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• Court won't lift hold on Obama immigration action
• Floodwaters rise in Houston; search goes on for 30 missing
• U.S. Capitol building evacuated after alarm sounded
• Amtrak to install cameras to monitor train engineers after crash
• Texas resident charged with conspiracy to provide support to Islamic State
• Connecticut police probe apparent stabbing, suicide near Yale
• Two killed in shooting at Walmart in North Dakota: report
• Maryland lawmakers take up police reform after Baltimore unrest
• Wisconsin judge to hold juvenile court hearing in Slenderman case
• Iraq announces launch of operation to drive IS from Anbar
• Washington Post reporter stands trial in Iran for spying
• Lawyer says allegations B.B. King was poisoned 'ridiculous'
• Homicide probe to be launched into B.B. King's death: officials
• Governor says deadly flooding is worst ever seen in Texas area
• Plane safe? Hacker case points to deeper cyber issues
• Cleveland, U.S. Justice Department reach settlement over police: New York Times
• Charter nears deal for Time Warner Cable

Court won't lift hold on Obama immigration action Posted: 26 May 2015 12:11 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court refused Tuesday to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama's executive action that could shield as many as 5 million immigrants illegally living in the U.S. from deportation.

Floodwaters rise in Houston; search goes on for 30 missing Posted: 26 May 2015 11:37 AM PDT Officials have confirmed 11 deaths so far in holiday weekend storms in Oklahoma and Texas.

U.S. Capitol building evacuated after alarm sounded Posted: 26 May 2015 10:04 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Capitol building was being evacuated after an audible alarm was sounded, U.S. Capitol Police said on Tuesday. No other details were immediately available on the cause for the alarm, although law enforcement was checking on the possibility of a fire, a police official said. (Reporting By Richard Cowan; Editing by Bill Trott)

Amtrak to install cameras to monitor train engineers after crash Posted: 26 May 2015 09:48 AM PDT (Reuters) - Amtrak plans to install video cameras to monitor the engineers of locomotives on its heavily traveled routes in the northeastern United States following a deadly derailment, the nation's largest passenger rail service said on Tuesday. The move to add cockpit cameras in trains on the Northeast Corridor line by the year's end follows a derailment outside Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured about 200. "Inward-facing video cameras will help improve safety and serve as a valuable investigative tool," Amtrak Chief Executive Joe Boardman said in a statement.

Texas resident charged with conspiracy to provide support to Islamic State Posted: 26 May 2015 09:31 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Texas resident has been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to Islamic State, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday. Asher Abid Khan, 20, of Spring, Texas, is accused of trying to travel to Syria to fight for the militant group. He was arrested on Tuesday morning and was to appear before a Texas federal judge later in the day, prosecutors said. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison.  (Reporting by Lindsay Dunsmuir)

Connecticut police probe apparent stabbing, suicide near Yale Posted: 26 May 2015 06:33 AM PDT (Reuters) - A 21-year-old Yale University student stabbed an acquaintance early on Tuesday and then jumped from the ninth floor of an apartment building near the campus, killing himself, police in Connecticut said. Both people involved were students at the Ivy League university, New Haven Police spokesman David Hartman said, adding that authorities are still investigating the incident. The stabbing victim was taken to Yale-New Haven hospital and is listed in stable condition, police said. (Reporting by Scott Malone in Boston)

Two killed in shooting at Walmart in North Dakota: report Posted: 26 May 2015 06:17 AM PDT (Reuters) - Shots were fired at a Walmart store in Grand Forks, North Dakota, early on Tuesday and two people were killed, including the gunman, WDAZ television reported. The 1 a.m. shooting involved an airman from the Grand Forks Air Force Base, WDAZ reported. The store was on lockdown as the investigation continued, WDAZ reported.

Maryland lawmakers take up police reform after Baltimore unrest Posted: 26 May 2015 04:26 AM PDT By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baltimore rioting over the death of a black man from injuries in police custody is spurring Maryland lawmakers to take action on criminal justice reform after legislation stalled in the statehouse. Legislators hope that the death of Freddie Gray, 25, can galvanize the Democratic-controlled state Assembly after bids for reforms, especially one that would alter a state law giving police special rights, went nowhere in the last legislative session. "Unfortunately for Freddie Gray, he becomes symbolic of similar type of issues facing police departments across the nation," said state Senator Catherine Pugh, co-chair of a 20-member bipartisan working group appointed this month to study police issues.

Wisconsin judge to hold juvenile court hearing in Slenderman case Posted: 26 May 2015 03:23 AM PDT A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday will begin a hearing on whether to move a trial from adult to juvenile court for one of the girls accused of stabbing her classmate 19 times to please Slenderman, a fictional Internet character. The girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, who were both 12 at the time, were charged as adults with attempted first-degree homicide in the May 2014 attack on a classmate in Waukesha, a suburb of Milwaukee. Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Michael Bohren will hold a two-day hearing to determine if the case against Weier belongs in adult court.

Iraq announces launch of operation to drive IS from Anbar Posted: 26 May 2015 02:52 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has announced the launch of an operation to drive the Islamic State group out of the western Anbar province, where the extremists captured the provincial capital earlier this month.

Washington Post reporter stands trial in Iran for spying Posted: 26 May 2015 01:31 AM PDT Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian went on trial behind closed doors in Iran Tuesday on charges of spying, a case that has clouded a rapprochement with the United States. Rezaian's wife, Yeganeh Salehi, who is also a journalist, appeared in court alongside her husband and a female press photographer, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported. The trial is being held in Branch 15 of the Tehran revolutionary court, which usually presides over political cases or those related to national security.

Lawyer says allegations B.B. King was poisoned 'ridiculous' Posted: 26 May 2015 01:16 AM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two B.B. King heirs who've been most outspoken about the blues legend's care in his final days have accused King's two closest aides of poisoning him, but the attorney for King's estate called the claims ridiculous and police said there was no active homicide investigation.

Homicide probe to be launched into B.B. King's death: officials Posted: 25 May 2015 10:34 PM PDT (Reuters) - Nevada officials said on Monday they would conduct a homicide investigation into the death of B.B. King who died this month at age 89, after two of his daughters leveled accusations that the blues great was murdered. The Clark County, Nevada coroner's office said in a posting on Twitter that it had taken jurisdiction over King's body, and that autopsy results would take a minimum of six to eight weeks. "Our coroner takes jurisdiction over #BBKing body, performs autopsy.

Governor says deadly flooding is worst ever seen in Texas area Posted: 25 May 2015 08:57 PM PDT By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday likened the ferocity of flash flooding that killed at least three people to a tsunami, and authorities said a dam had given way in a state park. Abbott declared states of disaster in 24 counties and flew over the area south of Austin to assess the damage caused by tornadoes, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and flooding that forced evacuations and rooftop rescues and left thousands of residents without electricity. "This is the biggest flood this area of Texas has ever seen," Abbott said.

Plane safe? Hacker case points to deeper cyber issues Posted: 25 May 2015 06:45 PM PDT Security researcher Chris Roberts made headlines last month when he was hauled off a plane in New York by the FBI and accused of hacking into flight controls via his underseat entertainment unit. Other security researchers say Roberts - who was quoted by the FBI as saying he once caused "a sideways movement of the plane during a flight" - has helped draw attention to a wider issue: that the aviation industry has not kept pace with the threat hackers pose to increasingly computer-connected airplanes. It will force the hand of organizations (in the aviation industry)," says Jonathan Butts, a former US Air Force researcher who now runs a company working on IT security issues in aviation and other industries.

Cleveland, U.S. Justice Department reach settlement over police: New York Times Posted: 25 May 2015 06:11 PM PDT Cleveland has reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over what federal authorities said was a pattern of unconstitutional policing and excessive use of force, the New York Times reported on Monday. The settlement could be announced as early as Tuesday, the newspaper said, citing people briefed on the matter. The settlement would come days after a judge declared a white Cleveland police officer not guilty in the shooting deaths of an unarmed black man and a woman in 2012.

Charter nears deal for Time Warner Cable Posted: 25 May 2015 05:24 PM PDT Charter Communications Inc. is close to buying Time Warner Cable for about $55 billion, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.

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