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• Justice for Freddie Gray
• Streets near White House closed over suspicious package: Washington Post
• SkyWest plane forced to land in Buffalo, New York, after door opens
• Obama move would raise wages for millions
• U.S. top court makes it easier for people to sue the government
• Would-be Reagan assassin faces hearing that could expand freedom
• Tina Brown on Hillary Clinton's 2016 run
• Thousands of Washington state teachers plan one-day walkout
• Jury mulling death sentence for Boston bomber to hear more testimony
• France foils church attack plot in Paris
• A quiet night in Yemen's capital as Saudi halts offensive
• Obama: U.S. warned Iran not to send weapons to Yemen
• Photo of Tsarnaev giving middle finger in cell shown at trial
• Posh Beverly Hills considers empty pools, $1,000 fines amid drought
• Justice Department probes Baltimore police-custody death

Justice for Freddie Gray Posted: 22 Apr 2015 12:56 PM PDT Where does the investigation stand in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25 year old Baltimore man who suffered grievous injuries to his spine apparently while in police custody? Billy Murphy, Jr., a attorney Freddie Gray's family, speaks to Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga and offers his views on where the case stands, and what needs to be done to ensure justice for Mr. Gray and his family.

Streets near White House closed over suspicious package: Washington Post Posted: 22 Apr 2015 11:54 AM PDT (Reuters) - Streets around the White House were shut down because a suspicious package, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Police were investigating a package found several blocks east of the White House at 15th Street and F Street NW, the newspaper said. Nearby streets were closed to vehicles. (Reporting by Suzannah Gonzales; Editing by Fiona Ortiz and Sandra Maler)

SkyWest plane forced to land in Buffalo, New York, after door opens Posted: 22 Apr 2015 11:22 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A SkyWest Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing on Wednesday in Buffalo, New York, after a door opened in flight and the plane's cabin lost air pressure, NBC News reported. Several passengers reportedly lost consciousness on the Hartford, Connecticut-bound flight that took off from Chicago, NBC said. (Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst, editing by G Crosse)

Obama move would raise wages for millions Posted: 22 Apr 2015 10:31 AM PDT

U.S. top court makes it easier for people to sue the government Posted: 22 Apr 2015 07:47 AM PDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday made it easier for people to sue the federal government by ruling in favor of plaintiffs in two separate cases including one involving a Hong Kong woman who was strip-searched while in immigration detention in Oregon. President Barack Obama's administration had asked the court to impose a strict deadline for such lawsuits under a law called the Federal Tort Claims Act. The court's four liberals were joined in the majority by conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy, who often casts the deciding vote in close cases. One case involved Kwai Fun Wong, who was strip-searched while held in an Oregon immigration detention center in 1999.

Would-be Reagan assassin faces hearing that could expand freedom Posted: 22 Apr 2015 06:43 AM PDT By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge begins hearings on Wednesday on whether would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley Jr. could get more time outside the mental hospital where he has lived since shooting Ronald Reagan in 1981. Hinckley, 59, has been allowed since December 2013 to leave Washington's St. Elizabeths Hospital for 17 days a month to stay with his mother in Williamsburg, Virginia. Hinckley shot Reagan and three others, including White House press secretary James Brady, in an attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster, with whom he was obsessed. The hearing before U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman will determine whether the terms of Hinckley's confinement should be changed, and could last months before a decision is made.

Tina Brown on Hillary Clinton's 2016 run Posted: 22 Apr 2015 05:22 AM PDT The host of the Women in the World Summit talks with Yahoo's Bianna Golodryga about what's different this time around.

Thousands of Washington state teachers plan one-day walkout Posted: 22 Apr 2015 04:32 AM PDT By Victoria Cavaliere SEATTLE (Reuters) - Several thousand teachers across Washington state are planning a one-day strike on Wednesday to demand higher pay, better benefits and a reduction in class sizes, the state's largest teachers' union said. Nearly 3,000 teachers in nine school districts were planning to participate in the walkout, said Washington Education Association spokesman Rich Wood. The 5,000 members of the Seattle chapter of the union are voting this week on whether to stage their own walkout in May. At issue are cost-of-living raises and funding for benefits being considered by the state Legislature. Teachers also want the state Senate to abandon a plan that would increase class sizes in grades four to 12, the union said.

Jury mulling death sentence for Boston bomber to hear more testimony Posted: 22 Apr 2015 04:16 AM PDT The jury that will determine whether to sentence convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death or life in prison is due to face another day of emotional testimony on Wednesday. Tsarnaev, a 21-year-old ethnic Chechen, early this month was found guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 in the April 15, 2013, attack, as well as fatally shooting a police officer three days later as he and his brother prepared to flee the city. In the first day of the sentencing phase of Tsarnaev's trial, the jury heard from three people badly injured by the bombs and from the father and brother of Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager who was one of the three people killed by the blasts. Prosecutors told jurors they would be hearing more about the lives of the other fatal victims, 8-year-old Martin Richard, 23-year-old Chinese graduate student Lingzi Lu and 26-year-old Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier.

France foils church attack plot in Paris Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:28 AM PDT A man allegedly planning an attack on "one or two churches" has been arrested in Paris, France's interior minister announced Wednesday, adding the IT student was also allegedly behind the mysterious murder of a woman near the French capital. The 24-year-old, who was detained Sunday, was known to intelligence services for wanting to go to Syria to fight with jihadists. "Several war weapons, hand guns, ammunition, bullet-proof vests and computer and telephone hardware" were found at his home and in his car, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. The arrest comes more than three months after Islamic extremists went on a three-day killing spree in and around Paris, leaving 17 people dead.

A quiet night in Yemen's capital as Saudi halts offensive Posted: 22 Apr 2015 02:26 AM PDT SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's capital, Sanaa, was calm overnight and into Wednesday morning after Saudi Arabia declared an end to its month-long airstrikes targeting Yemen's Iran-backed Shiite rebels and their allies, a campaign that has claimed hundreds of lives and pushed the impoverished Arab country deeper into chaos.

Obama: U.S. warned Iran not to send weapons to Yemen Posted: 21 Apr 2015 08:05 PM PDT President Obama said the U.S. sent "very direct messages" to Iran warning it not to send weapons to Yemen that could be used to threaten shipping traffic in the region.

Photo of Tsarnaev giving middle finger in cell shown at trial Posted: 21 Apr 2015 03:41 PM PDT During a dramatic first day of the penalty phase in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, federal prosecutors showed the jury an image of the convicted Boston Marathon bomber giving the middle finger to a security camera at the courthouse.

Posh Beverly Hills considers empty pools, $1,000 fines amid drought Posted: 21 Apr 2015 01:49 PM PDT By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beverly Hills, the southern California city whose name evokes Hollywood-tinged glamour and luxury, is considering banning the refilling of swimming pools and fining residents $1,000 for water violations. Faced with an order from the governor to cut water use dramatically as the state reels from a three-year drought, city council members were expected to meet most of Tuesday afternoon before voting on which restrictions to impose on their well-heeled residents. Beverly Hills is one of the nation's most affluent cities, with palm tree-lined avenues and mansions surrounded by emerald-green lawns, fountains and pools. California's upscale communities have been criticized for using more water than working-class cities and towns as the state grapples with a devastating drought that has already forced tough new conservation measures and badly depleted reservoirs.

Justice Department probes Baltimore police-custody death Posted: 21 Apr 2015 01:32 PM PDT BALTIMORE (AP) — The Justice Department says it has opened a federal investigation after a man died of spinal injuries he suffered after an arrest in Baltimore.

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