| Slain Missouri 18-year-old's parents plan wrongful death suit Posted: 05 Mar 2015 01:17 PM PST  Michael Brown's parents will file a wrongful death civil lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri and the white police officer who shot dead the unarmed 18-year-old black man last August in the St. Louis suburb, a family attorney said on Thursday. He did not have to kill Michael Brown," attorney Daryl Parks said of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. The announcement came a day after the U.S. Justice Department cleared Wilson of any civil rights violations in the shooting but said it found racial bias and a pattern of discriminatory and illegal actions against African-Americans by the Ferguson Police Department.
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| Cardinal Edward Egan, former New York archbishop, dies Posted: 05 Mar 2015 12:59 PM PST  Cardinal Edward Egan, the former Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, died of cardiac arrest on Thursday, the Archdiocese of New York said. Egan, 82, who was archbishop from 2000 to 2009, was pronounced dead at NYU Langone Medical Center at 2:20 p.m., the Archdiocese said in a statement. "Thank God he had a peaceful death," his successor, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said in a statement. In 1988, was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, by Pope John Paul II. In 2000, he was named archbishop of New York and made a cardinal in 2001.
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| Plane slides off runway at NYC's LaGuardia Airport Posted: 05 Mar 2015 11:13 AM PST  A jet carrying 125 passengers crashed into a fence while landing in snowstorm.
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| Senate Democrats step up pressure for vote on attorney general Posted: 05 Mar 2015 09:29 AM PST  By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Thursday wrote a formal letter to Republicans urging them to hold a vote to confirm Loretta Lynch as the next U.S. attorney general. There is still no date set by the Republican majority for a vote to be held on the Senate floor for Lynch's nomination, despite the Senate judiciary committee's endorsing her a week ago. The letter, circulated by Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer and Patrick Leahy, urged the Republicans to schedule a floor vote as soon as possible.
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| Michael Brown's parents announce civil lawsuit in death Posted: 05 Mar 2015 08:57 AM PST  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for the parents of an unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a St. Louis suburb have announced plans to file a civil lawsuit against the city of Ferguson and former Officer Darren Wilson.
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| Plane slides off runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport Posted: 05 Mar 2015 08:39 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A plane slid off the runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Thursday while snow was falling over most of the region, NY 1 television and other media reported on Thursday. There were no reports of injuries but the New York City Fire Department said it was responding to the incident. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey did not have additional information. (Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by Bill Trott) |
| U.S. Supreme Court to hear gay marriage cases on April 28 Posted: 05 Mar 2015 08:05 AM PST  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear oral arguments on April 28 on whether states can ban gay marriage, addressing a hot social issue in what promises to yield one of the justices' most important rulings of the year. There are currently 37 states where gay marriage has been allowed to proceed, although a legal battle is ongoing in Alabama, with the state's top court putting it on hold.
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| Live: Day 2 of the Boston Marathon bombing trial Posted: 05 Mar 2015 06:17 AM PST  Yahoo! News is inside the courtroom as gruesome testimony unfolds.
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| Wisconsin Assembly to begin final debate on right-to-work bill Posted: 05 Mar 2015 04:46 AM PST  By Brendan O'Brien MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) - Wisconsin lawmakers on Thursday will begin a final debate on a measure supported by Republican Governor Scott Walker that would prohibit private-sector workers from being required to join a union or pay dues when working under union contracts. The state Senate approved the bill last week, and the Assembly, where Republicans hold a 63-36 majority, is expected to follow suit to make Wisconsin the 25th state to enact a right-to-work law. Supporters cast the measure as an incentive for keeping and attracting businesses and jobs, while opponents call it a thinly disguised assault on organized labor. Thousands of workers demonstrated last week when senators debated the bill, but capitol crowds have been far thinner than four years ago, when tens of thousands of people protested a push for a law limiting the powers of public sector unions.
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| Men, this time Sheryl Sandberg is talking to you Posted: 05 Mar 2015 02:53 AM PST  "Lean In Together" is the latest slogan in Sheryl Sandberg's campaign to bring women more power in the workplace, and its goal is to persuade men that it's not just women who benefit when men help women succeed. She spoke to Yahoo News.
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| Oregon woman arrives in U.S. after stuck in East Timor for six months Posted: 04 Mar 2015 11:27 PM PST  By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - An Oregon woman arrested on a drug charge while traveling in East Timor arrived home in Portland on Wednesday to a swarm of national and local media after six months of diplomatic negotiations. Stacey Addison, who said she was never in possession of drugs, was imprisoned for two months and then released without travel documents in December, leaving her unable to leave the Southeast Asian country. Really strange, but really good," said Addison, a 41-year-old veterinarian who was initially detained when a man with whom she shared a cab was arrested on drug charges last September. Prison conditions were basic, but she was treated well, Addison said at Portland International Airport.
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| U.S. envoy to S. Korea in stable condition after knife attack Posted: 04 Mar 2015 10:36 PM PST  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was in stable condition after a man screaming demands for a unified North and South Korea slashed him on the face and wrist with a knife, South Korean police and U.S. officials said Thursday.
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| At least two protesters arrested in Ferguson hours after U.S. report Posted: 04 Mar 2015 10:01 PM PST (Reuters) - At least two protesters were arrested outside police headquarters in Ferguson, Missouri on Wednesday, according to police and online video, just hours after the release of a U.S. probe that found racial bias in the department. The footage, shared by protesters, a local lawmaker and reporters on Twitter late on Wednesday, showed police take into custody at least two of the few dozen demonstrators. When contacted, Ferguson police were not able to provide exact arrest totals or specify the charges, but a dispatcher said protesters had been asked to move out of the street "many, many times." The arrests come just hours after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder unveiled a report that found systemic racial bias created a "toxic environment" in the St. Louis suburb, but cleared white officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown there last August. Brown's killing touched off a national debate on race, led to months of street protests and amplified long-standing complaints in Ferguson and across the country of police harassment and mistreatment of minorities.  |
| Hillary Clinton urges State Department to release emails Posted: 04 Mar 2015 09:27 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton on Wednesday broke her silence over a budding controversy involving her emails when she was secretary of state, saying she wanted the U.S. State Department to release them swiftly. "I want the public to see my email," the potential 2016 presidential candidate said in a tweet. "I asked State to release them. They said they will review them for release as soon as possible." (Reporting by Steve Holland and Curtis Skinner; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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| U.S. ambassador to S. Korea slashed on face and wrist in attack Posted: 04 Mar 2015 06:24 PM PST  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean media say U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert has been attacked while giving a lecture and taken to a hospital for treatment.
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| U.S. Supreme Court split over Obamacare challenge Posted: 04 Mar 2015 05:33 PM PST  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on ideological lines on Wednesday as it tackled a second major challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare law, with Justice Anthony Kennedy emerging as a likely swing vote in a ruling. The nine justices heard 85 minutes of arguments in the case brought by conservative opponents of the law who contend its tax credits aimed at helping people afford medical insurance should not be available in most states. A ruling favoring the challengers could cripple the law dubbed Obamacare, the president's signature domestic policy achievement. Kennedy, a conservative who often casts the deciding vote in close cases, raised concerns to lawyers on both sides about the possible negative impact on states if the government loses the case, suggesting he could back the Obama administration.
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| Ferguson policies targeted blacks, created toxic environment: U.S. attorney general Posted: 04 Mar 2015 05:18 PM PST  By Lisa Lambert and Carey Gillam WASHINGTON/KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - A U.S. probe found systemic racial bias targeted blacks and created a "toxic environment" in Ferguson, Missouri, but cleared a white officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager there, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday. The report said the St. Louis suburb overwhelmingly arrested and issued traffic citations to blacks to boost city coffers through fines, used police as a collection agency and created a culture of distrust that exploded in August when Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. Brown's killing touched off a national debate on race, led to months of street protests and amplified long-standing complaints in Ferguson and across the country of police harassment and mistreatment of minorities. "But seen in this context, amid a highly toxic environment, defined by mistrust and resentment, stoked by years of bad feelings, and spurred by illegal and misguided practices, it is not difficult to imagine how a single tragic incident set off the city of Ferguson like a powder keg." Holder, who is stepping down soon as attorney general, called for wholesale and immediate change in the way Ferguson operates.
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| Ferguson federal probe reveals racist emails Posted: 04 Mar 2015 05:00 PM PST  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says report shows deep distrust and hostility in the community.
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| U.S. ambassador attacked in Seoul Posted: 04 Mar 2015 03:46 PM PST  The US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, was injured in an attack by a razor-wielding assailant Thursday in Seoul, police and television reports said. The YTN news channel, citing police sources, said a man with a razor blade concealed in his right hand had attacked Lippert as he was attending a breakfast function in central Seoul. The assailant, who was immediately taken into custody, reportedly shouted an anti-war slogan as he lashed out at the envoy, who only took up his post in Seoul last October.
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