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• Reserve deputy apologizes to victim's family on 'Today' show
• Police say Phoenix gunman 'snapped,' killed four then himself
• One dead, five wounded in car bombing near U.S. consulate in Iraq
• New York jury begins third day of deliberating 1979 Patz murder case
• Iraqi officials say Saddam deputy killed near Tikrit
• Parents of youngest Boston Marathon bombing victim want death penalty 'off the table' for Tsarnaev
• 'Drop the death penalty,' say parents of Boston bombing victim
• Immigration fight heads to federal appeals court
• Relatives, dignitaries remember Germanwings crash victims
• The terror of Boko Haram
• Paralyzed Olympic champion's 'amazing' road to recovery
• WikiLeaks dumps data from Sony hacking scandal
• Journalism ethicists sound off on Florida paper’s gyrocopter coverage
• U.S. objects to Boston bomber's lawyers' call to 'look deep inside'
• U.S. charges Florida man who landed helicopter near U.S. capitol

Reserve deputy apologizes to victim's family on 'Today' show Posted: 17 Apr 2015 11:22 AM PDT Robert Bates apologized for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Tulsa.

Police say Phoenix gunman 'snapped,' killed four then himself Posted: 17 Apr 2015 10:48 AM PDT By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - A man apparently upset over a family business dispute "snapped" before fatally shooting his two brothers, his mother and his sister-in-law and then killing himself at a home in Phoenix, police said on Friday. The shooter was found by police in an upstairs bedroom with a self-inflicted gunshot wound after Thursday's incident, said Sergeant Trent Crump, a Phoenix police spokesman. The victims and gunman were aged between 28 and 75, Crump said.

One dead, five wounded in car bombing near U.S. consulate in Iraq Posted: 17 Apr 2015 09:27 AM PDT One person was killed, and five wounded in a car bombing close to the U.S. consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan's capital Erbil on Friday, the local mayor said. "A car bomb exploded outside the entrance to the U.S. consulate," said Nihad Qoja.

New York jury begins third day of deliberating 1979 Patz murder case Posted: 17 Apr 2015 08:21 AM PDT By Natasja Sheriff NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors began a third day of deliberations on Friday in the trial of a former New York deli worker accused of murdering 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose 1979 disappearance raised national awareness of missing and abducted children. The jury in state Supreme Court in Manhattan appear to have focused on the confession of Pedro Hernandez, 54, who told police in 2012 that he had choked the boy, stuffed him in a box and left him in a lower Manhattan alley. Jurors in the kidnapping and murder trial on Thursday asked the judge, Maxwell Wiley, to repeat his instructions about how they should weigh his confession, which Hernandez's defense lawyers say was coerced. The Patz case changed the way authorities respond to reports of missing and abducted children.

Iraqi officials say Saddam deputy killed near Tikrit Posted: 17 Apr 2015 07:45 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials said they believe that government forces on Friday killed Saddam Hussein's former deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who remained a wanted fugitive since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and who later allied himself with Islamic State militants.

Parents of youngest Boston Marathon bombing victim want death penalty 'off the table' for Tsarnaev Posted: 17 Apr 2015 06:54 AM PDT The parents of Martin Richard, the youngest victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, have asked federal prosecutors to drop the death penalty against convicted bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

'Drop the death penalty,' say parents of Boston bombing victim Posted: 17 Apr 2015 06:07 AM PDT By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - The parents of the boy who was the youngest to die in the attack on the Boston Marathon asked federal prosecutors to abandon their effort to sentence the bomber to death, in a statement on the front page of the Boston Globe on Friday. Bill and Denise Martin, parents of 8-year-old Martin Richard, instead urged the U.S. Department of Justice to seek a deal in which Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted last week of the 2013 attack, would waive his appeal rights in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. "We know that the government has its reasons for seeking the death penalty, but the continued pursuit of that punishment could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives," the couple wrote in a statement titled "To end the anguish, drop the death penalty." The second phase of Tsarnaev's trial is due to begin Tuesday, when the jury that convicted the ethnic Chechen will decide whether to sentence him to death or life in prison.

Immigration fight heads to federal appeals court Posted: 17 Apr 2015 05:49 AM PDT In a key test of President Barack Obama's efforts to overhaul immigration law without congressional action, administration lawyers will on Friday ask a federal appeals court to lift an injunction blocking his executive action meant to help undocumented immigrants. Issued in February by Texas-based U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen, the injunction halted programs unveiled in November intended to shield 4.7 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. Hundreds of pro-immigrant advocates are expected to rally in front of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals courthouse in New Orleans where arguments in the case are set to be heard. On April 7, the Fifth Circuit ruled that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and the state of Mississippi lacked standing to sue over a separate immigration action issued by Obama in 2012 allowing immigrants brought to the United States as children to stay.

Relatives, dignitaries remember Germanwings crash victims Posted: 17 Apr 2015 04:13 AM PDT COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Joachim Gauck and hundreds of dignitaries and relatives of 150 people killed in last month's crash of a Germanwings jet packed Cologne's landmark cathedral Friday to pay tribute.

The terror of Boko Haram Posted: 17 Apr 2015 01:33 AM PDT Katie Couric looks at the rise of one of the world's most feared extremist groups.

Paralyzed Olympic champion's 'amazing' road to recovery Posted: 16 Apr 2015 06:14 PM PDT You may remember swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen from the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, where she won six gold medals collectively. However, the biggest challenge of Van Dyken-Rouen's life hasn't been in a swimming pool. Just 10 months ago, her spinal cord was severed in an all-terrain vehicle accident, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. Her amazingly positive attitude and a team of dedicated doctors have put her on the road to recovery, with major progress toward her dream of walking again.

WikiLeaks dumps data from Sony hacking scandal Posted: 16 Apr 2015 04:21 PM PDT WikiLeaks published thousands of documents on Thursday from last year's Sony hacking scandal, calling them an insight into the inner workings of a "secretive" firm. The website said the searchable data dump includes 30,287 documents from the US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and 173,132 emails to and from more than 2,200 company email addresses. The same data was released online after hackers attacked Sony Pictures last November and threatened the company over the release of the comedy film "The Interview," which depicts a fictional CIA plot to kill North Korea's leader. The threats saw Sony cancel the public debut of the movie and led to the resignation of chairperson Amy Pascal.

Journalism ethicists sound off on Florida paper’s gyrocopter coverage Posted: 16 Apr 2015 03:33 PM PDT The Capitol incident sparks a debate over what journalists are obligated to do.

U.S. objects to Boston bomber's lawyers' call to 'look deep inside' Posted: 16 Apr 2015 02:44 PM PDT By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Thursday objected to what they said was a call by lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that jurors "look deep inside" themselves when considering whether they believe the testimony of foreign witnesses. In a filing in Boston federal court, prosecutors said they objected to what they said was the defense's request that U.S. District Judge George O'Toole instruct the jurors to consider whether they are naturally prejudiced in favor of "people like themselves" and if they tend to discredit the testimony of foreign witnesses. Both prosecutors and defense witnesses are set to begin calling another round of witnesses, with the trial's sentencing phase expected to take four weeks before the jury begins deliberations on Tsarnaev's fate.

U.S. charges Florida man who landed helicopter near U.S. capitol Posted: 16 Apr 2015 01:09 PM PDT A Florida man who caused a major security scare after landing a small helicopter on the west lawn of the U.S. capitol was charged with two criminal offenses and then released from U.S. custody on Thursday pending trial. Douglas Mark Hughes, 61, a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, was charged with unlawfully operating a unregistered aircraft and violating national defense airspace. Aircraft are banned from flying in the area of the Capitol and the White House without permission. Attending the hearing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia still dressed in his blue postal service jacket, Hughes spoke only to confirm his name and accept the conditions of his release.

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