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• Accused Zimmerman shooter faces attempted murder charge in Florida: reports
• Crews battle wildfires raging across California, Alaska and Arizona
• New York prison superintendent in spotlight after convicts escape
• Brian Williams not returning to NBC's 'Nightly News;' to join MSNBC
• Obama on Charleston: It’s too easy to get guns in America
• Husband of NY prison worker tied to escape 'can't stand by her': lawyer
• Obama says church shooting shows need for reckoning on guns
• South Carolina massacre suspect had apparent interest in white supremacy
• Live: 9 killed in Charleston church shooting; gunman reportedly in custody
• U.S. top court upholds Texas refusal to issue Confederate license plate
• U.S. top court rules for death row inmate over intellectual disability claim
• Texas to execute man for bludgeoning mechanic to death in robbery
• Matt Bai: Hillary’s third-term conundrum
• Arizona brush fire prompts evacuations
• 9 fatally shot at historic black church in Charleston, SC
• The latest on Charleston shooting: 9 dead at black church
• U.S. to put woman on new $10 bill
• American soldier found dead at U.S. Army base in South Korea
• Experts spar in Virginia court over status of accused Russian fighter for Taliban
• Exclusive: U.S. regulators detail alleged Fiat Chrysler recall failings
• Experts point to likely wood rot in California balcony collapse
• U.S. regulators compile Takata recall data from automakers
• How the White House failed on trade
• Attorneys vow to push for new trial in Connecticut murder-for-hire plot

Accused Zimmerman shooter faces attempted murder charge in Florida: reports Posted: 18 Jun 2015 12:30 PM PDT (Reuters) - The man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder in the 2012 death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, now faces an upgraded attempted murder charge in Florida, according to media reports on Thursday.

Crews battle wildfires raging across California, Alaska and Arizona Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:57 AM PDT The fires, spread by wind and exacerbated by very dry conditions, have already consumed more than 100 structures in Alaska, and were threatening others in drought-hit California and Arizona. In Oregon, officials imposed new 12-county restrictions on the use of flammables such as fireworks. In a national forest outside Los Angeles, some 500 firefighters backed by air tankers and bulldozers were battling the timber-and-grass fueled Lake Fire, which was raging across some 1,500 acres (600 hectares) and was just 5 percent contained, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said.

New York prison superintendent in spotlight after convicts escape Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:25 AM PDT Hundreds of law enforcement officials have joined the hunt for the men who escaped, but investigators have also turned their attention to conditions inside the prison before and during the breakout, including a look at Racette's management of the facility. Authorities have charged a female prison worker with smuggling hacksaw blades to the inmates, who cut through steel walls, squeezed through a steam pipe and emerged from a manhole outside the maximum security prison's walls. At some point, the county prosecutor said, Joyce Mitchell, 51, who worked in the prison tailor shop, discussed plans with the inmates, David Sweat, 35, and Richard Matt, 48, to murder her husband, who also works at the prison.

Brian Williams not returning to NBC's 'Nightly News;' to join MSNBC Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:07 AM PDT (Reuters) - NBC said news anchor Brian Williams, suspended for fabricating a story about being on board a helicopter when it was attacked in Iraq, will not be returning as anchor of the top-rated "Nightly News" program. Williams will join MSNBC as anchor of breaking news and special reports, NBC Universal said in a statement on Thursday.

Obama on Charleston: It’s too easy to get guns in America Posted: 18 Jun 2015 10:50 AM PDT

Husband of NY prison worker tied to escape 'can't stand by her': lawyer Posted: 18 Jun 2015 10:31 AM PDT Lyle Mitchell, who like his wife, Joyce Mitchell, worked at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, did not know about the escape plans until they were discovered missing on June 6, his lawyer, Peter Dumas, told NBC's "Today" television program. On the 13th day of the massive manhunt by New York State Police and other law enforcement officers on Thursday, criticism began surfacing over a separate investigation ordered by Governor Andrew Cuomo into prison failings that led to the escape. Mitchell visited his wife on Tuesday in jail, where she is being held on charges she supplied hacksaw blades and other tools to Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 35, Dumas said.

Obama says church shooting shows need for reckoning on guns Posted: 18 Jun 2015 10:15 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Giving voice to intense heartache, anger and sadness, President Barack Obama said Thursday the South Carolina church shooting that left nine people dead shows the need for a national reckoning on gun violence in America.

South Carolina massacre suspect had apparent interest in white supremacy Posted: 18 Jun 2015 09:58 AM PDT The few images of him easily found online suggest he had a fascination with white supremacy. Dylann Roof, 21, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of having fatally shot nine people at a historic African-American church in South Carolina on Wednesday. Roof's uncle recalled telling his sister, the suspect's mother, several years ago that he was worried about Roof, and that he was too introverted.

Live: 9 killed in Charleston church shooting; gunman reportedly in custody Posted: 18 Jun 2015 08:54 AM PDT The FBI releases images of suspect, consider attack on historic black church a hate crime.

U.S. top court upholds Texas refusal to issue Confederate license plate Posted: 18 Jun 2015 07:34 AM PDT The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Texas did not infringe on free speech rights when it rejected a proposed specialty vehicle license plate displaying the Confederate flag. The court ruled on a 5-4 vote that the state did not violate the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment free speech guarantee when it turned away the application made by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

U.S. top court rules for death row inmate over intellectual disability claim Posted: 18 Jun 2015 07:17 AM PDT The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a federal judge was correct to hold a hearing on whether a convicted cop killer on Louisiana's death row is intellectually disabled and therefore potentially ineligible for the death penalty. The court, in a 5-4 decision, threw out an appeals court ruling that said Kevan Brumfield was not eligible for the special hearing in which the lower court judge found he was intellectually disabled. Brumfield will remain on death row for now, as the appeals court has yet to decide if the judge was correct to find that Brumfield was ineligible for the death penalty.

Texas to execute man for bludgeoning mechanic to death in robbery Posted: 18 Jun 2015 04:15 AM PDT Texas is set on Thursday to execute Gregory Russeau, 45, who was convicted of killing a 75-year-old auto mechanic in a 2001 robbery and driving off from the crime scene in the victim's car. Texas plans to put Russeau to death by lethal injection at its death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. CDT. If the execution goes ahead, it would be the 527th in the state since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

Matt Bai: Hillary’s third-term conundrum Posted: 18 Jun 2015 02:40 AM PDT As a party's third-term candidate, you have to be both more ideologically pure and more flexible than the incumbent president.

Arizona brush fire prompts evacuations Posted: 18 Jun 2015 01:07 AM PDT By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - A wind-aided brush fire burned without containment near a small town in central Arizona late on Wednesday, forcing authorities to evacuate an estimated 300 residents from the area.     Authorities ordered the evacuations of the roughly 100-unit Stevens Trailer Park and another 100 residences as the fire raged in a dry riverbed near the community of Kearny, about 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Phoenix.    Initial reports indicated that at least two residences and two other structures, plus a vehicle, had been scorched, said Mike Reichling, Arizona State Forestry Division.

9 fatally shot at historic black church in Charleston, SC Posted: 17 Jun 2015 10:55 PM PDT Authorities described the shooting as a hate crime; suspect remains at large.

The latest on Charleston shooting: 9 dead at black church Posted: 17 Jun 2015 10:22 PM PDT Authorities intend to investigate the shooting as a hate crime; suspect remains at large.

U.S. to put woman on new $10 bill Posted: 17 Jun 2015 08:45 PM PDT A yet-unchosen woman, likely "a champion for our inclusive democracy," will be featured on the $10 note from 2020.

American soldier found dead at U.S. Army base in South Korea Posted: 17 Jun 2015 07:39 PM PDT A U.S. soldier attached to an intelligence battalion in Japan has died during training exercises in South Korea, the U.S. military said in a statement on Thursday. The body of Michael William Corey, a non-commissioned officer from Oro Valley, Arizona, was found on Monday by Korean residents near the outskirts of Camp Jackson, a U.S. Army base north of the South Korean capital, Seoul, the statement said. Corey "died while conducting land navigation training at Camp Jackson", the United States Forces Korea.

Experts spar in Virginia court over status of accused Russian fighter for Taliban Posted: 17 Jun 2015 07:07 PM PDT Attorneys for a former Russian army officer charged with terrorism and conspiracy for his role in a Taliban attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan argued in federal court in Virginia on Wednesday that the case should be dismissed because he was a war combatant. Irek Hamidullin, who is believed to be in his early 50s, is the first military prisoner from Afghanistan to appear in a federal court. A U.S. grand jury indicted Hamidullin in 2014 on charges that he joined the Taliban in a 2009 attack on an Afghan police base.

Exclusive: U.S. regulators detail alleged Fiat Chrysler recall failings Posted: 17 Jun 2015 06:51 PM PDT The document, an official draft of a notice to be published in the Federal Register, contains the most strongly worded language to date by regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and expands from 20 to 22 the number of recalls that NHTSA intends to scrutinize at a public hearing on July 2. The automaker could face more than $700 million in fines and be required to buy back or replace vehicles if regulators find that it failed in its legal recall obligations. NHTSA and FCA did not respond to inquiries seeking comment.

Experts point to likely wood rot in California balcony collapse Posted: 17 Jun 2015 06:19 PM PDT All 13, mostly college students from Ireland working in the San Francisco Bay Area for the summer on temporary visas, were hurled to the street below when the fourth-floor balcony gave way during a birthday celebration on Tuesday. The integrity of the stucco-over-wood frame construction at the Library Gardens apartment complex, near the University of California at Berkeley, immediately came under scrutiny as city inspectors began to examine the accident site.

U.S. regulators compile Takata recall data from automakers Posted: 17 Jun 2015 03:37 PM PDT Automakers affected by the Takata air bag inflator recall have loaded the ID numbers of millions of recalled vehicles into a searchable system, allowing consumers and government officials to examine the data, U.S. safety regulators said on Wednesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will begin combing through the filings of 11 automakers to see how their Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) match with information provided earlier by Takata Corp . "We'll revise that number if necessary," NHTSA spokesman Gordon Trowbridge said.

How the White House failed on trade Posted: 17 Jun 2015 03:21 PM PDT Last week, 157 House Democrats voted against giving Obama fast-track authority

Attorneys vow to push for new trial in Connecticut murder-for-hire plot Posted: 17 Jun 2015 02:49 PM PDT Attorneys for a Connecticut woman convicted in 2002 of killing her brother-in-law in a murder-for-hire plot vowed on Wednesday to carry her fight for a new trial to federal court after a state court judge blocked her bid for a re-hearing. Former attorney Beth Carpenter, now 51, is serving a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole for plotting with her lover and boss, Haiman Clein, to kill her brother-in-law, exotic dancer Anson Clinton, who Carpenter suspected of abusing his 3-year-old stepdaughter. Rockville Superior Court Judge Samuel Sferrazza on Tuesday ruled that Carpenter's current legal team did not prove their claims that her trial lawyers, Hugh Keefe and Tara Knight, were ineffective at trial by failing to seek a change of venue or seeking a plea deal with prosecutors.

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