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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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