| Syrian atrocity photos are real, FBI says Posted: 14 Jul 2015 12:57 PM PDT |
| 'Mockingbird's' Scout: What Gregory Peck would think of new Atticus Finch Posted: 14 Jul 2015 12:07 PM PDT  Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman," the long-awaited follow-up to her 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," hit bookshelves shortly after midnight on Tuesday...
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| Officials: 4 escape from Mississippi jail; 2 still at large Posted: 14 Jul 2015 11:17 AM PDT  RAYMOND, Miss. (AP) — Four prisoners escaped from a Mississippi jail before a late-night bed check with help from inside and outside the facility, officials said, and two remained at large Tuesday.
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| Your questions on Iran nuke deal answered Posted: 14 Jul 2015 10:11 AM PDT  Katie Couric and guests break down what the historic accord means for the U.S. and the world.
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| Colorado cinema massacre trial to hear closing arguments Posted: 14 Jul 2015 08:18 AM PDT  By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Lawyers in the trial of Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes will make their closing arguments on Tuesday to jurors who must decide whether he is a calculating mass murderer or was legally insane when he killed 12 people. Prosecutors and the defense have been allotted two hours each to present their case by Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour, after testimony in the almost three-month-long capital trial ended last week. When the shooting stopped, 12 moviegoers lay dead and 70 were either wounded by gunfire or were injured fleeing the theater. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Holmes if he is convicted.
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| Republican presidential candidates denounce Iran deal Posted: 14 Jul 2015 08:03 AM PDT  By Steve Holland MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidates on Tuesday roundly condemned President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, with Florida Senator Marco Rubio suggesting he would re-introduce sanctions if elected to the White House next year. The agreement reached between Iran and six major world powers will now be debated in the U.S. Congress, but Obama said on Tuesday he would veto any measure to block it. "It will then be left to the next president to return us to a position of American strength and re-impose sanctions on this despicable regime until it is truly willing to abandon its nuclear ambitions and is no longer a threat to international security," said Rubio, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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| Wal-Mart sued over denying health insurance to gay worker's wife Posted: 14 Jul 2015 07:30 AM PDT  A Wal-Mart Stores Inc employee sued the retailer on Tuesday, saying its prior policy of denying health insurance benefits to the spouses of gay employees violated gender discrimination laws. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, seeks nationwide class-action status. Wal-Mart, the largest private U.S. employer, began offering health insurance benefits to same-sex spouses last year, after the Supreme Court in 2013 struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act that denied federal benefits to married gay couples.
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| Missouri to execute man who killed teenage girl and left body in cemetery Posted: 14 Jul 2015 06:12 AM PDT  David Zink, 55, is scheduled to die by lethal injection after 6 p.m. CDT (1900 ET) at a state prison for the murder of Amanda Morton of Strafford, Missouri. Lawyers for Zink have filed a flurry of appeals seeking to halt the execution, including claims that Missouri officials will be violating federal law by using compounded pentobarbital in the execution. Zink is the named plaintiff in a lawsuit brought by a group of death row inmates in Missouri against state officials alleging its lethal-injection protocol is unconstitutional and creates a substantial risk of severe pain.
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| Obama says Iran nuclear deal prevents ‘more war’ in Middle East Posted: 14 Jul 2015 05:57 AM PDT |
| Parents of Colo. theater victim living in camper to not miss trial Posted: 14 Jul 2015 05:41 AM PDT  CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Lonnie and Sandy Phillips left nearly everything behind when they moved here three months ago to be a voice for their slain daughter during the capital murder trial of Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes. In the process, the Texas couple has discovered a bit of peace for themselves — in a 393-square-foot travel trailer.
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| Harper Lee's town joyful, anxious over 'Mockingbird' sequel Posted: 14 Jul 2015 05:24 AM PDT  MONROEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Judy May and her sister Julia Stroud drove back to their hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, and snatched up the first two copies as Harper Lee's new novel "Go Set a Watchman" as the book went on sale at midnight.
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| Formal nuclear deal has been reached with Iran Posted: 14 Jul 2015 12:12 AM PDT  VIENNA (AP) — A landmark Iran nuclear agreement was reached Tuesday after clearing final obstacles, and a senior diplomat said it included a compromise between Washington and Tehran that would allow U.N. inspectors to press for visits to Iranian military sites as part of their monitoring duties.
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| Oregon governor signs paid sick leave, retirement legislation Posted: 13 Jul 2015 09:15 PM PDT  Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed legislation on Monday mandating paid sick leave for nearly all workers and establishing a first-of-its kind state-run retirement program for private sector employees. Brown said the four bills, dubbed the "Fair Shot" agenda, will help working, low-income families by ensuring a living wage, retirement security and protection against racial profiling by police. With the passage of the bills, Oregon became the first state in the nation to automatically enroll residents in a defined-contribution plan if they are hired by an employer that does not already offer retirement benefits, according to the task force that designed the measure.
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| Can Walker become a national winner? Posted: 13 Jul 2015 06:28 PM PDT  The governor is looking to do what he does best, but in a brutal GOP primary: Survive and advance.
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| New York City to pay $5.9 million to family of Eric Garner Posted: 13 Jul 2015 05:39 PM PDT  Eric Garner's death, along with the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old black man in Ferguson, Missouri, last August by a white police officer, sparked protests around the country by people outraged over police treatment of African-Americans. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said on Monday the settlement with Garner's family was "in the best interest of all parties," adding that the city did not admit liability. "I believe that we have reached an agreement that acknowledges the tragic nature of Mr. Garner's death while balancing my office's fiscal responsibility to the City," Stringer said in a statement.
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| New York City pay $5.9 million to family of Eric Garner: N.Y. Times Posted: 13 Jul 2015 04:49 PM PDT  (Reuters) - New York City reached a settlement on Monday with the family of Eric Garner, agreeing to pay $5.9 million to resolve the claim over his killing by the police last July, the New York Times reported, citing a lawyer representing the family.
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| Boy Scouts committee approves allowing gay adults to serve as leaders Posted: 13 Jul 2015 02:19 PM PDT DALLAS (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America Executive Committee unanimously approved allowing gay adults to serve as leaders, officials said on Monday, a major step toward dismantling a policy that has caused deep rifts in the 105-year-old organization. |
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