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• U.S. Justice Dept. sues Oklahoma university over treatment of transgender employee
• Accused murderer of missing New York boy will not testify: defense
• NSA shooting: 1 dead after men dressed as women tried to crash gate
• Men disguised as women shot outside NSA gate after ramming checkpoint
• One dead, one hurt as shots fired at U.S. spy agency: reports
• Trevor Noah to replace Jon Stewart as 'Daily Show' host
• 2 being treated for injuries at gate of NSA headquarters at Fort Meade
• Supreme Court preserves New York ban on worship services in schools
• U.S. Supreme Court rejects Obamacare 'death panel' challenge
• Scott Walker’s gloomy pitch for the presidency
• Iran nuclear talks at crunch time
• Former Israeli premier Olmert found guilty in bribery case
• Focus shifts to cause of NYC explosion after 2 bodies found
• Republicans see Obama as more imminent threat than Putin: Reuters/Ipsos poll
• Waving fronds around the world, Christians mark Palm Sunday
• New York state lawmakers reach budget deal
• Firefighters gain on Montana fire that forced evacuation of ski area
• Two missing men likely found amid NYC gas explosion rubble: fire official
• Boston police officer shot in the face improving after surgery
• DNA from 78 Germanwings crash victims found

U.S. Justice Dept. sues Oklahoma university over treatment of transgender employee Posted: 30 Mar 2015 12:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it had filed a lawsuit against Southeastern Oklahoma State University over alleged discrimination against a transgender employee. The DOJ said it also sued the Regional University System of Oklahoma. The department said the woman, Rachel Tudor, was denied a promotion because of her gender identity and was retaliated against after she complained. (Reporting by Emily Stephenson; Editing by Eric Beech)

Accused murderer of missing New York boy will not testify: defense Posted: 30 Mar 2015 11:42 AM PDT By Natasja Sheriff NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former grocery store worker accused of murdering a New York boy missing for decades will not testify in his own defense, his attorney said on Monday. Pedro Hernandez, 54, is on trial for kidnapping and murder in a case that hinges on his confession to police in 2012 that he choked 6-year-old Etan Patz, stuffed him in a box and left him in a New York alley. Patz vanished as he walked alone for the first time to a school bus stop in his Manhattan neighborhood on May 25, 1979. His disappearance sparked a national movement to find missing children, with his picture one of the first to appear on milk cartons.

NSA shooting: 1 dead after men dressed as women tried to crash gate Posted: 30 Mar 2015 09:52 AM PDT A second person is "severely injured" after a gunfight erupted at Fort Meade, officials say.

Men disguised as women shot outside NSA gate after ramming checkpoint Posted: 30 Mar 2015 08:46 AM PDT One man is dead and another severely injured after a shootout at Fort Meade, Maryland.

One dead, one hurt as shots fired at U.S. spy agency: reports Posted: 30 Mar 2015 08:30 AM PDT Guards shot one man dead and seriously wounded a second when the men tried to ram a vehicle into the entrance gate at the Fort Meade, Maryland, headquarters of the National Security Agency, on Monday, CNN reported. An NSA spokeswoman had no immediate comment. Spokesmen for Fort Meade and Anne Arundel County Police referred questions to the spy agency. The Washington Post said police at Fort Meade, a U.S. Army base in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, confirmed that the incident happened on the NSA side of the installation but gave no other details.

Trevor Noah to replace Jon Stewart as 'Daily Show' host Posted: 30 Mar 2015 08:13 AM PDT It's official: Comedy Central has announced that Trevor Noah will succeed Jon Stewart as the next host of "The Daily Show."

2 being treated for injuries at gate of NSA headquarters at Fort Meade Posted: 30 Mar 2015 07:57 AM PDT Police are investigating an incident at one of the gates of the sprawling Army installation.

Supreme Court preserves New York ban on worship services in schools Posted: 30 Mar 2015 07:24 AM PDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact New York City's ban on religious worship services inside school buildings after hours. In a brief order, the court said it would not hear an appeal filed by the Bronx Household of Faith, a conservative Congregational church. The court's action leaves intact an April 2014 ruling by the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the ban. The appeals court had said the New York City Board of Education's regulation, created so the city would not be perceived as endorsing religious activity in a public forum, "was consistent with its constitutional duties." That court said the ban was a reasonable way to abide by the so-called Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which provides for separation of church and state.

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Obamacare 'death panel' challenge Posted: 30 Mar 2015 06:52 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a new challenge to the Obamacare law that took aim at a bureaucratic board labeled by some Republicans as a "death panel" because it was designed to cut Medicare costs. The high court left intact a ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that threw out the lawsuit. (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Will Dunham)

Scott Walker’s gloomy pitch for the presidency Posted: 30 Mar 2015 05:31 AM PDT Scott Walker is worried. He's worried about America. He's worried about his kids and his grandchildren, and everyone else's. He's worried about Islamic radicalism. He's worried about too many people being on food stamps.

Iran nuclear talks at crunch time Posted: 30 Mar 2015 02:49 AM PDT Differences still remain less than two days before a deadline for the outline of an agreement.

Former Israeli premier Olmert found guilty in bribery case Posted: 30 Mar 2015 12:22 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was found guilty Monday of accepting bribes in a retrial of corruption charges, the latest chapter in the downfall of a man who only years earlier hoped to lead the country to a historic peace agreement with the Palestinians.

Focus shifts to cause of NYC explosion after 2 bodies found Posted: 29 Mar 2015 11:16 PM PDT Officials consider the possibility that someone may have improperly tapped a gas line serving one of the buildings.

Republicans see Obama as more imminent threat than Putin: Reuters/Ipsos poll Posted: 29 Mar 2015 10:45 PM PDT By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A third of Republicans believe President Barack Obama poses an imminent threat to the United States, outranking concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. A Reuters/Ipsos online poll this month asked 2,809 Americans to rate how much of a threat a list of countries, organizations and individuals posed to the United States on a scale of 1 to 5, with one being no threat and 5 being an imminent threat. The poll showed 34 percent of Republicans ranked Obama as an imminent threat, ahead of Putin (25 percent), who has been accused of aggression in the Ukraine, and Assad (23 percent).

Waving fronds around the world, Christians mark Palm Sunday Posted: 29 Mar 2015 09:09 PM PDT Christians around the world are marking Palm Sunday by waving fronds, attending church services and visiting sites in the Holy Land at the start of the Holy Week that ends with Easter.

New York state lawmakers reach budget deal Posted: 29 Mar 2015 08:54 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state lawmakers agreed a budget plan late on Sunday night that includes much-debated ethics and education reforms, state governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders said in statement. Cuomo proposed a $142 billion plan in January that keeps spending growth below 2 percent and promises money for big-ticket infrastructure projects while cutting property taxes. (Reporting by Edward Krudy; Editing by Paul Tait)

Firefighters gain on Montana fire that forced evacuation of ski area Posted: 29 Mar 2015 07:51 PM PDT Firefighters in Montana on Sunday were working to contain a wildfire that forced the evacuation of hundreds from a ski area as flames driven by high winds threatened to engulf the only road to and from the resort, officials said. The Red Lodge Mountain Ski Area in the Custer Gallatin National Forest in south central Montana resumed operations on Sunday after skiers were told to leave the day before as a safety precaution. No other structures were under evacuation orders as moderating weather conditions were expected to give fire crews the upper hand for the first time in two days, said fire information officer Jeff Gildehaus. The blaze was one of several that broke out on Saturday in southern Montana and northern Wyoming, where unseasonably warm temperatures and winds gusting up to 60 miles an hour gave rise to extreme fire behavior usually seen in late fall in the Northern Rocky Mountain states, Gildehaus said.

Two missing men likely found amid NYC gas explosion rubble: fire official Posted: 29 Mar 2015 06:33 PM PDT By Sebastien Malo and Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two bodies found on Sunday at the site of a gas explosion that destroyed three New York City apartment buildings last week, injuring 22 people, were believed to be those of two unaccounted for men, the city's top fire official said. The bodies were found about 20 feet apart of one of the buildings reduced to rubble by the blast and fire in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood on Thursday, Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro told reporters. While Nigro said a medical examiner had not officially determined that the remains belonged to the two people who remain unaccounted for, local broadcaster NY1 News said one of the missing men, 23-year-old Nicholas Figueroa, had been identified by his family as one of the bodies found on Sunday. Also missing was Moises Lucon.

Boston police officer shot in the face improving after surgery Posted: 29 Mar 2015 04:37 PM PDT (Reuters) - A Boston police officer who was shot in the face by a man during a traffic stop was improving after hours of surgery during which a bullet was removed from his neck, officials said on Sunday. Six-year department veteran John Moynihan was shot just below the eye on Friday night by a 41-year-old man identified as Angelo West. Fellow officers returned fire and West, who had a criminal record including prior gun charges, died of wounds at the scene. As the driver got out of the car, without warning he shot Moynihan, a 34-year-old former U.S. Army Ranger, in the face, police said. ...

DNA from 78 Germanwings crash victims found Posted: 29 Mar 2015 04:21 PM PDT Forensic teams have isolated 78 distinct DNA strands from body parts at the Germanwings crash site in the French Alps, while investigators continued their grim task in the arduous mountain terrain. As well as trying to identify and return bodies to their families, search teams were also hunting for a second "black box" that has yet to be found six days into the search. "We haven't found a single body intact," said Patrick Touron, deputy director of the police's criminal research institute. So far, forensic teams have isolated 78 DNA strands from recovered body parts, said prosecutor Brice Robin, one of the lead investigators.

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