| Petraeus sentenced to 2 years' probation for military leak Posted: 23 Apr 2015 12:38 PM PDT  Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose career was destroyed by an extramarital affair with his biographer, has been sentenced to two years' probation and a $100,000 fine for giving her classified material while she was working on the book.
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| Lynch confirmed as US attorney general, 1st black woman in post Posted: 23 Apr 2015 11:49 AM PDT  The Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch as the nation's first black female attorney general Thursday, installing an aggressive counter-terrorism prosecutor as the top law enforcement official for President Barack Obama's final 21 months in office.
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| ‘Clinton Cash’: Donations to Bill and Hillary’s foundation scrutinized ahead of book Posted: 23 Apr 2015 11:18 AM PDT Four separate stories published Wednesday and Thursday — by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Politico and Yahoo News — take a look at donations detailed in Peter Schweizer's "Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich," which is due out May 5. |
| Boston bombing survivors recall 'chaos and glass and blood' Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:47 AM PDT By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Three people who survived the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing on Thursday recalled seeing the first of a pair of explosions but not having enough time to react before the second homemade bomb went off, tearing off their legs. Federal prosecutors called victims to the stand as they tried to persuade a jury to sentence convicted bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, to death for his role in the attack that killed three people and injured 264 others. Heather Abbott recalled she had been waiting outside a restaurant near the race's finish line on April 15, 2013, when the first bomb went off in one of the highest-profile attacks on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. "I saw smoke and started hearing people scream and immediately what came to mind was footage I had seen on 9/11 when the (New York World Trade Center) buildings collapsed. |
| U.S. prosecutors rest case on death sentence for Boston bomber Posted: 23 Apr 2015 10:31 AM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Thursday rested their case after arguing that a jury should sentence to death convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. (Reporting by Scott Malone) |
| Lawyer of Michael Brown's family claims new evidence in Ferguson shooting Posted: 23 Apr 2015 09:23 AM PDT  (Reuters) - A lawyer for Michael Brown's family said on Thursday new evidence will show that former police officer Darren Wilson should have been indicted and held responsible for killing Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, last year. Brown's filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Ferguson on Thursday, seeking unspecified damages and changes in policing after the black teen's killing by a white officer set off a national debate on race and law enforcement. (Reporting by Suzannah Gonzales; Editing by Mary Wisniewski and Bill Trott)
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| White House: Two Al-Qaeda hostages killed in US operation Posted: 23 Apr 2015 07:44 AM PDT  The White House said Thursday that a US operation in January against an Al Qaeda compound near the Afghan-Pakistan border killed one American and one Italian hostage, along with an American member of the jihadist group. Another American, Al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn, was killed, "likely in a separate US government counterterrorism operation." "No words can fully express our regret over this terrible tragedy," the White House said, revealing the previously classified finding. The president "takes full responsibility for these operations." US President Barack Obama expressed his profound regrets to their families. The White House identified the hostages killed in the operation against the border compound as US contractor Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto.
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| White House: Americans held by, working with al-Qaida killed Posted: 23 Apr 2015 07:11 AM PDT  U.S. counterterrorism operations killed American and Italian hostages held by al-Qaida, as well as two Americans who were working with the terror organization.
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| Former U.S. General David Petraeus to be sentenced in leak case Posted: 23 Apr 2015 04:30 AM PDT  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. military commander and CIA director David Petraeus will appear in federal court in North Carolina on Thursday to face sentencing for allegedly leaking secrets to a mistress who was writing his biography. Petraeus, a now-retired U.S. Army General, has already agreed to plead guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. Instead, Petraeus will agree to pay a $40,000 fine and receive two years of probation, according to court documents. Petraeus, who served stints as the top U.S. commander in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned from the CIA in 2012 after it was revealed that he was having an affair with the biographer, Army Reserve officer Paula Broadwell.
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| Matt Bai: Lincoln Chafee’s 2016 run might matter more than you think Posted: 23 Apr 2015 02:23 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton shouldn't laugh off the Republican turned Democrat as others have done in the past.
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| Family of black Ferguson teen killed by police to sue city Posted: 22 Apr 2015 11:10 PM PDT  (Reuters) - The family of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old killed in Ferguson last summer by a white police officer, will file a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, attorneys for the family said on Wednesday. Brown's shooting by officer Darren Wilson last August sparked a wave of angry demonstrations and unrest over police violence, particularly against minorities. The lawsuit will be filed on Thursday morning, lawyers Benjamin Crump and Daryl Parks said in a brief statement.
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| Detroit suburb police chief resigns after officer beat black man: newspaper Posted: 22 Apr 2015 10:20 PM PDT  (Reuters) - The police chief of a Detroit suburb resigned on Wednesday, the Detroit Free Press newspaper reported, just days after one of the department's officers was charged over a beating of a black driver in January that was caught on video. It was the latest resignation of a police chief following allegations of excessive force used by officers against minorities, which have sparked protests and unrest in cities across the United States. A statement from the city of Inkster said that Police Chief Vicki Yost's resignation was effective immediately, though it did not specifically mention the beating case and thanked Yost for her work, the newspaper reported. On Monday, prosecutors charged former Inkster officer William Melendez, 46, with misconduct and assault in the beating of black motorist, Floyd Dent.
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| California bill ending 'beliefs' exemption for childhood vaccines advances Posted: 22 Apr 2015 09:49 PM PDT By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California's senate education committee approved a bill making it mandatory for children to be vaccinated before starting school despite opposition from "ant-vaxxer" parents who have packed public hearings and flooded lawmakers with calls. The bill, which has already passed the senate health committee, has several more hurdles to clear before becoming law. It next goes to the senate judiciary committee, before going to the state senate, and finally the assembly. Under the bill, only children with medical waivers to opt out of vaccinations would be exempted. |
| Civil lawsuit to be filed in Michael Brown's death Posted: 22 Apr 2015 09:01 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for the parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a St. Louis suburb, announced Wednesday night that they planned to file a civil lawsuit the following day against the city of Ferguson.
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| Arizona's Sheriff Arpaio says he delegated court order on profiling Posted: 22 Apr 2015 07:25 PM PDT  By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Controversial Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio dodged questions on Wednesday over whether he was to blame for allowing deputies to violate a court order blocking immigrants from being detained solely on the suspicion of being in the country illegally. Arpaio, who bills himself as "America's toughest sheriff," was testifying at a hearing in federal court to determine if he and four others should be held in civil contempt in connection with the long-running racial profiling case. Speaking in a rasping and sometimes shaky voice, the 82-year-old told the Phoenix courtroom that others were given the task of complying with the judge's 2011 court order. "I delegated this court order to my subordinates and counsel that represent me," Arpaio said.
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| House passes cyber-threat information bill Posted: 22 Apr 2015 06:52 PM PDT  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would make it easier for private companies to share information about cyber security threats with each other and the government without fear of lawsuits. Several previous bills addressing the issue had failed, partly because of concerns that they might lead to more of the surveillance exposed two years ago by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. "At some point, we need to stop talking about the next Sony, the next Anthem, the next Target, the next JP Morgan Chase and the next State Department hack, and actually pass a bill that will help ensure that there will be no next cyber attack," said Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.
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| Tsarnaev middle finger photo formally entered into evidence Posted: 22 Apr 2015 03:04 PM PDT  Prosecutors formally enter into evidence a video still of the now-convicted Boston Marathon bomber giving a courthouse security camera the middle finger.
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| New York jurors retire with no verdict in case of missing boy Posted: 22 Apr 2015 02:47 PM PDT  By Natasja Sheriff NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors deliberating murder and kidnapping charges against a man who confessed to strangling 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 ended a sixth day of deliberations on Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the notorious case. Pedro Hernandez, 54, is on trial in the killing of Patz, whose disappearance from his New York City neighborhood nearly 36 years ago changed the way U.S. authorities respond to reports of missing or abducted children. During the deliberations in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, the jurors asked Judge Maxwell Wiley for a list of all the witnesses and exhibits from the three months of testimony in the trial. One the earliest was the boy's mother, Julie Patz, who took the stand in January.
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| Pentagon chief warns sexual assault problem could deter recruits Posted: 22 Apr 2015 01:29 PM PDT  By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned on Wednesday that the military's sexual assault problem could drive away new recruits, and urged a group of officer trainees to have the courage to speak out against behavior that contributes to sexual misconduct. Carter's remarks to reserve officer trainees at Georgetown University came ahead of the Pentagon's annual report to Congress on sexual assault and prevention efforts, which is expected in the next few weeks. The U.S. defense chief noted that the department had achieved some success in dealing with the problem, implementing 150 congressional and Pentagon directives in recent years to curb sexual assault and encourage reporting of the crime.
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