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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 The errors were mostly typographical or due to outdated technology, the FBI, the top U.S. law enforcement agency, said in the statement.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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