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• Stage set for lingering standoff over Illinois budget
• 43 years after tragic car crash, Beau Biden’s death leaves Joe Biden grieving again
• Heartfelt tributes pour in for Beau Biden
• Senate set to convene on future of U.S. telephone spying powers
• Watchdog says ex-Nazis got $20.2 million in Social Security
• Jeb Bush says U.S. should embed some troops with Iraqis for training
• Two stabbed, wounded at Tufts University frat house
• States enlist prisoners, plan biosecurity to combat avian flu threat
• Secretary Kerry flown to Swiss hospital after bike crash
• Kerry hospitalized in Geneva after French cycling accident
• Senate meets with key Patriot Act provisions on the ropes
• Biden announces death of son, Beau, of brain cancer
• Joe Biden says his son has died of brain cancer
• More flooding in Texas after storms, two dozen dead
• Mormon leader L. Tom Perry dies at 92, opposed same-sex marriage
• B.B. King recalled with love, humor at Mississippi funeral
• Martin O'Malley launches populist campaign from embattled hometown

Stage set for lingering standoff over Illinois budget Posted: 31 May 2015 12:40 PM PDT A standoff between Democrats who control the Illinois Legislature and the state's Republican governor may extend well into the summer after no deals emerged ahead of the end of the spring legislative session on Sunday. Senate President John Cullerton, a Chicago Democrat, said that it was unlikely Democrats and Republican Governor Bruce Rauner will reach any deals on the budget and other matters before the key session wraps up later on Sunday. House Speaker Michael Madigan, also a Chicago Democrat, later ordered his chamber back into session next Thursday and said House lawmakers will be in continuous session with as little as 48 hours notice throughout the summer.

43 years after tragic car crash, Beau Biden’s death leaves Joe Biden grieving again Posted: 31 May 2015 11:34 AM PDT Earlier this month, Vice President Joe Biden delivered the commencement address at Yale University, where he recalled the 1972 car accident that killed his wife, Neilia, and 1-year-old daughter, Naomi, and left his two sons, Beau, 3, and Hunter, 2, hospitalized.

Heartfelt tributes pour in for Beau Biden Posted: 31 May 2015 10:13 AM PDT Leaders from both sides of the political aisle are mourning the death of Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, who died Saturday of brain cancer at age 46.

Senate set to convene on future of U.S. telephone spying powers Posted: 31 May 2015 09:40 AM PDT By Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is set to convene in a rare Sunday session in a last-ditch attempt to pass legislation to allow U.S. spy agencies to continue to sweep up information on Americans' telephone calls and other business records.     Failure to pass such legislation would mean that key provisions of the USA Patriot Act would expire and, facing a midnight (0400 GMT Monday) deadline, the National Security Agency would have to shut off a vast surveillance system.     The Patriot Act was signed into law by Republican President George W. Bush after the Sept. ...

Watchdog says ex-Nazis got $20.2 million in Social Security Posted: 31 May 2015 09:07 AM PDT In a forthcoming report triggered by an Associated Press investigation, the top watchdog at the Social Security Administration found the agency paid $20.2 million in benefits to more than 130 suspected Nazi war criminals, SS guards, and others who may have participated in the Third Reich's atrocities during World War II.

Jeb Bush says U.S. should embed some troops with Iraqis for training Posted: 31 May 2015 08:35 AM PDT By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Jeb Bush, calling President Barack Obama's handling of the Islamic State a failure, said the United States should embed some U.S. troops with Iraqi forces to train them and identify targets. The expected Republican presidential candidate, in an interview to be aired Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation," said he was not calling for U.S. combat forces to be deployed in Iraq, in what would be a return to the war policy run by his brother, former President George W. Bush.

Two stabbed, wounded at Tufts University frat house Posted: 31 May 2015 07:49 AM PDT (Reuters) - Two people were stabbed and injured inside a fraternity house at Tufts University near Boston on Sunday morning, the university said on its web site. Early in the morning Tufts alerted people on campus to take shelter while police searched the area. The alert was lifted after the campus search was completed, but the school said an "enhanced police presence" would continue.

States enlist prisoners, plan biosecurity to combat avian flu threat Posted: 31 May 2015 04:17 AM PDT By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) - Indiana is training 300 prisoners to kill infected chickens and banning bird shows at county fairs. Mississippi is considering road barricades and planning biosecurity measures. Iowa is trying to figure out how to deal with a mountain of dead - and reeking - chickens.

Secretary Kerry flown to Swiss hospital after bike crash Posted: 31 May 2015 03:45 AM PDT GENEVA (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry was helicoptered to a Swiss hospital Sunday after a bike crash outside of Geneva, where he had been holding nuclear talks with Iran's foreign minister.

Kerry hospitalized in Geneva after French cycling accident Posted: 31 May 2015 03:11 AM PDT Secretary of State John Kerry was injured in a cycling accident across the border in France, the State Department said.

Senate meets with key Patriot Act provisions on the ropes Posted: 31 May 2015 12:59 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Key Patriot Act anti-terror provisions, including bulk collection of Americans' phone records, expire at midnight unless senators come up with an 11th hour deal in an extraordinary Sunday afternoon session.

Biden announces death of son, Beau, of brain cancer Posted: 30 May 2015 08:01 PM PDT The former Delaware attorney general was reported to be undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center outside Washington.

Joe Biden says his son has died of brain cancer Posted: 30 May 2015 07:13 PM PDT U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday his son Beau has died after battling brain cancer. "The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words. Earlier this month, Biden, 46, a former Delaware attorney general, was reported to be undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center outside Washington.

More flooding in Texas after storms, two dozen dead Posted: 30 May 2015 05:49 PM PDT By Lisa Maria Garza and Jim Forsyth DALLAS/SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Rain caused flooding on roads in parts of Texas on Saturday, an official said, after severe weather killed at least 24 people during the week and prompted U.S. President Barack Obama to declare a disaster in the state. Texas has endured record rainfall in May. This week, flooding turned streets into rivers, ripped homes off foundations, swept over thousands of vehicles and trapped people in cars and houses. Obama signed a disaster declaration late on Friday to free up federal funds to help rebuild areas of Texas slammed by the storms.

Mormon leader L. Tom Perry dies at 92, opposed same-sex marriage Posted: 30 May 2015 04:44 PM PDT (Reuters) - Mormon leader L. Tom Perry, the oldest member of the faith's highest governing body and who spoke against same-sex marriage, died from cancer on Saturday at age 92, the church said. Perry, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, died at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement. Perry was present when Utah lawmakers and Mormon leaders introduced a landmark bill in March barring discrimination against gays and transgender people while protecting the rights of religious groups and individuals.

B.B. King recalled with love, humor at Mississippi funeral Posted: 30 May 2015 04:12 PM PDT INDIANOLA, Miss. (AP) — B.B. King's early life personified the blues: He was born to dirt-poor sharecroppers in the cotton country of the Mississippi Delta and left alone by the deaths of his mother and grandmother when he was a child. But he never let those circumstances hold him back or define him, a minister said Saturday at the funeral of the blues legend.

Martin O'Malley launches populist campaign from embattled hometown Posted: 30 May 2015 02:19 PM PDT

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• Kerry, Zarif fail to make breakthrough in nuclear talks
• FBI says working to fix errors in DNA-matching data
• More flooding in Texas after week of storms
• Disagreement over impact if US surveillance laws do expire
• Powerful quake strikes off Japan; no tsunami warning
• Obama says 'handful of senators' blocking surveillance reforms
• O'Malley readying presidential announcement in Baltimore
• Rollback of U.S. spy powers would mark post-9/11 watershed
• Presidential disaster declaration signed after Texas storms kill 21
• Obama signs disaster declaration over deadly Texas storms
• U.S. military orders review as anthrax mishap widens
• Kansas hospital monitoring patient for possible Ebola infection
• Texas legislature approves openly carrying handguns
• Obama: 'Handful of senators' standing in way of Patriot Act

Kerry, Zarif fail to make breakthrough in nuclear talks Posted: 30 May 2015 12:07 PM PDT Tehran rejected a key Western demand for site inspections Saturday and differences remained after US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart held talks to secure a nuclear deal. With a deadline a month away, a senior Iranian negotiator said the Geneva talks between Kerry and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif failed to bridge the differences between Tehran and world powers. "The differences are still there," Abbas Araghchi, deputy head of Iran's negotiating team, said at the end of the meeting.

FBI says working to fix errors in DNA-matching data Posted: 30 May 2015 11:35 AM PDT The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Saturday it had discovered errors on its database of DNA profiles used to determine the likelihood that DNA from a crime scene matches a suspect. In a statement provided to Reuters, the FBI said 33 out of a sample of 1,100 DNA profiles from its database contained discrepancies and that the bureau was "committed to correcting the inaccurate values in a transparent manner." The errors were mostly typographical or due to outdated technology, the FBI, the top U.S. law enforcement agency, said in the statement. The Washington Post reported late on Friday that the errors go back more than 15 years and that the FBI believes they are unlikely to affect cases that used the database.

More flooding in Texas after week of storms Posted: 30 May 2015 10:13 AM PDT (Reuters) - Rain showers caused flooding on roads in parts of Texas early on Saturday, an official said, after severe weather killed at least 21 people earlier in the week, prompting U.S. President Obama to declare a disaster in the state. Texas has endured record rainfall for the month of May. This week, flooding turned streets into rivers, ripped homes off their foundations, swept over thousands of vehicles and trapped people in cars and houses. Obama signed a disaster declaration late on Friday to free up federal funds to help rebuild areas of Texas affected by the storms.

Disagreement over impact if US surveillance laws do expire Posted: 30 May 2015 06:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Barring a last-minute deal in Congress, three post-Sept. 11 surveillance laws used against spies and terrorists are set to expire as Sunday turns into Monday.

Powerful quake strikes off Japan; no tsunami warning Posted: 30 May 2015 05:16 AM PDT TOKYO (AP) — A powerful but extremely deep earthquake has struck off Japan's Ogasawara islands, but officials say there is no danger of a tsunami.

Obama says 'handful of senators' blocking surveillance reforms Posted: 30 May 2015 03:07 AM PDT By Patricia Zengerle and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama warned on Friday that surveillance powers used to prevent attacks on Americans could lapse at midnight on Sunday unless "a handful of senators" stop standing in the way of reform legislation. Obama said he had told Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other senators that he expects them to act swiftly on a bill passed by the House of Representatives that would renew certain powers and reform the bulk collection of telephone data. "I don't want us to be in a situation in which for a certain period of time, those authorities go away and suddenly we're dark and heaven forbid we've got a problem," Obama told reporters in the Oval Office.

O'Malley readying presidential announcement in Baltimore Posted: 30 May 2015 12:56 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is ready to enter the Democratic presidential campaign, mounting a longshot challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the party's nomination in 2016.

Rollback of U.S. spy powers would mark post-9/11 watershed Posted: 29 May 2015 10:46 PM PDT By Warren Strobel and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At 3:59 p.m. EDT on Sunday, the National Security Agency and telecommunications companies will begin mothballing a once-secret system that collected Americans' bulk telephone records, shutting down computers and sealing off warehouses of digital data. If the U.S. Congress fails to act, key provisions of the USA Patriot Act will lapse in a watershed moment in the post-Sept. 11, 2001, era. Intrusive government powers, created and wielded in the name of preventing another mass-casualty terrorist attack, would be at least partly scaled back, proponents and critics of the surveillance say.

Presidential disaster declaration signed after Texas storms kill 21 Posted: 29 May 2015 09:56 PM PDT By Lisa Maria Garza and Jim Forsyth DALLAS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration late on Friday for areas in Texas hammered by severe weather that killed at least 21 people, caused massive flooding and prompted evacuations this week. Storms that battered North Texas on Thursday and Friday added more runoff to swollen rivers and prompted hundreds of calls for help in Dallas, where some areas saw up to seven inches (17.8 cm) of rain. "Communities across the State of Texas have experienced devastating destruction, injury and – most tragically – loss of life due to the major and (an) unceasing severe weather system that has been impacting our state for weeks," said Governor Greg Abbott, who has declared 70 counties disaster areas.

Obama signs disaster declaration over deadly Texas storms Posted: 29 May 2015 09:40 PM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a disaster declaration for areas in Texas hit by storms and flooding that killed at least 21 people this week and prompted evacuations. The statement from the White House said the declaration would open up federal funds to assist residents, businesses and governments reeling from the major disaster to help rebuild. (Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Nick Macfie)

U.S. military orders review as anthrax mishap widens Posted: 29 May 2015 07:34 PM PDT By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Friday it discovered even more suspected shipments of live anthrax than previously thought, both in the United States and abroad, and ordered a sweeping review of practices meant to inactivate the bacteria. The Pentagon said a total of 11 states, two more than it first acknowledged, received "suspect samples," as did Australia and South Korea. It had previously only identified a foreign shipment to a U.S. air base south of Seoul.

Kansas hospital monitoring patient for possible Ebola infection Posted: 29 May 2015 06:06 PM PDT The University of Kansas Hospital said on Friday it was monitoring a patient for a possible Ebola infection after he returned from the West African nation of Sierra Leone and developed a fever. It's just the fever that tipped the balance," Dr. Lee Norman at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, told a news conference.

Texas legislature approves openly carrying handguns Posted: 29 May 2015 05:17 PM PDT The Republican-dominated Texas legislature approved a measure on Friday that would allow for openly carrying handguns in public in the state, a bill the governor has pledged to sign. Current Texas law grants residents the right to carry concealed handguns with a permit and for the open carrying of long guns such as rifles and shotguns.

Obama: 'Handful of senators' standing in way of Patriot Act Posted: 29 May 2015 02:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Blaming a "handful of senators" for stalled national security legislation, President Barack Obama said Friday that he has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other senators that he expects them to take action swiftly to extend key Patriot Act provisions.

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