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• Three injured when American Airlines plane evacuated in Texas
• Cincinnati mayor speaks to Katie Couric on police shooting
• Lawyers to argue over fate of Colorado movie gunman Holmes
• Senator: Md. governor to close Baltimore detention center
• Los Angeles passes law banning large-capacity gun magazines
• NY federal judge to hear U.S. football star Brady's appeal
• James Holmes's revealing courtroom behavior
• Water parks and piano class: Colorado movie gunman's childhood
• Wreckage may be first trace of missing Flight MH370
• US official: Plane debris in Indian Ocean same type as MH370
• Planned Parenthood reports second website hack in a week
• Cincinnati police officer indicted in shooting death of black man
• Carter: Successful Iran nuclear deal better than strike
• Senate Republicans aim divert Planned Parenthood funds in abortion dispute
• Tennessee man arrested near Capitol complex: police

Three injured when American Airlines plane evacuated in Texas Posted: 30 Jul 2015 12:35 PM PDT Three people were injured when an American Airlines flight at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport was evacuated on Thursday before takeoff because of smoke in the cabin, the airline said. Hydraulic fluid leaked into the auxiliary power unit of Flight 1658 to Chicago, which led to 141 passengers and five crew members to leave the airplane by emergency slides and exits, according to the airline. Three people suffered minor injuries, the airline said.

Cincinnati mayor speaks to Katie Couric on police shooting Posted: 30 Jul 2015 11:10 AM PDT A University of Cincinnati police officer pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the fatal shooting of Sam DuBose.

Lawyers to argue over fate of Colorado movie gunman Holmes Posted: 30 Jul 2015 10:37 AM PDT By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Lawyers for both sides in Colorado's movie massacre trial are due to make closing arguments on Thursday in the penalty phase, then jurors will decide if mitigating factors such as mental illness outweigh aggravating ones that could justify the death penalty. After hearing 40-minute closing arguments, the panel will deliberate. If jurors vote unanimously that mitigating factors outweigh aggravating ones, Holmes will get an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for the July 20, 2012 mass shooting.

Senator: Md. governor to close Baltimore detention center Posted: 30 Jul 2015 10:01 AM PDT A Maryland lawmaker says the state will shut down a Baltimore jail that was the focus of a federal corruption investigation.

Los Angeles passes law banning large-capacity gun magazines Posted: 30 Jul 2015 09:27 AM PDT The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to ban the possession of large-capacity gun magazines on Tuesday, following San Francisco to become the second major city in California to take that step.  The ordinance prohibits Los Angeles residents from possessing a handgun or rifle magazine that fits more than 10 rounds. The law would take effect 30 days after Mayor Eric Garcetti signs it, a move that he was "eager" to make, he said in a statement. Similar ordinances in San Francisco and Sunnyvale, California, have so far withstood legal challenges and last year, a federal judge upheld a Colorado law banning magazines that hold more than 15 rounds.

NY federal judge to hear U.S. football star Brady's appeal Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:20 AM PDT The National Football League players union filed the petition in the midwestern state on Wednesday on behalf of Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback and four-time Super Bowl champion. The union wanted the case to be heard in Minnesota, where U.S. District Judge David Doty has a history of ruling in favor of players in labor cases against the NFL.

James Holmes's revealing courtroom behavior Posted: 30 Jul 2015 03:43 AM PDT As James Holmes watched his father being cross-examined on the witness stand Wednesday, the convicted Colorado theater shooter reverted to what has become his routine during many of the trial's more contentious moments: he swiveled.

Water parks and piano class: Colorado movie gunman's childhood Posted: 30 Jul 2015 03:27 AM PDT Defense lawyers trying to save the life of Colorado movie rampage gunman James Holmes have called witness after witness to take the stand just feet from where he sits, tethered to the floor, expressionless. At the beginning of his trial in late April, defense lawyers said they would show how Holmes was a normal, happy, social child who could have belonged to any of the jurors, before he was struck by severe mental illness.

Wreckage may be first trace of missing Flight MH370 Posted: 30 Jul 2015 01:53 AM PDT Investigators are treating debris found on an Indian Ocean island as a "major lead."

US official: Plane debris in Indian Ocean same type as MH370 Posted: 29 Jul 2015 09:50 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Air safety investigators have a "high degree of confidence" that a photo of aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year, according to a U.S. official said Wednesday.

Planned Parenthood reports second website hack in a week Posted: 29 Jul 2015 09:32 PM PDT Websites operated by Planned Parenthood and its political branch, Planned Parenthood Action, were clogged by a wide-scale "distributed denial-of-service," or DDoS, attack, the organization said. Service was restored shortly after the attack, but the group opted to keep its websites offline for the remainder of the day "to ensure that we are fully protected," Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement. Visitors to Planned Parenthood sites, which serve some 200,000 people a day seeking information on reproductive health, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, parenting, abortion and other topics, were being redirected to its Facebook pages for the time being, Laguens said.

Cincinnati police officer indicted in shooting death of black man Posted: 29 Jul 2015 07:37 PM PDT A University of Cincinnati police officer was indicted on Wednesday on murder charges in the fatal shooting last week of an unarmed black motorist who was stopped because of a missing front license plate. Ray Tensing, the 25-year-old white officer who shot Dubose in the head, "wasn't dealing with someone who was wanted for murder," Deters told a news conference. "He was dealing with someone who didn't have a front license plate.

Carter: Successful Iran nuclear deal better than strike Posted: 29 Jul 2015 07:20 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday that the U.S. armed forces stand ready to confront Iran, but told lawmakers that a successful implementation of the nuclear agreement with Tehran is preferable to a military strike.

Senate Republicans aim divert Planned Parenthood funds in abortion dispute Posted: 29 Jul 2015 03:48 PM PDT Senate Republicans seeking to cut all funding to reproductive health group Planned Parenthood over the alleged sale of aborted fetal tissue offered on Wednesday to divert the money to other providers of women's health. The Republican plan to take $500 million a year from Planned Parenthood and give it to the likes of hospitals and community health centers was criticized by family planning experts who said it showed a lack of understanding of how women's health services work.

Tennessee man arrested near Capitol complex: police Posted: 29 Jul 2015 02:41 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Capitol Police said on Wednesday that they arrested a Tennessee man who was driving near the Capitol complex with three firearms as well as ammunition in his vehicle.

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