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• Apple reveals watch details, thin new computer
• Several hurt as Amtrak train, truck collide in N.C.
• White House says Obama, Clinton exchanged emails during her time in administration
• Obama slaps sanctions on Venezuelan officials
• Wisconsin students walk out in protest over fatal police shooting
• Follow the Apple Watch event live with Yahoo Tech
• Obama announces effort to boost high-tech hiring
• Supreme Court ducks ruling on Amtrak regulatory clout
• Live: Boston Marathon bombing trial
• U.S. top court blocks suit by Syrian former Guantanamo detainee
• Witnesses to resume describing horror of Boston Marathon bombing
• University of Oklahoma fraternity closed due to video of racist chant
• Nemtsov friend: Islamist motive for Moscow killing is nonsensical
• Madison police response to shooting contrasts with Ferguson
• Fraternity leadership closes Oklahoma chapter after racist video
• Connecticut girl who appealed to stop chemotherapy in remission
• Wisconsin capital marked by third day of protests after police shooting
• Obama to announce training initiative for high-tech jobs
• Thousands march on Selma, Alabama bridge to mark 'Bloody Sunday'

Apple reveals watch details, thin new computer Posted: 09 Mar 2015 12:48 PM PDT Get the rundown on the Apple Spring Forward event from Yahoo Tech.

Several hurt as Amtrak train, truck collide in N.C. Posted: 09 Mar 2015 11:42 AM PDT The passenger train's engine toppled on its side after a collision with a tractor trailer.

White House says Obama, Clinton exchanged emails during her time in administration Posted: 09 Mar 2015 11:09 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton exchanged emails during her time as secretary of state in his administration, the White House said on Monday. But Obama was not aware of the details of how Clinton's personal email address and private server were set up, or with how Clinton and her team were planning to comply with the Federal Records Act, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton)

Obama slaps sanctions on Venezuelan officials Posted: 09 Mar 2015 10:51 AM PDT The president accuses 7 officials of perpetrating human rights violations and corruption.

Wisconsin students walk out in protest over fatal police shooting Posted: 09 Mar 2015 10:33 AM PDT (Reuters) - University and high school students in Madison, Wisconsin, walked out of classes on Monday morning and marched to protest the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer, local media reported. More than 100 students, including some from Sun Prairie High School, the alma mater of Tony Robinson, the 19-year-old who was shot and killed, marched toward Wisconsin's state Capitol, Madison.com and Channel3000.com reported. Officer Matt Kenny, who shot Robinson, is on paid administrative leave while the Wisconsin Department of Justice investigates the Friday shooting. Protests and vigils in Madison over the weekend were peaceful and Police Chief Michael and Mayor Paul Soglin pledged transparency in communicating results of the investigation.

Follow the Apple Watch event live with Yahoo Tech Posted: 09 Mar 2015 10:00 AM PDT Follow along live with experts from Yahoo Tech.

Obama announces effort to boost high-tech hiring Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:25 AM PDT The president calls on employers to ramp up training in an effort to drive up higher-income employment.

Supreme Court ducks ruling on Amtrak regulatory clout Posted: 09 Mar 2015 07:42 AM PDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ducked a ruling on whether Amtrak, the government-owned passenger rail company, wields too much clout in setting regulations that private freight carriers also must follow. The court, on a 9-0 vote, found that Amtrak is a government entity, not a private company. The case was brought by the Association of American Railroads, which had challenged a federal law that gives Amtrak a key role in setting standards for railroads, including for on-time performance.

Live: Boston Marathon bombing trial Posted: 09 Mar 2015 07:24 AM PDT Follow Yahoo News' liveblog for the latest updates from inside the courtroom.

U.S. top court blocks suit by Syrian former Guantanamo detainee Posted: 09 Mar 2015 07:07 AM PDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal filed by a Syrian former detainee at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba, leaving intact a lower-court ruling prohibiting him from suing the United States for damages stemming from his treatment during seven years of detention. The court left in place a January 2014 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit against Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak al Janko, who says he was tortured and suffered physical and psychological degradation at Guantanamo from 2002 to 2009 after being detained in Afghanistan in 2001. Janko was released from Guantanamo in October 2009 after a successful legal challenge to his detention. The case is Janko v. Gates, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 14-650.

Witnesses to resume describing horror of Boston Marathon bombing Posted: 09 Mar 2015 04:15 AM PDT The Boston Marathon bombing trial is set to resume on Monday with more witness testimony about the twin blasts that killed three people and injured 264 when they ripped through the crowd at the race's finish line on April 15, 2013. Attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, opened their case last week by bluntly declaring that the defendant and his older brother were responsible for the attack as well as the fatal shooting of a police officer three days later, in an effort to focus attention on the brother's role in the plot. Defense lawyers contend that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, who died following a gunbattle with police three days after the bombing, was the driving force behind the attack, with Dzhokhar following along out of a sense of submission. By pinning the bulk of the blame on Tamerlan, defense lawyers hope to persuade the jury at U.S. District Court in Boston not to sentence their client to death.

University of Oklahoma fraternity closed due to video of racist chant Posted: 09 Mar 2015 02:52 AM PDT A video posted online shows a group of students chanting racial epithets and making light of lynchings.

Nemtsov friend: Islamist motive for Moscow killing is nonsensical Posted: 09 Mar 2015 02:03 AM PDT By Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - A colleague of Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition figure shot dead near Moscow's Red Square, said suggestions he was killed by Islamists were nonsensical and useful for the Kremlin because they deflected accusations that officials were involved. They believe that the Kremlin stood to gain from the killing -- though Russian officials have denied involvement -- and they do not believe fanatics acting alone could have shot someone dead so close to the Kremlin. "Our worst fears are coming true," Ilya Yashin, the co-leader of Nemtsov's small liberal opposition party said on Twitter late on Sunday. "The trigger man will be blamed, while those who actually ordered Nemtsov's killing will go free." "Investigators' nonsensical theory about Islamist motives in Nemtsov's killing suit the Kremlin and take Putin out of the firing line," Yashin added on Monday, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Madison police response to shooting contrasts with Ferguson Posted: 08 Mar 2015 11:58 PM PDT MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Within hours of a white officer shooting an unarmed black man, the police chief of Wisconsin's capital city was praying with the man's grandmother, hoping to strike a conciliatory tone and avoid the riots that last year rocked Ferguson, Missouri.

Fraternity leadership closes Oklahoma chapter after racist video Posted: 08 Mar 2015 11:24 PM PDT (Reuters) - A University of Oklahoma fraternity has been closed and its members suspended by its national leadership after a video surfaced online in which students chanted about lynchings and used racist epithets. "We apologize for the unacceptable and racist behavior of the individuals in the video, and we are disgusted that any member would act in such a way," Sigma Alpha Epsilon's national headquarters said in a statement. "We have more than 15,000 collegiate members across the nation, and this incident should not reflect on other brothers because this type of hateful action is not what Sigma Alpha Epsilon stands for," it added. In the 10-second video, which was posted online on Sunday and replayed by several media outlets, students on a bus chanted in unison using offensive language referring to African-Americans and vowing to never admit any into the fraternity.

Connecticut girl who appealed to stop chemotherapy in remission Posted: 08 Mar 2015 10:36 PM PDT By Richard Weizel MILFORD, Ct (Reuters) - A Connecticut teenager who was ordered by a state court to undergo chemotherapy against her wishes is in remission after several months of treatment, the state's Department of Children and Families said on Sunday. The department gained temporary custody of the 17-year-old, identified as "Cassandra C" in court documents, after she and her mother, Jackie Fortin, fought for her right to discontinue treatment despite her risk of dying. "We are very pleased with Cassandra's progress toward a complete recovery," said Joette Katz, Commissioner of the state's Department of Children and Families (DCF). After surgery failed to rid her of the cancer, she underwent two rounds of chemotherapy before asking that treatments be stopped, then ran away from home to avoid further treatment.

Wisconsin capital marked by third day of protests after police shooting Posted: 08 Mar 2015 07:52 PM PDT Activists protested for a third day in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sunday over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman, the latest in a string of killings that have intensified concerns of racial bias in U.S. law enforcement. Sunday's demonstrations began with a sign-making event designed to involve children in protests over the death of the teen, Tony Robinson Jr. Local media said scores of activists then marched through the streets of Madison toward the apartment home where Robinson died. Robinson, 19, was shot in Madison, Wisconsin's capital, on Friday evening after Officer Matt Kenny responded to calls of a man dodging cars in traffic who had allegedly battered another person, Police Chief Mike Koval said. Last year, the deaths of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City triggered a wave of demonstrations against the use of excessive force by law enforcement.

Obama to announce training initiative for high-tech jobs Posted: 08 Mar 2015 06:00 PM PDT President Barack Obama on Monday will announce a program to provide more Americans with the training needed to secure jobs in the high-technology industry, the White House said. The initiative, which Obama will detail at a National League of Cities conference in Washington, will include "collaboration with local government leaders - working with each other and with national employers - that are committed to expanding access to tech jobs in their communities," the White House statement said on Sunday. The statement added there were more than 500,000 job openings in such fields as software development and cybersecurity and that the average salary in jobs requiring information technology skills was 50 percent higher than the average private-sector job in the United States. "Helping more Americans train and connect to these jobs is a key element of the President's middle-class economics agenda," the White House statement said.

Thousands march on Selma, Alabama bridge to mark 'Bloody Sunday' Posted: 08 Mar 2015 03:12 PM PDT By Tami Chappelle SELMA, Ala. (Reuters) - Thousands of people began walking across a Selma, Alabama bridge on Sunday in a re-enactment of the 1965 "Bloody Sunday" march, part of a weekend of events marking the 50th anniversary of a turning point in the U.S. civil rights movement. Some of those gathered in Selma also planned to set out Monday on a march to Montgomery along the route that Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers walked in the wake of Bloody Sunday, a march that helped spur the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965, took its name from the beating that roughly 600 peaceful civil rights activists sustained at the hands of white state troopers and police who attacked them with batons and sprayed them with tear gas on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. "It's very crowded but at the same time it's fun and really great to see everybody coming together all races, all people," one woman told CNN as marchers began moving across the bridge.

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