| Supreme Court allows Texas abortion clinics to remain open Posted: 29 Jun 2015 01:38 PM PDT  The Supreme Court is refusing to allow Texas to enforce restrictions that would force 10 abortion clinics to close.
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| Obama signs trade bills into law, says tough battle still ahead Posted: 29 Jun 2015 11:53 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law on Monday legislation that gives him "fast-track" power to negotiate trade deals and speed them through Congress, but he said he still has a battle ahead to finalize the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. "We still have some tough negotiations that are going to be taking place," Obama said at a signing ceremony for the legislation, surrounded by some of the lawmakers who helped him pass it after a six-week congressional fight. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton, Lindsay Dunsmuir and Emily Stephenson; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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| Co-worker recalls Colorado movie massacre gunman acting 'spaced out' Posted: 29 Jun 2015 10:30 AM PDT  Lawyers for Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes sought on Monday to build their case he was legally insane, calling a former co-worker at a pill-coating factory who remembered him as quiet, antisocial and acting oddly. Public defenders are seeking to save Holmes' life after the 27-year-old former neuroscience graduate student pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 people and wounding 70 in the July 2012 shooting rampage. Jose Sanchez worked with the defendant for three or four months beginning in the fall of 2010 at a pill- and capsule-coating factory in San Diego county, California.
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| Shot New York prison escapee is serious but stable Posted: 29 Jun 2015 10:12 AM PDT  By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Doctors updated the condition of New York prison escapee David Sweat to serious from critical on Monday, a day after he was shot by police after more than three weeks on the run, hospital officials said. Sweat, 35, is being treated in the state capital where a trauma team at Albany Medical Center determined that the convict did not require surgery, the hospital said in a statement.
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| French beheading suspect denies jihad motivation Posted: 29 Jun 2015 09:38 AM PDT  The man being held in France under suspicion of beheading his boss and trying to blow up a chemicals plant has told investigators there was no religious motivation behind the attack, a source close to the inquiry said on Monday. The source said Yassin Salhi, 35, told investigators he was not a jihadist and repeated earlier statements that he committed the act outside the southeast city of Lyon on Friday after a row with his wife the day before and his boss a few days earlier. The severed head of his boss was found hanging on the fence of a site belonging to U.S-based gas and chemicals company Air Products, next to flags bearing professions of the Muslim faith.
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| Justices uphold use of drug implicated in botched executions Posted: 29 Jun 2015 07:41 AM PDT  The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the use of a controversial drug that has been implicated in several botched executions. Two of the justices said for first time that death penalty itself probably is unconstitutional.
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| Supreme Court upholds Oklahoma lethal injection process Posted: 29 Jun 2015 07:20 AM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a drug used by Oklahoma as part of its lethal injection procedure does not violate the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, dealing a setback to opponents of the death penalty. The court, in a 5-4 decision, handed a loss to three inmates who objected to the use of a sedative called midazolam, saying it cannot achieve the level of unconsciousness required for surgery, making it unsuitable for executions. Justice Samuel Alito wrote on behalf of the court's conservative majority that the inmates had, among other things, failed to show that there was an alternative method of execution available that would be less painful.
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| Live at 9 a.m. ET: Katie Couric interviews Ted Cruz Posted: 29 Jun 2015 05:57 AM PDT  The Texas Republican and presidential candidate joins Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric to discuss his campaign, his record and his new book, "A Time for Truth."
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| In 2016 operation, Dr. Carson is outpacing many U.S. presidential rivals Posted: 29 Jun 2015 05:05 AM PDT  Ben Carson, a renowned neurosurgeon with no experience in the cutthroat world of Washington politics, is riding a surprising wave of support among conservatives that has placed him near the top of contenders for the Republican presidential nominee in 2016. The soft-spoken 63-year-old Carson, an African-American who only officially became a Republican last year, has found an opening in the wide-open race in which 13 candidates are running for the White House. In polls, Carson outperforms most of his fellow candidates, who often have much bigger media profiles, much more political experience and in many cases have track records as governors or senators.
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| Global stocks sink after Greece closes banks Posted: 29 Jun 2015 02:32 AM PDT  Greece shuts its banks for six days in a dramatic turn in its struggle with heavy debts.
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| Greece orders banks closed for a week after run on ATMs Posted: 29 Jun 2015 01:09 AM PDT  Greece announced early Monday it will shut banks for a week and impose capital controls, pleading for calm after anxious citizens emptied cash machines in a dramatic escalation of the country's debt crisis. Banks will be closed until July 6 -- the day after a referendum on bailout proposals -- with a 60-euro ($65) limit on ATM withdrawals, but foreign tourists, a vital engine of the Greek economy, will be exempt from the restrictions, a decree published in the official government gazette said. The drastic measures to protect Greece's banking system against the threat of mass panic came after the European Central Bank said it would not increase its financial support to Greek lenders, despite early signs of a chaotic bank run.
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| Decisions in last 3 Supreme Court cases expected Monday Posted: 29 Jun 2015 12:53 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is meeting for the final time until the fall to decide three remaining cases and add some new ones for the term that starts in October.
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| Greece imposes capital controls, banks to remain shut Posted: 28 Jun 2015 08:17 PM PDT  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's five-year financial crisis took its most dramatic turn yet, with the cabinet deciding after an 8-hour session that Greek banks would remain shut for six business days and restrictions would be imposed on cash withdrawals.
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| Texas attorney general says county clerks can refuse gay couples Posted: 28 Jun 2015 05:49 PM PDT  The nation's top court said on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to wed, handing a victory to the American gay rights movement. Paxton said in a statement that hundreds of public officials in Texas were seeking guidance on how to implement what he called a lawless and flawed decision by an "activist" court.
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| SpaceX rocket destroyed on way to space station, cargo lost Posted: 28 Jun 2015 03:34 PM PDT  An unmanned SpaceX rocket carrying supplies to the International Space Station broke apart Sunday shortly after liftoff. It was a severe blow to NASA, the third cargo mission to fail in eight months. The ...
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| Second NY prison escapee shot and captured Posted: 28 Jun 2015 02:11 PM PDT  New York (AFP) - A convicted murderer who escaped from a maximum-security New York prison three weeks ago has been shot and captured, authorities and media said Sunday, two days after his fellow escapee was shot dead.
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| Autopsy: Slain escaped inmate was shot 3 times in head Posted: 28 Jun 2015 01:54 PM PDT  MALONE, N.Y. (AP) — An escaped inmate was in surprisingly good shape for a man who spent three weeks on the run in the woods of upstate New York — well-fed, clean and dressed for the elements — before he was killed by authorities, a coroner said Sunday.
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| Escaped NY state inmate Sweat shot and in custody: reports Posted: 28 Jun 2015 01:21 PM PDT (Reuters) - Escaped New York state prison inmate David Sweat is in custody after being shot by police near the Canadian border, according to media reports on Sunday. |
