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• Lawyer: Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl charged with desertion
• Official: US military to charge Bergdahl with desertion
• U.S. former war prisoner Bergdahl faces desertion charges: attorney
• U.S. justices divided over challenge to mercury air pollution rule
• Suspect dead after shooting that killed California police officer
• Live: Jurors see dorm room evidence at Tsarnaev trial
• Boston bombing jury to hear about search of suspect's dorm room
• D-day for Amanda Knox over Italy murder conviction
• Mark Holden wants you to love the Koch brothers
• Search resumes in deadly Alps plane crash
• No Netanyahu veto on Iran deal, top senator says
• California police officer shot dead
• Wisconsin officer, bank robbery suspect killed in shootout
• Ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to be released from prison: USA Today
• Police name persons of interest in death of Colorado teen girl
• Idaho family named as suspects in fatal Arizona Wal-Mart brawl
• No Netanyahu veto on Iran deal, top senator says
• White House: U.S. to slow troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

Lawyer: Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl charged with desertion Posted: 25 Mar 2015 12:24 PM PDT American soldier held by Taliban for five years, freed in controversial swap.

Official: US military to charge Bergdahl with desertion Posted: 25 Mar 2015 11:51 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says the Army sergeant who abandoned his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years will be court martialed on charges of desertion and avoiding military service.

U.S. former war prisoner Bergdahl faces desertion charges: attorney Posted: 25 Mar 2015 11:34 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, a former Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan who was released last summer as part of a controversial prisoner exchange, has been charged with desertion and misbehavior, his attorney said on Wednesday. Bergdahl's hearing was set for April 22 in San Antonio, his attorney said. The Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg in North Carolina said earlier on Wednesday that it would provide an update on Bergdahl's case. (Reporting by Emily Stephenson and David Alexander; Editing by Sandra Maler)

U.S. justices divided over challenge to mercury air pollution rule Posted: 25 Mar 2015 09:58 AM PDT The U.S. Supreme Court appeared closely divided on Wednesday as it weighed whether the Obama administration had to consider costs before deciding whether to regulate emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants. Justice Anthony Kennedy could be a possible swing vote on the nine-justice court, with liberals backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rationale and conservatives hostile to the government's arguments. Chief Justice John Roberts also suggested he was troubled by the disparity between the costs and benefits of the regulation, saying it was a "red flag" for him. The government says it did not quantify some of the benefits, but says they could be worth billions of dollars, including a reduction in mercury poisoning, which can lead to developmental delays and abnormalities in children.

Suspect dead after shooting that killed California police officer Posted: 25 Mar 2015 07:18 AM PDT A suspected shooter in the San Francisco Bay Area city of San Jose was found dead from a gunshot wound following an exchange of gunfire with police on Tuesday night that killed one officer, local authorities said. The suspect, identified as Scott Dunham and said to be in his 50s, was dead on the balcony of his apartment when police found him early Wednesday morning, the San Jose Police Department said on Twitter. Veteran officer Michael Johnson was killed in the gunfire exchange, officials said. A standoff ensued, with San Jose Police Chief Larry Esquivel telling a late-night news conference that Dunham was likely still in his home.

Live: Jurors see dorm room evidence at Tsarnaev trial Posted: 25 Mar 2015 05:45 AM PDT This is day 13 of testimony in admitted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial in Boston. Prosecutors are expected to continue with additional testimony about evidence found in Tsarnaev's dorm room at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.

Boston bombing jury to hear about search of suspect's dorm room Posted: 25 Mar 2015 04:11 AM PDT By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - The jury hearing the Boston Marathon bombing trial on Wednesday will hear more evidence about what FBI agents found when they searched Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's college dorm room days after the deadly attack. Tsarnaev, 21, is accused of killing three people and injuring 264 with a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs at the race's crowded finish line on April 15, 2013, and with fatally shooting a police officer three days later as he and 26-year-old brother Tamerlan tried to flee. Tamerlan died hours after the shooting, following a gunfight with police in Watertown, Massachusetts. His lawyers opened the trial early this month by bluntly admitting the defendant committed all the crimes of which he is accused, but contending Tamerlan was the driving force behind the attack with Dzhokhar going along out of a sense of subservience.

D-day for Amanda Knox over Italy murder conviction Posted: 25 Mar 2015 03:24 AM PDT Amanda Knox is set to discover Wednesday whether she will be labelled a killer for life as Italy's top court rules on her conviction for the murder of a British student nearly eight years ago. The court will examine the verdict that found American Knox and her former lover Raffaele Sollecito guilty of killing British student Meredith Kercher in a case that has captivated the world with its sub-texts of drugs, alleged sexual debauchery and police bungling. Just under a year later, Ivory Coast-born drifter Rudy Guede was jailed for her murder, with the judge in his fast-track trial concluding that he had not acted alone. In December 2009, Knox and Italian Sollecito were sentenced to 26 and 25 years in prison for their part in the killing.

Mark Holden wants you to love the Koch brothers Posted: 25 Mar 2015 02:37 AM PDT Holden's become the face of the Kochs' push to reform the criminal justice system, an effort that's made allies out of former enemies and softened the billionaire brothers' image.

Search resumes in deadly Alps plane crash Posted: 25 Mar 2015 02:21 AM PDT Investigators want to know what caused the jet to go down, killing all 150 people on board.

No Netanyahu veto on Iran deal, top senator says Posted: 24 Mar 2015 10:40 PM PDT Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., on Tuesday flatly denied that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's influence in Congress means that he could kill a nuclear agreement with Iran.

California police officer shot dead Posted: 24 Mar 2015 10:24 PM PDT A police officer was shot and killed in the San Francisco Bay Area city of San Jose on Tuesday night, officials said. The San Jose Police Department said on its Twitter account a veteran officer with the force was "shot and killed responding to a call for service," without providing additional details. Broadcaster NBC Bay Area reported that officers responded to a report of a man armed with a gun who was threatening to kill himself around 7 p.m. local time. They were met with gunfire, it said, citing San Jose Police Officer Albert Morales.

Wisconsin officer, bank robbery suspect killed in shootout Posted: 24 Mar 2015 10:09 PM PDT (Reuters) - A Wisconsin State Patrol officer and a bank robbery suspect were killed in a shootout on Tuesday evening, officials said. The trooper began following a car matching the description of the suspect's vehicle around 5:30 p.m. local time in the city of Fond du Lac before the gun battle, Fond du Lac Police Chief William Lamb told reporters at a brief news conference. Lamb said no other suspects were being sought and that the Wisconsin Department of Justice was leading the investigation. David Matthews, the administrator of the justice department's criminal investigation division, said it was too early to provide additional information about the shooting.

Ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to be released from prison: USA Today Posted: 24 Mar 2015 08:48 PM PDT (Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. is set to be released from prison on Thursday to a halfway house in Washington, D.C., after spending roughly half of his 30-month sentence behind bars, USA Today reported. Former U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy told the newspaper he spoke with Jackson at an Alabama prison on Monday. Jackson, the son of civil rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., had pleaded guilty to misusing about $750,000 in campaign funds on luxuries such as fur capes, celebrity memorabilia, mounted elk heads and a Rolex watch. The judge ordered Sandi Jackson to report to prison 30 days after Jesse Jackson Jr. was released to reduce the impact on their two children.

Police name persons of interest in death of Colorado teen girl Posted: 24 Mar 2015 08:31 PM PDT By Daniel Wallis DENVER (Reuters) - Utah police identified on Tuesday two people of interest in the death of a teenage Colorado girl who vanished in December and whose remains were found in a suitcase in a remote park area late last month. Kelly Mae Myers, 18, was reported missing in the mountain town of Grand Junction by relatives who said she might have been trying to hitchhike to visit friends in the Salt Lake City area. Authorities said on Tuesday that a study of Myers' social media accounts as part of a missing persons search had shown she last logged on from an IP address at a Country Inn and Suites in West Valley City, Utah. The West Valley City Police Department said detectives were told by hotel employees who cleaned the room she used there that they had found had a "foul odor" after the room was vacated.

Idaho family named as suspects in fatal Arizona Wal-Mart brawl Posted: 24 Mar 2015 07:43 PM PDT By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - The suspects in a fatal brawl with police outside an Arizona Wal-Mart have been identified as a family from Idaho who had apparently been living in a vehicle in the store's parking lot for days before the melee, authorities said on Tuesday. Five adults and one juvenile were booked on multiple charges stemming from the fight that erupted late on Saturday in Cottonwood after police responded to a report that a female Wal-Mart employee was assaulted by multiple suspects. Police said the officers were immediately attacked by the suspects in the parking lot and that during the fracas, 21-year-old Enoch Gaver was shot and killed, while his brother David Gaver, 28, was shot in the abdomen. One police officer, 31-year-old Sergeant Jeremy Daniels, was also shot and remains in a hospital in Flagstaff, about 45 miles away.

No Netanyahu veto on Iran deal, top senator says Posted: 24 Mar 2015 03:29 PM PDT Bob Corker also plays down a report that Israel spied on the talks with Tehran.

White House: U.S. to slow troop withdrawal from Afghanistan Posted: 24 Mar 2015 02:39 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that the U.S. will slow its military withdrawal from Afghanistan, maintaining 9,800 troops in the country through the end of 2015 instead of cutting the number by about half as originally planned.

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