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• Family, supporters mark anniversary of New York chokehold death
• Oklahoma man gets 30 years in prison for fatal 'atomic wedgie'
• Utah police find girl, 12, dead in field; say likely homicide
• Details emerge about Chattanooga shooting victims
• U.S. officials investigate Jordan trip by Chattanooga suspect: report
• Little known about suspect in fatal shooting of marines
• A year after Ferguson, U.S. civil rights groups gather pace
• Tornado caused 'significant' damage to Illinois town: police
• Bush: Clinton’s good intentions can't fix economy
• Colorado movie massacre gunman found guilty of multiple murders
• Four Marines and gunman killed in Tennessee shootings
• Planned Parenthood head sorry for tone in video on fetal tissue use
• Jurors reach verdict in trial of Colorado movie gunman
• Verdict reached in trial of Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes

Family, supporters mark anniversary of New York chokehold death Posted: 17 Jul 2015 12:00 PM PDT Family and supporters on Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the chokehold death of Eric Garner with rallies and vigils demanding police reforms and justice in the controversial case. Protesters headed to Staten Island, the New York City borough where Garner, a 43-year-old black father of six, died last July 17 after New York police put him in a banned chokehold. Video footage of police arresting Garner, in which he could be heard repeatedly saying he couldn't breathe, went viral on the Internet, helping draw attention to the case.

Oklahoma man gets 30 years in prison for fatal 'atomic wedgie' Posted: 17 Jul 2015 11:29 AM PDT An Oklahoma man was sentenced late on Thursday to 30 years in prison for asphyxiating his stepfather with an "atomic wedgie" in December 2013. Brad Lee Davis, 35, of McLoud, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in May in the death of his stepfather. Pottawatomie County District Judge John G. Canavan Jr. rejected Davis' plea for a second chance.

Utah police find girl, 12, dead in field; say likely homicide Posted: 17 Jul 2015 08:54 AM PDT The West Valley City Police Department said the girl's mother approached two officers at a 7-Eleven store at 1:30 a.m. and told them her daughter had been missing since midnight. "Evidence of trauma and indicators at scene suggest 12-year-old girl's death is homicide," it said. West Valley City is a western suburb of Salt Lake City.

Details emerge about Chattanooga shooting victims Posted: 17 Jul 2015 08:21 AM PDT Twenty-four hours after a deadly shooting spree that began at one military recruitment center in Chattanooga, Tennessee and ended at another, details are starting to emerge about the four Marines who were killed in Thursday's attack.

U.S. officials investigate Jordan trip by Chattanooga suspect: report Posted: 17 Jul 2015 07:51 AM PDT (Reuters) - Federal officials are investigating a months-long trip to Jordan that the Chattanooga shooting suspect took in 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Little known about suspect in fatal shooting of marines Posted: 17 Jul 2015 05:39 AM PDT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The man who authorities say killed four Marines in an attack on a military recruiting center and another U.S. military site was a 24-year-old, Kuwait-born engineer who had not been on the radar of federal authorities until the bloodshed.

A year after Ferguson, U.S. civil rights groups gather pace Posted: 17 Jul 2015 04:31 AM PDT By Edward McAllister NEW YORK (Reuters) - Taurean Russell was preparing to coach high school football in St. Louis last Aug. 9 when his Twitter feed began flashing images of a black teenager lying facedown on the street of a nearby suburb, shot dead by police.     Within hours came photos of the dead 18-year-old's stepfather, stony-faced, holding a cardboard sign that read: "Ferguson police just executed my unarmed son!!!"     "I've seen dead bodies on the street all my life," said Russell, 30. "Michael Brown's death was different.

Tornado caused 'significant' damage to Illinois town: police Posted: 17 Jul 2015 12:36 AM PDT (Reuters) - A tornado ripped through a town in western Illinois on Thursday, badly damaging homes, downing power lines and causing several gas leaks, state police said. There were no immediate reports of injuries in Cameron, a town of about 600 people some 200 miles southwest of Chicago, or in neighboring communities, but search and rescue missions would work through the night, Illinois State Police said.

Bush: Clinton’s good intentions can't fix economy Posted: 16 Jul 2015 11:12 PM PDT The GOP presidential candidate says the Democrat's economic plan would stifle tech innovation.

Colorado movie massacre gunman found guilty of multiple murders Posted: 16 Jul 2015 06:52 PM PDT Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes was found guilty on Thursday of multiple counts of first degree murder, a verdict that enables prosecutors to seek the death penalty for the former graduate student who killed 12 people and wounded 70 at a midnight premiere of a Batman film in 2012. After a three-month trial in which hundreds of witnesses testified and thousands of pieces of evidence were presented, jurors deliberated for about a day and a half, then found Holmes guilty on all 165 counts against him. Before the jury was called in at around 4:00 p.m. local time (1800 EDT), Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour warned the packed public gallery to refrain from emotional outbursts.

Four Marines and gunman killed in Tennessee shootings Posted: 16 Jul 2015 06:36 PM PDT By Rich McKay CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Reuters) - Four Marines were killed on Thursday by a gunman who opened fire at two military offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before being fatally shot in an attack officials called a brazen, brutal act of domestic terrorism. The Federal Bureau of Investigation named the suspect as Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, but said it was too early to speculate on a motive for the rampage, which comes at a time when U.S. military and law enforcement authorities are increasingly concerned about the threat posed by "lone wolves" to domestic targets. NBC News reported that Abdulazeez was a naturalized American who was born in Kuwait.

Planned Parenthood head sorry for tone in video on fetal tissue use Posted: 16 Jul 2015 05:30 PM PDT Planned Parenthood's president apologized on Thursday for the "tone and statements" of a senior staff member who was secretly recorded in a video that critics say suggests the U.S. reproductive health organization sells aborted fetal tissue. Despite Planned Parenthood's denials of the allegation, the video's release earlier this week has rapidly spurred investigations in the Republican-led U.S. Congress. Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a new video statement that the nonprofit organization does not profit from fetal tissue donation.

Jurors reach verdict in trial of Colorado movie gunman Posted: 16 Jul 2015 01:57 PM PDT By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - The jury in the Colorado movie massacre trial reached a verdict on Thursday, the second day of deliberations in the case of 27-year-old gunman James Holmes, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, a court spokesman said. Holmes' court-appointed attorneys say he suffers schizophrenia, that since high school he has heard voices ordering him to kill, and that he was not in control of his actions when he killed 12 people and wounded 70 as they watched a midnight premiere of a Batman film. The jury of nine women and three men submitted several written questions to Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour during their first day of deliberations on Wednesday, including asking for a white board and an index to the thousands of pieces of evidence brought up at trial.

Verdict reached in trial of Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes Posted: 16 Jul 2015 01:40 PM PDT CENTENNIAL, Colo. — A verdict has been reached in the highly-anticipated capital murder case against James Holmes, the gunman who killed 12 people when he opened fire on a sold-out Colorado movie theater in July 2012.

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