| New York paupers' cemetery opens to mourners for first time Posted: 19 Jul 2015 11:59 AM PDT  It takes a mere 10 minutes by boat to navigate to New York City's Hart Island, one of the United States' largest paupers' cemetery. Grable, 64, was one of a few dozen mourners who for the first time walked across the barren island on Sunday. For years, city rules confined mourners to a small memorial gazebo, furnished with a few benches and tucked away on an island's corner.
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| Congress to examine FBI handling of Tennessee shooter Posted: 19 Jul 2015 10:52 AM PDT  U.S. lawmakers will examine possible shortcomings in law enforcement or intelligence in the case of a Tennessee shooting that killed five servicemen, a top Republican said on Sunday, adding that the case may be linked to Islamic State. Representative Mike McCaul, who heads the U.S. House of Representatives homeland security committee, told ABC's "This Week" program the case highlighted growing concern about Internet-based directives from Islamic State leaders in Syria. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the gunman appeared to be a "classic lone wolf," but said it was difficult to know for sure given new encryption applications available to terrorists.
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| Former President George H.W. Bush released from hospital: report Posted: 19 Jul 2015 10:35 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was released from a hospital in Maine on Sunday after being treated for a broken bone in his neck, spokesman Jim McGrath said according to USA Today.
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| Deposition: Cosby paid women to keep affairs secret Posted: 19 Jul 2015 05:45 AM PDT  In sworn testimony a decade ago, Bill Cosby suggested he was skilled at understanding nonverbal cues for sexual consent and called one of his accusers a liar.
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| Christmas in the Capitol? Congress' to-do list grows Posted: 19 Jul 2015 05:29 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress' midsummer to-do list may take until Christmas to clear.
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| Chattanooga stirs U.S. Muslims' concerns about radicalization Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:21 AM PDT  Addressing his congregation on the Eid al-Fitr holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, Imam Mohamed Abdul-Azeez implored worshipers to combat Muslim extremism in the aftermath of a shooting rampage that killed five servicemen in Tennessee. The suspect, a young Muslim who grew up in the Chattanooga area, also died in the gunfight on Thursday, the last day of Islam's holy month of fasting. It was the latest reminder to American Muslims of the need to find ways to keep teenagers and young adults from being drawn to ideologies promoted by such groups as Islamic State, the militants also known as ISIS who control part of Syria.
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| Before Tennessee rampage, suspect texted friend link to Islamic verse Posted: 18 Jul 2015 11:35 PM PDT  The suspect's friend said he thought nothing of the text message at the time, but now wonders if it was a clue to Thursday's rampage in Chattanooga, which has re-ignited concerns about the radicalization of young Muslim men. The suspect, Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, a Kuwaiti-born naturalized U.S. citizen, was killed in a gunfight with police. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the attack as an act of terrorism, but said it was premature to speculate on the gunman's motive.
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| Tenn. shooter suffered from depression: family Posted: 18 Jul 2015 09:11 PM PDT  Four Marines and a sailor were killed in the attack -- which authorities are treating as "an act of terrorism" -- before the gunman, Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, died in a shootout with police. "There are no words to describe our shock, horror and grief," Abdulazeez's family said in a statement cited by an NPR public radio journalist.
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| Deposition: Cosby paid women to keep affairs secret Posted: 18 Jul 2015 08:55 PM PDT  Bill Cosby, in sworn testimony a decade ago, said he had paid women after sex to keep the affairs from his wife, suggested he was skilled at understanding nonverbal cues for sexual consent and called one of his accusers a liar.
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| California brush fire forces evacuation of more than 300 campers Posted: 18 Jul 2015 08:40 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Dozens of children were among more than 300 people evacuated from campgrounds early on Saturday as firefighters battled brush fires burning in Southern California's drought-parched foothills, fire officials said. No injuries were reported and no structures were threatened from the fire that broke out at about 9:30 p.m. along the Angeles Crest Highway. It has charred some 100 acres northwest of San Bernardino, according to an online U.S. Forest Service post.
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| Bill Cosby testified he was adept at picking up on romantic cues: New York Times Posted: 18 Jul 2015 07:51 PM PDT  Comedian Bill Cosby, who faces accusations that he drugged and sexually assaulted women in incidents dating back years, described himself in a deposition from a decade ago as adept at picking up on cues about sex, the New York Times reported. The newspaper obtained the record of Cosby's testimony over four days in 2005 and 2006 and posted excerpts on its website on Saturday, with the former star of television's "The Cosby Show" providing descriptions of methods he used to pursue women and how he obtained Quaaludes. A judge this month released a document with excerpts from the deposition that included Cosby's admission that he obtained Quaaludes, the brand name for a sedative and muscle relaxant widely abused as a recreational drug in the 1970s, with the intent of giving it to young women to have sex with them.
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| Flag dispute triggers clash at South Carolina capitol Posted: 18 Jul 2015 06:27 PM PDT  By Greg Lacour COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) - At least five people were arrested on Saturday as white-supremacist and African-American groups clashed outside the South Carolina State House, where the Confederate battle flag was removed last week after a half-century, authorities said. Tensions rose quickly when a column of about 50 white supremacists, many carrying Confederate flags and one a Nazi flag, marched toward the south steps of the capitol at 3:15 p.m. Lines of state police separated them from a large crowd that jeered and booed. When the group reached the State House lawn, a scuffle broke out, and police moved in quickly to keep the fight from spreading.
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| Republicans defend McCain against attacks from Trump Posted: 18 Jul 2015 02:09 PM PDT |
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