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• Hillary Clinton urges new era of shared American prosperity
• Hillary Clinton officially kicks off campaign with NYC event
• Chief: Sniper shoots suspect in attack on Dallas police
• Queen's ceremonial birthday: Kate joins the parade
• Shots fired at Dallas police headquarters, explosive device found
• Massachusetts' Kennedy Institute offers window on U.S. Senate
• Gunshots fired near Dallas police headquarters
• Clinton to stage major rally, will vow to back working Americans
• Elbows flying, rhetorically, at Romney's 2016 retreat
• Female N.Y. prison employee pleads not guilty in convict escape
• McKinney pool party officer’s past includes allegations of racial profiling
• Washington state NAACP chapter leader investigated over racial identity
• Documents show bitter CIA dispute over pre-9/11 performance
• Prosecutors move to keep Hastert evidence secret

Hillary Clinton urges new era of shared American prosperity Posted: 13 Jun 2015 10:07 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a new era of shared prosperity in America and told thousands at a presidential campaign rally Saturday that workers can trust her to fight for them.

Hillary Clinton officially kicks off campaign with NYC event Posted: 13 Jun 2015 08:28 AM PDT

Chief: Sniper shoots suspect in attack on Dallas police Posted: 13 Jun 2015 07:24 AM PDT DALLAS (AP) — Dallas' police chief says a sniper has shot the suspect in an overnight attack on police headquarters and that the department is checking to see if he's still alive.

Queen's ceremonial birthday: Kate joins the parade Posted: 13 Jun 2015 06:02 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has marked her ceremonial birthday with the traditional "Trooping the Color" parade in the heart of London.

Shots fired at Dallas police headquarters, explosive device found Posted: 13 Jun 2015 05:46 AM PDT (Reuters) - Shots were fired from what was described as an armored van in an attack on Dallas Police headquarters early on Saturday, police said, and an explosive device was found outside the building. Dallas Police Chief David Brown told reporters that a motive for the attack was not yet known. The police chief said when police responded to reports of automatic gunfire, the van rammed a squad car and at least one person began shooting.

Massachusetts' Kennedy Institute offers window on U.S. Senate Posted: 13 Jun 2015 04:23 AM PDT By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - One young senator had to be prodded out of a nap. A Republican congresswoman alleged that Democrats must "enjoy spending money." There was talk of a filibuster.  This could have been the U.S. Senate, were it not for one thing: it went on to pass a massive immigration-reform bill this week. "We compromised," said Tacora Mcneil Davis, a high school student playing a Republican Senator in a mock legislative session at Boston's Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

Gunshots fired near Dallas police headquarters Posted: 13 Jun 2015 01:06 AM PDT DALLAS (AP) — Gunshots have been fired near the Dallas Police Department headquarters, prompting a pursuit involving several police vehicles and culminating in a standoff.

Clinton to stage major rally, will vow to back working Americans Posted: 12 Jun 2015 10:23 PM PDT By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton stages the first big rally of her presidential campaign on Saturday, trying to cast herself as a fighter for ordinary Americans and build a clearer case for why she wants to lead the country. Running to be the first female president, Clinton will trumpet her record on women's rights and talk about her mother's tough upbringing in a speech to thousands of supporters on New York's Roosevelt Island. The former first lady is also expected to outline her policies on economic issues such as trade and Wall Street reform that could trip her up as she fends off primary challenges from liberal Democrats.

Elbows flying, rhetorically, at Romney's 2016 retreat Posted: 12 Jun 2015 10:07 PM PDT PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Govs. Scott Walker and Chris Christie said presidential rivals in the Senate don't do anything. Sen. Marco Rubio denounced "old ways" in an indirect slap at older contenders. Sen. Lindsey Graham said his party may be going down a "death spiral" if it doesn't embrace minority and younger voters.

Female N.Y. prison employee pleads not guilty in convict escape Posted: 12 Jun 2015 09:18 PM PDT By Barbara Goldberg and Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman employee of an upstate New York prison on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges that she helped two inmates stage a daring escape from the maximum security facility. Joyce Mitchell, an industrial training supervisor at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, was arrested on suspicion of having smuggled contraband into the prison, from which convicts Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped last weekend, authorities said. Mitchell, 51, is charged with promoting prison contraband and criminal facilitation, according to the New York State Police.

McKinney pool party officer’s past includes allegations of racial profiling Posted: 12 Jun 2015 08:46 PM PDT The latest law enforcement officer to fuel the national uproar about race and policing once jailed an African-American man for a defective headlight and was sued by another man for racial profiling, excessive force and other civil rights violations.

Washington state NAACP chapter leader investigated over racial identity Posted: 12 Jun 2015 08:13 PM PDT By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - A prominent leader of the African-American community in Spokane, Washington, is under investigation for identifying herself as black on a city job application, as a white couple set off a media storm by saying they are her biological parents. Rachel Dolezal, 37, serves as chair of Spokane's independent police ombudsman commission, and identified herself as white, African-American and Native American when applying for the job, City Council President Ben Stuckart said in an interview on Friday. Dolezal is also president of the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization.

Documents show bitter CIA dispute over pre-9/11 performance Posted: 12 Jun 2015 04:09 PM PDT Top CIA officials fought bitterly in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks over whether U.S. intelligence agencies could have done more to stop the deadliest terrorist strikes in American history, documents released on Friday show. The once-secret documents include a more complete version of a 2005 report by the spy agency's inspector general, which found that the CIA did not have a comprehensive strategy or marshal adequate resources to combat al Qaeda before hijacked planes hit New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 9/11. At stake in the years-long dispute are the legacies of former top CIA officials and the agency itself.

Prosecutors move to keep Hastert evidence secret Posted: 12 Jun 2015 03:01 PM PDT Federal prosecutors on Friday petitioned a judge to keep secret their evidence in the case against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of trying to hide cash transactions and lying to the FBI about it. Hastert had allegedly paid close to $2 million to an individual to conceal past misconduct, which was reportedly sexual contact with a male student while he was a teacher and coach in the 1960s and 1970s. In a motion filed before Judge Thomas Durkin, who is hearing the Hastert case, prosecutors said sensitive information in the case should not be disseminated because it would "adversely affect ... the privacy interests of third parties" and also said that Hastert's defense attorneys do not oppose the motion.

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