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• Iran and EU announce framework for nuclear deal
• Boston bombing prosecutors ask judge to explain conspiracy to jury
• U.S. arrests two women over alleged bomb plot, Islamic State ties: ABC
• Robert Schuller, Crystal Cathedral megachurch founder, dies
• Second black box found from French Alps plane crash
• Indiana lawmakers announce proposed religious law changes
• Arkansas, Indiana lawmakers to seek fixes of religion bills
• McDonald's raising average worker wage to about $10 an hour
• Gunmen attack university in northeastern Kenya
• Patient evaluated for Ebola at Colorado hospital after seeing symptoms
• Arkansas, Indiana race to update religion bills
• Apparent murder-suicide leaves four dead in Oklahoma
• NYPD detective reassigned after taped tirade against Uber driver
• The Menendez indictment: 'Girlfriend 2,' the doctor and the senator
• Arkansas governor seeks fix of religion bill seen as targeting gays
• California governor orders 25 percent reduction in water usage statewide

Iran and EU announce framework for nuclear deal Posted: 02 Apr 2015 11:26 AM PDT Iran and six world powers have agreed on the outlines of an understanding to limit Iran's nuclear programs, officials told The Associated Press Thursday. Negotiations continued on a dispute over how much of it to make public.

Boston bombing prosecutors ask judge to explain conspiracy to jury Posted: 02 Apr 2015 09:33 AM PDT Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Thursday to instruct the jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial that defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev need not have known all the details of the plot to be guilty.

U.S. arrests two women over alleged bomb plot, Islamic State ties: ABC Posted: 02 Apr 2015 09:02 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have arrested two women over an alleged bomb plot targeting the New York City area, ABC News reported on Thursday. The two women were allegedly "being radicalized" by the Islamic State militant group, ABC said. (Reporting by Washington Newsroom; Editing by Will Dunham)

Robert Schuller, Crystal Cathedral megachurch founder, dies Posted: 02 Apr 2015 08:11 AM PDT ARTESIA, Calif. (AP) — The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, the Southern California televangelist and author who beamed his upbeat messages on faith and redemption to millions from his landmark Crystal Cathedral only to see his empire crumble in his waning years, has died. He was 88.

Second black box found from French Alps plane crash Posted: 02 Apr 2015 07:07 AM PDT Marseille (AFP) - The second black box from the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps last week has been found after a nine-day search, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Indiana lawmakers announce proposed religious law changes Posted: 02 Apr 2015 06:50 AM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's Republican legislative leaders have unveiled changes to the state's new religious objections law that has faced criticism it could allow discrimination against lesbians and gays.

Arkansas, Indiana lawmakers to seek fixes of religion bills Posted: 02 Apr 2015 06:18 AM PDT (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Indiana and Arkansas plan on Thursday to remedy religion acts that were sent back to them this week following criticism from rights activists and businesses who said the measures allowed discrimination against gays. The Arkansas Senate took up the challenge late on Wednesday, sending legislation to the House of Representatives that would bring its Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into line with federal statutes. Indiana's governor said lawmakers should fix a similar RFRA.

McDonald's raising average worker wage to about $10 an hour Posted: 02 Apr 2015 04:26 AM PDT McDonald's Corp plans to raise the average pay of about 90,000 U.S. workers to around $10 an hour, but the increase will not benefit workers at the vast majority of the restaurants, because they are operated by franchisees, who make their own wage decisions. Workers groups said the move by McDonald's, which is also adding benefits such as paid vacations, fell short of their goals. McDonald's, which announced the increases on Wednesday, has been fighting weak traffic and slumping sales in the United States. Starting wages at the restaurants will move to $1 above the locally mandated minimum wage.

Gunmen attack university in northeastern Kenya Posted: 02 Apr 2015 03:07 AM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gunmen attacked a college campus in northeast Kenya early Thursday, opening fire in dormitories and killing at least 15 people and wounding 29 others, witnesses said. The attack bore the hallmarks of a Somali Islamic extremist group.

Patient evaluated for Ebola at Colorado hospital after seeing symptoms Posted: 02 Apr 2015 02:36 AM PDT (Reuters) - A patient was being evaluated in isolation at a Colorado hospital for Ebola on Thursday after experiencing symptoms of the disease, health officials said. The patient, who was not identified and was considered low-risk, had recently traveled to an Ebola-affected country and was transported on Wednesday evening to the Medical Center of the Rockies after falling ill, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said in a statement. (Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Arkansas, Indiana race to update religion bills Posted: 02 Apr 2015 01:15 AM PDT Lawmakers in both states are scrambling to revise the controversial measures.

Apparent murder-suicide leaves four dead in Oklahoma Posted: 02 Apr 2015 12:59 AM PDT (Reuters) - Police discovered four bodies of a family, including two young boys, inside a home in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Wednesday in what appeared to be a murder-suicide, officials said. Tulsa Police Captain Matt McCord told reporters that officers went to the home after receiving a call from the employer of the man in the household, requesting they check up on the house. Police found the bodies, all shot and killed, presumably by the father given the proximity of the gun to his body, McCord told reporters in a video published online by the Tulsa World newspaper.

NYPD detective reassigned after taped tirade against Uber driver Posted: 01 Apr 2015 10:36 PM PDT (Reuters) - A New York police detective was transferred from the department's elite Joint Terrorism Task Force on Wednesday after a video showing him screaming at an Uber driver over an alleged traffic violation went viral online, police said. NYPD Commissioner William Bratton said in a statement the detective, whom he did not identify, was placed on modified assignment and transferred following an internal investigation. The officer, named by the New York Times as Patrick Cherry, can be seen in the video of the Monday incident unleashing an expletive-laden tirade against the driver over alleged vehicle and parking violations. You're not important enough." The three-and-a-half minute video appeared to have been captured by a passenger in the car, who commiserated with the driver when the officer had stepped away.

The Menendez indictment: 'Girlfriend 2,' the doctor and the senator Posted: 01 Apr 2015 09:32 PM PDT New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted Wednesday on federal corruption charges.

Arkansas governor seeks fix of religion bill seen as targeting gays Posted: 01 Apr 2015 07:24 PM PDT By Steve Barnes LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson told lawmakers on Wednesday to revise a bill that rights activists and U.S. businesses said allowed discrimination against gays, and home-state corporate giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc praised his action. The state's Senate took up the challenge late on Wednesday, sending to the House of Representatives legislation that would bring the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into line with federal statutes. Indiana's governor a day earlier said lawmakers should fix a similar RFRA. In a news conference at the Capitol in Little Rock, Hutchinson, who previously said he would sign the bill, said he was sending the act back to the Republican-controlled legislature to be rewritten so it can better balance tolerance for diversity and protections of religious freedom.

California governor orders 25 percent reduction in water usage statewide Posted: 01 Apr 2015 06:51 PM PDT By Sharon Bernstein PHILLIPS, Calif. (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown, acting in the face of a devastating multiyear drought, ordered the first statewide mandatory water restrictions on Wednesday, directing cities and communities to reduce usage by 25 percent. In California, the drought lingers despite storms that brought some respite in December and February.

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