| New York prison escapee turns 35 on ninth day of manhunt Posted: 14 Jun 2015 10:50 AM PDT  As the hunt for a pair of inmates who escaped from an upstate New York prison entered its ninth day on Sunday, new details emerged about how a female prison worker now under arrest promised to help them in a daring breakout. Sunday also marked the 35th birthday of David Sweat, the younger of the two convicted killers who broke out of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora by cutting through a steel wall and slithering through a steam pipe to a manhole on the street outside the prison's walls. Sweat and Richard Matt, 48, were discovered missing from their adjoining cells in the maximum security prison, located about 20 miles (32 km) south of the Canadian border, at 5:30 a.m. on June 6.
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| The voice of opposition past, Justice Kennedy may save Obamacare now Posted: 14 Jun 2015 06:21 AM PDT  By Joan Biskupic WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Justice Anthony Kennedy was furious when a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's healthcare law. As he read the dissenting opinion from the bench three years ago, his anger was palpable. It amounts instead to a vast judicial over-reaching." That was Kennedy on June 28, 2012.
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| As search for 2 killers drags on, rural N.Y. residents on edge Posted: 14 Jun 2015 06:04 AM PDT  Residents in rural New York, unaccustomed to locking their doors, day or night, were on edge as the manhunt stretched into a ninth day.
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| Pope eyes worldwide audience for environment encyclical Posted: 14 Jun 2015 04:39 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is looking for a global audience for his upcoming encyclical on the environment, saying it's addressed to everyone, not just Catholics.
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| Suspect only death in attack on Dallas police building Posted: 14 Jun 2015 12:16 AM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — A man who authorities say opened fire outside Dallas police headquarters from his parked van, with bullets piercing the glass at the entrance and causing damage inside, was the only person killed after the gunfire turned into a street battle and standoff.
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| In race for U.S. presidency, Jeb Bush runs from Romney's ghost Posted: 13 Jun 2015 10:19 PM PDT  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Republican Jeb Bush gathered donors in Miami for an April retreat, it was clear he planned a less scripted, more inclusive U.S. presidential campaign bearing little resemblance to that of the unsuccessful 2012 nominee Mitt Romney. "Let Jeb be Jeb" was the message Bush's advisers conveyed. A former Florida governor, Bush will launch his campaign for the November 2016 election in Miami on Monday, having built a well-funded organization but facing some of the same dilemmas that Romney faced.
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| U.S. plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, Eastern Europe: source Posted: 13 Jun 2015 09:15 PM PDT  The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday. "We will pre-position significant equipment," the official said, commenting on a New York Times report that the Pentagon was poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons for as many as 5,000 troops. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, declined to comment on the details of the report, which cited U.S. and allied officials.
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| Dallas suspect had talked of ‘shooting up schools and churches’ Posted: 13 Jun 2015 08:39 PM PDT  DALLAS — The suspect who attacked Dallas police headquarters overnight with a barrage of bullets and homemade explosives had a history of mental illness and violence, according to court records.
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| Clinton pitches to working Americans at presidential campaign rally Posted: 13 Jun 2015 07:05 PM PDT  Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised on Saturday to fight for a fairer society for ordinary Americans, staking out a place on the left to cut off any budding challenge for the Democratic nomination. In the first major rally of her campaign for the November 2016 presidential election, Clinton touched on many of the issues that energize liberal Democrats. Speaking on New York's Roosevelt Island, with Manhattan's skyscrapers as a backdrop, Clinton promised to "make the economy work for everyday Americans, not just those at the top" if elected president.
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| Los Angeles mayor signs $15/hour minimum wage hike into law Posted: 13 Jun 2015 06:17 PM PDT  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Saturday signed a law hiking the city's minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 by 2020, an increase that will affect hundreds of thousands of workers. The Los Angeles City Council approved the wage hike in May with a 14-1 vote. The law requires businesses with 25 or more employees to increase pay for minimum wage workers to $15 by 2020.
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| NAACP leader to speak Monday; parents say she lied on race Posted: 13 Jun 2015 04:04 PM PDT  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity sparked after her parents said she has falsely portrayed herself as black for years, but she is actually white.
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| Virginia officer indicted in killing of black man released on bond Posted: 13 Jun 2015 03:48 PM PDT Norfolk Police officer Michael Edington Jr., 25, was charged this week with voluntary manslaughter over the June 6, 2014 shooting death of 35-year-old David Latham. Edington said Latham had threatened him with a knife, the Virginia Pilot newspaper reported. Edington, who was indicted by a special grand jury on Thursday, was booked into jail and released on his own recognizance without having to post a cash bond, the Pilot reported. |
| Texas governor signs bills expanding carrying of handguns Posted: 13 Jun 2015 02:40 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law on Saturday bills allowing the open carrying of handguns in public and of concealed handguns on state university campuses, his office said. Abbott, a Republican, said the measures secure Texans' rights to bear arms guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment. "Today, I am proud to expand liberty in the Lone Star State," Abbott said in a statement.
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