residence, airport Posted: 22 Feb 2015 09:36 AM PST Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State said they were behind Sunday's twin bomb attacks on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in the Libyan capital and a rocket strike on the eastern Labraq airport, a group statement. The attack on the ambassador's residence came two days after the group claimed responsibility for a double suicide bombing that killed more than 40 people in the eastern town of Qubbah, one of the worst attacks on civilians since a 2011 uprising toppled Muammar Gaddafi. Western powers are concerned that Libya is emerging as a thriving battleground for militants loyal to Islamic State, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria.

Homeland security chief worried about al Shabaab mall threat Posted: 22 Feb 2015 06:54 AM PST The U.S. homeland security chief said on Sunday he takes seriously a threat made by Somali-based Islamist militants against shopping malls, including the Mall of America in Minnesota, and urged people going there to be careful. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson was reacting to a video released by al Shabaab appearing to call for attacks on Western shopping areas, specifically mentioning Mall of America, the West Edmonton Mall in Canada and London's Oxford Street. "This latest statement from al Shabaab reflects the new phase we've evolved to in the global terrorist threat, in that you have groups such as al Shabaab and ISIL publicly calling for independent actors in their homelands to carry out attacks," Johnson told CNN, using an acronym for the militant group Islamic State.

For Clinton, her family foundation may pose campaign risks Posted: 22 Feb 2015 05:49 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The foundation launched by former President Bill Clinton more than a decade ago has battled HIV and AIDS in Africa, educated millions of children and fed the poor and hungry around the globe. It also has the potential to become a political risk for Hillary Rodham Clinton as she moves toward a second presidential campaign.

Legal haze: D.C. pot users face questions as deadline expires this week Posted: 22 Feb 2015 04:43 AM PST Voters in the District of Columbia last year passed a measure clearing the way for pot possession, but members of Congress have used their power over the city to prevent local officials from coming up with any plan to let the drug be sold legally for recreational purposes. With the congressional review period for the new measure set to expire on Wednesday, District of Columbia pot users will be left in a murkier position than those in Colorado and Washington state, which fully legalized marijuana last year. You can possess a small amount ... but you can only get it, I guess, illegally," said Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington's non-voting representative in Congress. A key argument by supporters was that marijuana laws unfairly victimized black people in Washington, who represent about half the city's population.

Bangladesh ferry with 100 passengers sinks; at least 7 dead Posted: 22 Feb 2015 02:49 AM PST A rescue operation was underway, but it was not clear exactly how many people were missing.

Kerry and Iran's Zarif to try narrow gaps in nuclear talks Posted: 22 Feb 2015 02:16 AM PST By Lesley Wroughton GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif will try to narrow gaps in another round of nuclear talks in Geneva on Sunday as they press to meet a March 31 deadline for a political framework agreement. The talks will be joined for the first time by U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, who agreed to attend after Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said he would take part. A close aide and the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Hossein Fereydoon, will also be part of the meetings, Iranian media reported. Kerry was due to arrive in Geneva in the early afternoon, then immediately meet with the U.S. delegation, which has been in Geneva since Friday.

Another winter storm hits East Coast Posted: 21 Feb 2015 09:49 PM PST The latest in a series of blizzards dropped a wintry mix as far south as Georgia.

Retired police officer kills daughters, self in N.Y. suburb: reports Posted: 21 Feb 2015 09:01 PM PST Glen Hochman, 52, who retired from the White Plains police force last month, killed two daughters, ages 17 and 13, before killing himself in Harrison, an affluent town about 15 miles northeast of New York City, newspapers and broadcasters reported, citing police sources. Hochman's wife and an older daughter were not home at the time. "The department is shocked and horrified by the news of this unfathomable tragedy," David Chong, White Plains' public safety commissioner, said in a statement. Hochman served 22 years on the White Plains police force, he said.

Inmates to be transferred after unrest at Texas prison: reports Posted: 21 Feb 2015 07:07 PM PST (Reuters) - Thousands of inmates at a federal prison in south Texas will be moved to other facilities after an uprising by angry prisoners left the prison damaged and "uninhabitable," according to officials quoted in local press reports. The disturbance began early on Friday at the Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville, Texas, which primarily holds individuals who have entered the United States illegally. The prison, which is run by the private company Management & Training Corp, is located about 40 miles (64 km) from the Mexican border.

Standoff nearing end at south Texas prison: report Posted: 21 Feb 2015 03:58 PM PST (Reuters) - Law enforcement said they were making progress on Saturday ending a disturbance at a federal correctional facility in southern Texas were as many as 2,000 inmates were protesting medical services, according to a published report. The disturbance began early Friday at the Willacy County Correctional Center, which primarily holds immigrants who entered the United States illegally, and is run by the private company Management & Training Corp, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The unrest, which prison officials said was not a riot, began when prisoners refused to come to breakfast or report for work to protest medical services at the facility, the Express-News and local broadcaster KGBT-TV reported. Management & Training Corp could not immediately be reached for comment about the standoff.

‘Laser cat’ high school senior commits suicide Posted: 21 Feb 2015 02:54 PM PST The New York high school senior whose 80-style laser portrait with his cat became an Internet phenomenon died of an apparent suicide.

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