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• 1 seriously injured in Manhattan partial building collapse
• Partial collapse of three-story building in New York City
• 3 nabbed in NY, Florida in plot to join Islamic State group
• First execution of female in Georgia in 70 years delayed over weather
• Guantanamo judge halts 9/11 case over courts chief's order
• 3 arrested in NY, Florida in plot to join Islamic State
• 3 arrested in NY, Florida in plot to join Islamic State
• Three charged with conspiring to support Islamic State
• House leader Boehner points to Senate on security funding
• Official says Afghan avalanches kill at least 124 people
• White House threatens veto for U.S. House education bill
• N.Korea may have 100 atomic arms by 2020
• No relief: More cold, snow, ice, wintry mix for much of US
• ‘American Sniper’ jury finds ex-Marine guilty of murder
• Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel forced into April runoff election
• Fireball seen in night sky in U.S. West was likely Chinese rocket
• Netanyahu declines Democrats' invitation for meeting during visit
• Fifty hurt when Southern California commuter train slams into truck
• Testimony concludes in 'American Sniper' trial
• Ex-NFL star's fiancée looked nervous day after alleged killing: witness

1 seriously injured in Manhattan partial building collapse Posted: 25 Feb 2015 01:03 PM PST Emergency workers say collapse occurred at a 3-story building that was under construction.

Partial collapse of three-story building in New York City Posted: 25 Feb 2015 12:45 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York authorities said a three-story building undergoing construction work partially collapsed on Manhattan's West Side on Wednesday. There was no immediate word on potential casualties and a Fire Department spokesman said no one had been transported to the hospital. Search and rescue dogs were sent to the scene of the partial collapse, according to NY1 television. Local media images showed rubble piled on top of a school bus. The report of a partial collapse at 57th Street near 11th Avenue came at 2:37 p.m. EST, the fire department spokesman said. ...

3 nabbed in NY, Florida in plot to join Islamic State group Posted: 25 Feb 2015 11:56 AM PST The men are accused of plotting to travel to Syria to wage war against the U.S.

First execution of female in Georgia in 70 years delayed over weather Posted: 25 Feb 2015 11:39 AM PST By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - A woman set to become the first female prisoner executed by the state of Georgia in 70 years has had her death by injection delayed until Monday due to inclement weather, the governor's office said. Kelly Renee Gissendaner, 46, was found guilty of murder for plotting the 1997 killing of her husband, Douglas Gissendaner. According to prosecutors, she convinced her boyfriend, Gregory Owen, to murder Douglas Gissendaner, who was stabbed to death in a desolate area in suburban Atlanta after being abducted from his home. Gissendaner is the only woman on Georgia's death row.

Guantanamo judge halts 9/11 case over courts chief's order Posted: 25 Feb 2015 11:03 AM PST By Lacey Johnson FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) - A U.S. military judge on Wednesday ordered a halt to pre-trial hearings for five Guantanamo Bay inmates accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks until an order requiring judges to relocate to the naval base in Cuba is rescinded. Judge Army Colonel James Pohl's suspension of hearings for the 2001 attacks was announced by a fellow military court judge overseeing a pre-trial hearing for Saudi Guantanamo prisoner Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. It ordered military judges to be removed from their other duties and to move to Guantanamo Bay to speed up the years-long proceedings. Retired Marine Corps Major General Vaughn Ary, who oversees the war court and proposed the relocation order, has been accused by defense lawyers of exercising "unlawful influence" to rush the cases forward.

3 arrested in NY, Florida in plot to join Islamic State Posted: 25 Feb 2015 10:47 AM PST The men are accused of plotting to travel to Syria to wage war against the United States.

3 arrested in NY, Florida in plot to join Islamic State Posted: 25 Feb 2015 10:28 AM PST The men were plotting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State and wage war against the U.S., federal officials said.

Three charged with conspiring to support Islamic State Posted: 25 Feb 2015 10:12 AM PST The suspects are accused of planning to travel from the U.S. to Syria to fight for IS.

House leader Boehner points to Senate on security funding Posted: 25 Feb 2015 09:03 AM PST U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday called on counterparts in the Senate to act on legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which could face a partial shutdown unless the congressional funding fight is resolved by Friday. The House is in "wait-and-see mode" until the Senate moves, Boehner told reporters, adding that staff members on both sides of Congress have been talking. "Until I see what they're going to pass, no decision has been made on the House side," Boehner said. "It's time for the Senate to do their job," he added.

Official says Afghan avalanches kill at least 124 people Posted: 25 Feb 2015 07:42 AM PST PANJSHIR VALLEY, Afghanistan (AP) — Avalanches caused by a heavy winter snow killed at least 124 people in northeastern Afghanistan, an emergency official said Wednesday, as rescuers clawed through debris with their hands to save those buried beneath.

White House threatens veto for U.S. House education bill Posted: 25 Feb 2015 06:52 AM PST The White House on Wednesday said a bill under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives to revise the federal No Child Left Behind education law would face a veto from President Barack Obama if it reached his desk. The bill, called the "Student Success Act," has been approved by a congressional committee and is expected to come before the full House for a possible vote this week. The White House said the bill is "a significant step backwards" in education policy.

N.Korea may have 100 atomic arms by 2020 Posted: 25 Feb 2015 04:57 AM PST North Korea appears poised to expand its nuclear program over the next five years and in a worst case scenario could possess 100 atomic arms by 2020, US researchers warned Tuesday. Unveiling the first results of what will be a 15-month study, Joel Wit, senior fellow at the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, said some of their conclusions were very "disturbing." Although North Korea's nuclear program remains shrouded in uncertainty, Pyongyang is currently believed to have a stockpile of some 10 to 16 nuclear weapons fashioned from either plutonium or weapons-grade uranium.

No relief: More cold, snow, ice, wintry mix for much of US Posted: 25 Feb 2015 03:20 AM PST A wide swath of the country shivered in freezing, record-breaking temperatures while other areas saw more winter precipitation Tuesday.

‘American Sniper’ jury finds ex-Marine guilty of murder Posted: 25 Feb 2015 01:27 AM PST Eddie Ray Routh is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel forced into April runoff election Posted: 24 Feb 2015 11:09 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel failed to capture a majority of the vote Tuesday in his bid for a second term, an embarrassment for the former White House chief of staff who now faces a runoff against Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia.

Fireball seen in night sky in U.S. West was likely Chinese rocket Posted: 24 Feb 2015 06:32 PM PST By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A fireball spotted streaking across the night sky late on Monday in the western United States was almost certainly the body of a rocket used by China in December to launch a satellite, an astronomer said Tuesday. Residents in Rocky Mountain states such as Idaho, Utah and Montana reported seeing the rocket as it disintegrated in the atmosphere about 70 miles (113 km) above Earth, said Chris Anderson, manager of the Centennial Observatory at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls. An organization that studies orbital debris, or space junk, and attempts to pinpoint when and where objects will re-enter Earth's atmosphere had earlier predicted that the rocket which began its descent last year after sending a Chinese satellite into orbit would likely be seen about 2 a.m. local time in northern Russia, Anderson said.

Netanyahu declines Democrats' invitation for meeting during visit Posted: 24 Feb 2015 06:15 PM PST By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined on Tuesday an invitation to meet with U.S. Senate Democrats during his trip to Washington next week. "Though I greatly appreciate your kind invitation to meet with Democratic Senators, I believe that doing so at this time could compound the misperception of partisanship regarding my upcoming visit," Netanyahu wrote in a letter to Senators Richard Durbin and Dianne Feinstein obtained by Reuters. Durbin and Feinstein, two senior Senate Democrats, invited Netanyahu to a closed-door meeting with Democratic senators in a letter on Monday, warning that making U.S.-Israeli relations a partisan political issue could have "lasting repercussions." Republican congressional leaders broke diplomatic protocol by consulting neither the White House nor Democrats in Congress before inviting Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and Senate.

Fifty hurt when Southern California commuter train slams into truck Posted: 24 Feb 2015 05:44 PM PST By Michael Fleeman OXNARD, Calif. (Reuters) - A Los Angeles-bound commuter train slammed into a produce truck apparently stuck on the tracks in a Southern California city before dawn on Tuesday, injuring 50 people in a fiery crash, some of them critically. The truck driver, who was not hurt, left the scene of the destruction in Oxnard on foot and was found walking and in "some sort of distress" about 1.6 miles away, Assistant Police Chief Jason Benitez said. The 54-year-old driver, from Arizona, was later taken into custody on suspicion of felony hit-and-run, Benitez said. Benitez declined to say what led police to arrest the driver other than he had left the scene of the accident, which overturned three double-decker Metrolink rail cars.

Testimony concludes in 'American Sniper' trial Posted: 24 Feb 2015 02:49 PM PST STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle had no time to react when an ex-Marine opened fire on him at a shooting range two years ago, a forensics expert testified Tuesday.

Ex-NFL star's fiancée looked nervous day after alleged killing: witness Posted: 24 Feb 2015 02:33 PM PST By Daniel Lovering FALL RIVER, Mass. (Reuters) - Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez's fiancée was visibly nervous the day after an associate of the ex-NFL star was killed, a woman who cleaned Hernandez's Massachusetts home testified at his murder trial on Tuesday. Hernandez's fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins, spent time on the telephone, peeking out the window and crying after hauling away a large trash bag in the trunk of a red car, Carla Barbosa, 31, testified at Massachusetts Superior Court in Fall River. She added police were outside when Barbosa left the house on June 18, 2013, a day after Odin Lloyd's bullet-riddled body was found in an industrial park near Hernandez's home.

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