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• Philadelphia Boy Scouts council allows openly gay leaders
• U.S. confidence in police at 22-year low: Gallup poll
• Dylann Roof and Michael Slager are cellblock neighbors in Charleston County jail
• At least four dead as Tropical Depression Bill soaks central U.S.
• Cincinnati police officer, suspect die in shooting
• U.S. employee data breach tied to Chinese intelligence
• Colorado movie massacre trial prosecution to wrap up case
• Obamacare repeal to boost 10-year U.S. deficit by $353 billion: CBO, JCT
• Duration of escape depends on New York convicts' survival skills
• Exclusive: U.S. to set 24 percent emission cut for heavy trucks - source
• Greece gets temporary lifeline for banks amid uncertainty
• Men charged in Boston beheading plot to appear in court
• At least three dead as Tropical Depression Bill lashes central U.S.
• Woman dies after suspected smuggling boat hit by U.S. border vessel
• Delware governor signs bill decriminalizing pot: report
• White man threatens Virginia churchgoers, spews racial slurs: media
• Water main break forces evacuations at Philadelphia mall
• Builder of collapsed California balcony sued over flaws in another project
• Former NAACP leader in Washington state kicked off Spokane's police panel
• White suspect arrested in killing of nine at black U.S. church
• Church shooting victims identified: Track coach and librarian among those killed
• Three dead as Tropical Depression Bill lashes central U.S. states
• Justices render differing verdict in 2 free speech cases
• Seattle settles $2 million lawsuit for excessive force by police
• New Jersey man charged with conspiracy to provide support to Islamic State

Philadelphia Boy Scouts council allows openly gay leaders Posted: 19 Jun 2015 01:43 PM PDT The move by the Cradle of Liberty Council, which serves more than 15,000 members in the Philadelphia area, comes a month after Robert Gates, president of The Boy Scouts of America, called for an end to the long-time ban on adult gay leaders. "When we heard the remarks, we thought it was a good time for change," said council president James Papada, who announced the unanimous vote by the council's board of directors.

U.S. confidence in police at 22-year low: Gallup poll Posted: 19 Jun 2015 01:12 PM PDT The confidence level in police matched the low seen in 1993, when Gallup first began measuring it as a federal civil rights trial got underway over the 1991 beating of black motorist Rodney King by white Los Angeles police officers. Since 1993, American confidence in police has ranged from the low of 52 percent to a high of 64 percent in 2004, the Gallup poll found. The findings come amid heightened scrutiny of the treatment of African-American men by police in the United States, an issue that flared last year after the killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, New York City and elsewhere.

Dylann Roof and Michael Slager are cellblock neighbors in Charleston County jail Posted: 19 Jun 2015 11:19 AM PDT Charleston County's high-profile murder suspects Dylann Roof and Michael Slager are now jail neighbors.

At least four dead as Tropical Depression Bill soaks central U.S. Posted: 19 Jun 2015 11:03 AM PDT Bill, the second named tropical storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to lose strength as it moves into the Ohio Valley, bringing about 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cms) of rain in places such southern Illinois and Indiana as well as western Kentucky, the U.S. National Weather Service said. In Oklahoma, where two people were killed in weather-related incidents, the storm caused rivers already swollen by heavy rains at the end of May to spill their banks. The most recent victim was an 80-year-old woman found in a pickup truck that had been submerged about 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, police said.

Cincinnati police officer, suspect die in shooting Posted: 19 Jun 2015 10:14 AM PDT Officer Sonny Kim had been with the Cincinnati Police Department for 27 years, Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell told a news conference. "CPD lost one of our best today," Blackwell said. Blackwell said it was too early to go into much detail about the shooting, which happened in the Madisonville neighborhood in the eastern part of Ohio's third-largest city.

U.S. employee data breach tied to Chinese intelligence Posted: 19 Jun 2015 09:42 AM PDT By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Chinese hacking group suspected of stealing sensitive information about millions of current and former U.S. government employees has a different mission and organizational structure than the military hackers who have been accused of other U.S. data breaches, according to people familiar with the matter. While the Chinese People's Liberation Army typically goes after defense and trade secrets, this hacking group has repeatedly accessed data that could be useful to Chinese counter-intelligence and internal stability, said two people close to the U.S. investigation. Washington has not publicly accused Beijing of orchestrating the data breach at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and China has dismissed as "irresponsible and unscientific" any suggestion that it was behind the attack.

Colorado movie massacre trial prosecution to wrap up case Posted: 19 Jun 2015 09:25 AM PDT By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - After eight weeks and more than 200 witnesses, prosecutors in Colorado's movie massacre trial will wrap up their case against gunman James Holmes on Friday with heart rending testimony from the mother of his youngest victim. Partially paralyzed survivor Ashley Moser will testify in the afternoon about the day she had an ultrasound test and learned she was pregnant, then decided to take her six-year-old daughter Veronica to the movies to celebrate. Holmes' public defenders had sought to stop the jury from hearing much of Moser's account.

Obamacare repeal to boost 10-year U.S. deficit by $353 billion: CBO, JCT Posted: 19 Jun 2015 08:52 AM PDT Repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law would increase the U.S. budget deficit by $353 billion over 10 years, but the increase would be smaller if economic growth effects are considered, congressional forecasters said on Friday. In their first major analysis of the issue in three years, the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation said a repeal would increase the number of uninsured Americans and would lead to higher Medicare costs.

Duration of escape depends on New York convicts' survival skills Posted: 19 Jun 2015 07:45 AM PDT The two murderers who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, have evaded capture for nearly two weeks but wilderness survival experts are skeptical they will be able to do so for much longer. The U.S. Marshals Service has put escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat on its 15 Most Wanted Fugitives List and authorities on Friday pressed on with a widened search encompassing the entire country.

Exclusive: U.S. to set 24 percent emission cut for heavy trucks - source Posted: 19 Jun 2015 06:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday will propose a 24 percent cut in carbon emissions for heavy-duty trucks by 2027 from expected 2018 emission levels, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Greece gets temporary lifeline for banks amid uncertainty Posted: 19 Jun 2015 06:38 AM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece got a temporary lifeline for its banks Friday to help them cope with a deposit drain in the run-up to a summit of the eurozone's 19 leaders that could determine the country's future in the euro.

Men charged in Boston beheading plot to appear in court Posted: 19 Jun 2015 04:27 AM PDT Two New England men are due in court in Boston on Friday for a hearing tied to charges they plotted to help the militant group Islamic State by beheading Massachusetts police officers. David Wright, 25, of Massachusetts, and Nicholas Rovinski, 24, of Rhode Island, will appear for a detention hearing at 2 p.m. EDT in U.S. District Court in Boston. Wright was arrested by police in Boston on June 2, the same day that officers shot dead a third man, Usaamah Abdullah Rahim, while trying to question him about the beheading plot.

At least three dead as Tropical Depression Bill lashes central U.S. Posted: 19 Jun 2015 12:06 AM PDT By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Depression Bill pelted the central United States with heavy rain on Thursday after causing at least three deaths in the region, including a toddler in Oklahoma who was swept out of his father's arms by raging waters, officials said. In the southern Oklahoma city of Ardmore, emergency workers on Thursday found the body of the 2-year-old boy who died in flooding the day before after he and his father were swept into a creek, said Ardmore Police Captain Eric Hamblin. One person in neighboring Missouri was killed this week by flooding caused by rains from the storm hitting the region and a woman died in central Texas when she lost control of her car while driving through the storm, officials said.

Woman dies after suspected smuggling boat hit by U.S. border vessel Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:50 PM PDT A woman aboard a suspected immigrant smuggling boat died on Thursday after the skiff collided with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vessel in the waters off the coast of southern California, customs officials said. The vessel was first spotted off the coast of Encinitas, a city about 22 miles (35 km) north of San Diego, by Customs' Office of Air and Marine, according to a Customs spokeswoman.

Delware governor signs bill decriminalizing pot: report Posted: 18 Jun 2015 09:57 PM PDT The measure will allow individuals in Delware to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, and use it privately without facing criminal sanctions, though police could still confiscate the drug, according to Delaware Online, The News Journal. The statute also will reduce the penalty for using marijuana in a public place to a $100 civil fine. Under previous Delaware law, simple marijuana possession was a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a maximum fine of $1,150.

White man threatens Virginia churchgoers, spews racial slurs: media Posted: 18 Jun 2015 09:24 PM PDT No one was injured in the incident at the United Nations Church International, about 4 miles from downtown in the predominantly black capital city of Virginia, and police quickly took the person into custody, WRIC reported. The confrontation came a night after a white man opened fire inside an historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, during a Bible study, killing nine people in an attack that is being investigated as a hate crime. A video of the Richmond incident posted online by WRIC showed the man outside the church rapping on the window with an object and using a racial epithet as those inside frantically called for the doors to be locked.

Water main break forces evacuations at Philadelphia mall Posted: 18 Jun 2015 08:20 PM PDT A water main break flooded a busy shopping center in Philadelphia on Thursday, damaging businesses and forcing about 100 people in the area to be evacuated, some of them by raft, a Philadelphia Water Department official said. Six businesses at the shopping center were closed for cleaning from the flood and were expected to reopen on Friday, he said. DiGiulio confirmed that about 100 people, including customers and employees at the shopping center, were evacuated.

Builder of collapsed California balcony sued over flaws in another project Posted: 18 Jun 2015 06:57 PM PDT California-based Segue Construction paid $3.4 million to settle litigation over alleged defects in a condominium development in Millbrae, California, after a homeowners association sued, the homeowners' lawyer said. The design and construction of outdoor spaces such as balconies were "a very prominent part of the litigation," said San Francisco attorney Thomas Miller, who represented the homeowners.

Former NAACP leader in Washington state kicked off Spokane's police panel Posted: 18 Jun 2015 05:51 PM PDT By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - The city council in Spokane, Washington, voted on Thursday to remove civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal, who drew national attention over her racial identity, from a police oversight commission over conduct violations, a city spokesman said. The decision comes after investigators hired by Spokane to investigate allegations of misconduct found Dolezal had publicly named citizens who made complaints against police officers, in violation of confidentiality rules. The lawyers, in investigating an April 16 whistleblower complaint, also found that the city employee who filed the complaint had faced intimidating and offensive behavior from Dolezal, who was the head of the Office of Police Ombudsman Commission, and two other commission members.

White suspect arrested in killing of nine at black U.S. church Posted: 18 Jun 2015 05:20 PM PDT A white man suspected of shooting nine people dead during Bible study at a historic African-American church in South Carolina was arrested on Thursday, a day after a massacre that authorities say was motivated by racial hatred. The mass shooting set off an intense 14-hour manhunt that ended when 21-year-old Dylann Roof was arrested in a traffic stop in a small North Carolina town, 220 miles (350 km) north of Charleston, South Carolina, where the shooting occurred, officials said. Roof, whose social media profile suggests a fascination with white supremacy, waived his right to extradition and was flown back to South Carolina hours after his arrest.

Church shooting victims identified: Track coach and librarian among those killed Posted: 18 Jun 2015 04:16 PM PDT A parish community in Charleston, S.C., is mourning the loss of nine people who were shot and killed in what authorities are calling a hate crime.

Three dead as Tropical Depression Bill lashes central U.S. states Posted: 18 Jun 2015 02:57 PM PDT By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Depression Bill pelted Oklahoma with heavy rains, triggering flooding that killed a 2-year-old toddler who was swept out of his father's arms by raging waters, officials said on Thursday. One person in neighboring Missouri was killed by flooding caused by rains from the storm hitting the region and a woman died in central Texas when she lost control of her car while driving through the storm, officials said. Bill, the second named tropical storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to dump between 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) of rain as it travels northeast through Arkansas and Missouri into West Virginia.

Justices render differing verdict in 2 free speech cases Posted: 18 Jun 2015 02:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In dueling decisions Thursday about free speech, the Supreme Court upheld Texas' refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag and struck down an Arizona town's restrictions on temporary signs put up by a small church.

Seattle settles $2 million lawsuit for excessive force by police Posted: 18 Jun 2015 01:36 PM PDT Seattle has agreed to pay nearly $2 million to a man who was shot in the face by police, the largest known settlement in the city's history for excessive use of force by police, an official said on Thursday. Nathaniel Caylor, 35, had filed a federal lawsuit against the Seattle Police Department arguing that officers Eugene Schubeck and Don Leslie used excessive force and violated his Fourth Amendment guarantee against illegal seizure during a 2009 incident in which he was badly wounded. The officers had gone to a Seattle home to check on Caylor after a family member called 911 saying he was suicidal and had his 20-month-old son in his care, court records show.

New Jersey man charged with conspiracy to provide support to Islamic State Posted: 18 Jun 2015 01:19 PM PDT A New Jersey man has been charged with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. Samuel Rahamin Topaz, 21, of Fort Lee, New Jersey, was arrested at his home on Wednesday, prosecutors said.

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