| Suspected Charleston shooter could buy gun due to background check mix-up: FBI Posted: 10 Jul 2015 12:08 PM PDT  By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The suspect in the shootings of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, was erroneously able to buy a gun due to a mix-up in a background check which should have revealed an admission of drug possession, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said on Friday. The examiner of suspect Dylann Roof's federal background check did not see a police report in which Roof admitted to drug possession, which would have barred him from buying the weapon, Comey told reporters at a briefing. Roof, a 21-year-old white man linked to racist views, is charged in the June 17 shootings at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, where the nine were gunned down during a Bible-study session.
|
| CIA, FBI looking into forged letter from top Democrat Posted: 10 Jul 2015 11:49 AM PDT  The request for comment reached Sen. Dick Durbin's staff just after midnight on Monday. What did the No. 2 Senate Democrat have to say about a letter, over his signature, in which he appeared to dictate to Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk who should be in his government? A Washington, D.C.-based reporter for Russian outlet RIA Novosti wanted to know.
|
| FBI: Dylann Roof got gun because of screening-system failures Posted: 10 Jul 2015 10:43 AM PDT  FBI Director James B. Comey said that Dylann Roof was able to get a gun because of failures in the screening system for gun purchases.
|
| U.S. personnel chief quits after massive data breach Posted: 10 Jul 2015 10:10 AM PDT  Katherine Archuleta, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, has resigned from her post amid a cascading scandal over her handling of a massive breach of federal employee data, a congressional source has told National Journal.
|
| Lawyers for Colorado movie gunman James Holmes to wrap up case Posted: 10 Jul 2015 09:53 AM PDT  Lawyers trying to avoid the death penalty for Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes are due to wrap up their case on Friday, hoping they have convinced jurors he was legally insane when he carried out one of the worst U.S. mass shootings. Prosecutors say Holmes is a cold-blooded murderer who aimed to kill all 400 people in the packed midnight premiere of a Batman film at the Century 16 cinema in Aurora, a Denver suburb. Defense attorneys have called a succession of psychiatrists and psychologists who studied Holmes, as well as jail staff who met him after he was arrested at the scene dressed head-to-toe in body armor, a gas mask and a helmet.
|
| U.S. women's soccer team gets heroes' welcome in NYC Posted: 10 Jul 2015 09:38 AM PDT  The world champion women's national team gets the rare honor of a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan.
|
| Pope Francis seeks Bolivians' forgiveness for colonial-era crimes Posted: 10 Jul 2015 07:41 AM PDT  Pope Francis, in a historic gesture of reconciliation, sought forgiveness Thursday from Bolivia's predominantly indigenous inhabitants for crimes committed centuries earlier in the name of the Catholic Church. The Argentine-born pope, who has never been afraid to weigh into delicate issues both religious and political, made the comments on the second stop of a three-nation Latin America homecoming tour. "I want to tell you, and I want to be very clear: I humbly ask your forgiveness, not only for the offenses committed by our own church, but for the crimes committed by original inhabitants during the so-called conquest of America," Francis told a gathering of social activists, to sustained and enthusiastic applause.
|
| New York to fete Women's World Cup soccer champs with parade Posted: 10 Jul 2015 06:32 AM PDT  By Katie Reilly NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands headed for New York City's "Canyon of Heroes" on Friday to celebrate with the players and coaches of the United States women's soccer team for winning the World Cup, the first ticker tape parade honoring a women's sports team. The team will join the ranks of Apollo astronauts, foreign monarchs and baseball's New York Yankees in being honored with a parade and a granite marker on Broadway in lower Manhattan. "This team captured the imagination of the nation," said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at a press conference on the eve of the procession.
|
| One man’s trash is another man’s tourist destination in New York Posted: 10 Jul 2015 05:28 AM PDT Bright colored kayaks bobbed around the rotted hull of a World War II submarine chaser that was rusted into a ghostly shell and lapped by water as salty as tears. The kayaks paddled by tourists then glided a few feet away to a decayed, partly submerged ferry, part of the "Graveyard of Ships" tour, which winds through a marine salvage yard in New York City that is the final resting place for dozens of working boats and military vessels. "These sites are often appreciated for their authenticity or novelty value as a contemporary ruin," said Karl Kullmann, who teaches landscape architecture, environmental planning and urban design at the University of California at Berkeley. |
| Iran: Other side changing demands, making nuke talks tough Posted: 10 Jul 2015 03:49 AM PDT  VIENNA (AP) — The Iran nuclear talks turned Friday from talk of progress to a blame game, with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accusing the United States of shifting its demands. He dismissed a warning that the U.S. is ready to quit the negotiations as counterproductive.
|
| Monkey at Memphis Zoo escapes enclosure, eludes capture Posted: 10 Jul 2015 02:58 AM PDT The three-year-old Sulawesi macaque named Zimm scaled the wall of her exhibit on Thursday, got through an opening and then took off running through the garden, zoo officials said. "As we were looking at the primates, lo, and behold, a little monkey ran right in front of us," zoo visitor Kimberly Cross told WMC-TV. Zoo officials believe Zimm is still on the premises and hiding in a drain pipe. |
| Confederate flag to fall from South Carolina state capitol Posted: 09 Jul 2015 10:35 PM PDT  The Confederate battle flag, a symbol of both racism and southern pride, will be removed on Friday from the South Carolina state Capitol grounds after the Civil War banner fell from favor since the slaying of nine black churchgoers in June. The rebel flag, raised on state grounds more than 50 years ago at the height of the U.S. civil rights movement, is due to be lowered quietly at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). It will be moved to the "relic room" of a military museum in the state capital of Columbia to reside with other artifacts carried by southern Confederate soldiers 150 years ago.
|
| Exclusive: With feds slow to act, states target e-cigarette sales to minors Posted: 09 Jul 2015 10:19 PM PDT  Frustrated by the slow pace of federal action, state attorneys general are waging their own campaigns against the sale and advertising of e-cigarettes to minors. More than a dozen AGs, including those in New York, California, Indiana and Ohio, are using new state and local laws - some of which they helped craft - to put pressure on the industry at all levels, from neighborhood vape shops to big tobacco companies like Altria Group and Reynolds American Inc . "The key is to avoid another generation being addicted to nicotine," Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said in an interview.
|
| FBI head Comey: No deal with Snowden Posted: 09 Jul 2015 03:35 PM PDT  Two days after former Attorney General Eric Holder seemed to open the door to the idea of a possible deal with ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, FBI Director James Comey dismissed the idea, calling Snowden a "fugitive" who should be apprehended and brought to justice in the United States.
|
| Video shows armed man in California clash with Suge Knight: attorney Posted: 09 Jul 2015 01:40 PM PDT  By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Marion "Suge" Knight, who is charged with murder for running over a man at a California hamburger stand, plans to produce a video showing an attacker brandished a gun just before the fatal incident, his attorney said in court papers. Attorney Tom Mesereau gave few details on the video in a motion submitted on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, including how it was shot and how Knight obtained it. Knight, 50, is charged with murder, attempted murder and two counts of felony hit-and-run in connection with a Jan. 29 confrontation in the parking lot of a hamburger stand that left one man dead.
|
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire