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• Wave of grisly Islamist attacks shocks world during Ramadan
• Crews to attempt to recover nine victims of Alaska plane crash: rescue official
• Clementa Pinckney eulogy caps a roller-coaster stretch for Obama
• U.S. top court rules for white supremacist over sentencing
• U.S. skips Aegis Ashore missile test after target malfunction
• U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage nationwide
• 1 dead, several hurt in suspected terror attack in France
• Obama to deliver eulogy Friday for slain South Carolina pastor
• 2015 NBA draft winners and losers
• Same-sex marriage among last 5 Supreme Court cases
• California licensing panel to probe deadly balcony collapse
• 9 killed in Alaska sightseeing plane crash
• Obamacare ruling puts Supreme Court on hot seat in U.S. presidential race
• Timberwolves select Karl-Anthony Towns with No. 1 pick in NBA draft
• No survivors aboard crashed Alaska excursion plane carrying nine
• 15 emails missing from Clinton cache
• Judge blocks Kansas ban on second trimester abortion procedure
• Maryland police shoot, kill unarmed man in domestic disturbance
• Boston bomber moved to federal penitentiary in Colorado: official
• Central Park restaurant sued for sexual, racial harassment

Wave of grisly Islamist attacks shocks world during Ramadan Posted: 26 Jun 2015 11:00 AM PDT From a mass shooting at a Tunisian beach resort to a severed head displayed in a French town, a wave of grisly attacks Friday shocked the world days after the Islamic State group urged supporters to carry out Ramadan attacks. There was no apparent link between the attacks, but IS claimed a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait in which 25 people were killed, and Islamist flags were found at the site of the French attack. The IS jihadists were also accused by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights of killing 146 civilians in an offensive on the Kurdish town of Kobane.

Crews to attempt to recover nine victims of Alaska plane crash: rescue official Posted: 26 Jun 2015 09:22 AM PDT Emergency crews will try on Friday to recover the bodies of nine victims of a sight-seeing plane crash in Alaska while federal investigators work to determine what caused the wreck, rescue officials said. Eight passengers and the pilot were killed when the plane went down during a tour of the Misty Fjords area of southeast Alaska on Thursday afternoon, flight operator Promech Air said. "We are going to be taking a look at the local weather but we are planning on a mission down to recover the victims this morning," said Jerry Kiffer, president of the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad.

Clementa Pinckney eulogy caps a roller-coaster stretch for Obama Posted: 26 Jun 2015 08:33 AM PDT Barack Obama is experiencing arguably the most pivotal stretch of his tumultuous and consequential two-term presidency as he heads to Charleston Friday to once again take up the unwelcome mantle of comforter in chief.

U.S. top court rules for white supremacist over sentencing Posted: 26 Jun 2015 08:15 AM PDT The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday threw out part of a tough federal criminal sentencing law for being overly broad in a ruling that backed a Minnesota white supremacist who challenged his sentence on a firearms crime. The court ruled in favor of Samuel Johnson, who was given 15 years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm. The justices found on a 6-3 vote that a sentencing provision of the federal Armed Career Criminal Act is so expansive that it violated the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment, which mandates due process under the law.

U.S. skips Aegis Ashore missile test after target malfunction Posted: 26 Jun 2015 08:00 AM PDT "Due to a target malfunction, the test wasn't conducted and an interceptor wasn't launched," said Rick Lehner, a spokesman for the U.S. Defense Department agency. No comment was immediately available from Lockheed. Raytheon Co, which builds the SM-3 missile used by the Aegis Ashore system, the land-based version of the Aegis combat system deployed on U.S. Navy destroyers, as well as its AN/SPY-1 radar, referred questions to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.

U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage nationwide Posted: 26 Jun 2015 07:27 AM PDT The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry in a historic triumph for the American gay rights movement. With the ruling, gay marriage will become legal in all 50 states. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing on behalf of the court, said that the hope of gay people intending to marry "is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization's oldest institutions.

1 dead, several hurt in suspected terror attack in France Posted: 26 Jun 2015 03:53 AM PDT A man has reportedly been decapitated in an attack on a factory in southeast France.

Obama to deliver eulogy Friday for slain South Carolina pastor Posted: 26 Jun 2015 02:32 AM PDT By David Adams CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - South Carolina will take a step forward in healing the wounds of last week's mass shooting when President Barack Obama arrives on Friday to deliver the eulogy for the pastor of the historic church where the attack took place. Reverend Clementa Pinckney, a widely admired state senator and pastor of Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, was among the nine people who died when a gunman opened fire during Bible study. The massacre has sparked an intense dialogue across the southern United States over the legacy of slavery and its symbols, centering on the Civil War-era battle flag of the Confederacy.

2015 NBA draft winners and losers Posted: 26 Jun 2015 02:01 AM PDT One former NBA player believes New York Knicks fans will regret booing his ex-teammate, Kristaps Porzingis.

Same-sex marriage among last 5 Supreme Court cases Posted: 26 Jun 2015 01:45 AM PDT The right of same-sex couples to marry is the biggest of five cases still to be decided.

California licensing panel to probe deadly balcony collapse Posted: 25 Jun 2015 11:54 PM PDT By Emmett Berg SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California licensing panel said on Thursday it would investigate a construction firm involved in building the Berkeley apartment balcony that collapsed last week, killing six people and injuring seven others. A team of industry experts selected by the Contractors State License Board will examine the balcony built by Segue Construction Inc for workmanship and perform other forensic analysis, said agency spokesman Rick Lopes.

9 killed in Alaska sightseeing plane crash Posted: 25 Jun 2015 11:37 PM PDT A small plane taking cruise ship passengers on an excursion crashes in southeast Alaska.

Obamacare ruling puts Supreme Court on hot seat in U.S. presidential race Posted: 25 Jun 2015 10:15 PM PDT By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Infuriated by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that kept President Barack Obama's healthcare program intact, conservative activists and Republican presidential candidates vowed on Thursday to make the role of the high court a central issue in the 2016 presidential election. Conservative ire was trained particularly on Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the majority opinion that preserved the subsidy regime underpinning the Affordable Care Act, even though another Republican appointee, Justice Anthony Kennedy, also voted with the majority. Roberts, who was appointed to the court by Republican President George W. Bush, has voted with court conservatives on many landmark cases, including ones involving campaign-finance laws and voting rights.

Timberwolves select Karl-Anthony Towns with No. 1 pick in NBA draft Posted: 25 Jun 2015 09:59 PM PDT There might not have been a promise in place, but there's no longer any question that Flip Saunders sees immense, franchise-changing promise in the 6-foot-11-inch, 250-pound frame of Karl-Anthony Towns.

No survivors aboard crashed Alaska excursion plane carrying nine Posted: 25 Jun 2015 09:43 PM PDT (Reuters) - All nine people aboard an excursion plane from a Holland America Line cruise ship that crashed on Thursday in Alaska died in the accident, the aircraft company said.

15 emails missing from Clinton cache Posted: 25 Jun 2015 05:56 PM PDT The State Department cannot find in its records all or part of 15 work-related emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton's private server that were released this week by a House panel investigating the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, officials said Thursday.

Judge blocks Kansas ban on second trimester abortion procedure Posted: 25 Jun 2015 05:40 PM PDT Lawmakers who supported the legislation banning the dilation and evacuation procedure had termed it "dismemberment abortion." The law was due to take effect on July 1, but was challenged by doctors from a clinic in Overland Park, Kansas. Shawnee County District Court Judge Larry Hendricks granted an injunction allowing the abortion methods to continue to be used in Kansas while the case is being heard.

Maryland police shoot, kill unarmed man in domestic disturbance Posted: 25 Jun 2015 03:17 PM PDT The death of Freddie Gray from injuries sustained while in custody of Baltimore's city police in April triggered protests and rioting in Maryland, and also raised questions about police practices across the country.

Boston bomber moved to federal penitentiary in Colorado: official Posted: 25 Jun 2015 03:02 PM PDT Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Thursday was moved to a U.S. penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, home to the so-called "Supermax" unit that houses high-risk prisoners, a spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons said. Tsarnaev, 21, was moved to the facility the day after a federal judge in Boston formally sentenced him to death by lethal injection for killing four people and injuring 264 in the April 15, 2013, bombing and its aftermath. Bureau of Prisons spokesman Edmond Ross confirmed the move.

Central Park restaurant sued for sexual, racial harassment Posted: 25 Jun 2015 02:13 PM PDT The suit, filed in U.S. district court in Manhattan by Akira Smalls, alleges the manager at the Loeb Boathouse made a series of boastful and graphic sexual comments to her, including asking her whether she had any sexually transmitted diseases, and the restaurant's chef got her drunk in a bid to have sex with her. The pricey restaurant, which opened in the 1950s, sits on the tip of the lake in the middle of Central Park, near its famous angel-topped Bethesda Fountain. When she complained to the owners in 2013 about sexual comments by the manager, James Modena, she was told he would not be fired, according to the suit.

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