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• Scott Walker goes after fellow Republicans in health care pitch
• Wildfires burn homes, prompt evacuations, kill wild horses
• Texas man arrested for luring college students into prostitution
• Texas launches jail safety study weeks after woman's death in custody
• Zimmerman to sell Confederate flag painting to help 'Muslim-free' gunshop
• Detroit to equip police officers, squad cars with cameras
• Two Texas men charged with hate crimes for torturing gay man
• New Jersey governor to hold talks about transportation amid commuter delays
• Clinton says Arctic drilling 'not worth the risk'
• Probe of Clinton's server could find more than just emails
• New York police probe prisoner death after fight with guards: NY Times
• Lawyers for Boston bomber seek new trial in new location
• Opening arguments expected in New England prep school rape trial
• Thai PM: Video shows 'some suspects' in blast that killed 20
• First two women soldiers pass elite U.S. Army Ranger course
• U.S. Army troops mobilized to help fight Western wildfires
• Indonesia official says missing plane is 'totally destroyed'
• Thai junta chief says Bangkok bomb 'suspect' identified
• Crashed Indonesian plane found 'destroyed' with 38 bodies
• Planned Parenthood asks judge for emergency ruling
• Trump immigration proposal divides GOP presidential field
• U.S. nuclear site in South Carolina on lockdown after potential security threat
• IRS says cyberattacks more extensive than previously thought
• Office of Minnesota dentist who shot Zimbabwe lion reopens without him

Scott Walker goes after fellow Republicans in health care pitch Posted: 18 Aug 2015 01:08 PM PDT Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker on Tuesday announced the first major policy initiative of his campaign...

Wildfires burn homes, prompt evacuations, kill wild horses Posted: 18 Aug 2015 12:19 PM PDT By David Ryder and Laura Zuckerman CHELAN, Wash./SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Dozens of wildfires burning across the drought-parched U.S. Northwest on Tuesday have destroyed scores of structures, sparked evacuation orders for thousands of people, and killed at least 27 wild horses. More than 100 homes have been destroyed since Friday in Washington state, Idaho and Oregon, authorities said. About 200 U.S. soldiers have been called in to reinforce civilian firefighters battling almost 90 blazes that have blackened more than 1 million acres (400,000 hectares) across the country's arid West.

Texas man arrested for luring college students into prostitution Posted: 18 Aug 2015 11:28 AM PDT Police in San Antonio have arrested what they describe as a "smooth talking man" who preyed on college women who were financially vulnerable, convincing dozens of them to be part of his prostitution business, officials said on Tuesday. Steven Sumlin, 38, was arrested at his home in San Antonio on Monday and charged with felony aggravated promotion of prostitution, police said. Sumlin is suspected of going to college campuses in San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas and telling women they could make hundreds or thousands of dollars doing unspecified jobs in his business, according to San Antonio Police Officer Douglas Greene, a spokesman.

Texas launches jail safety study weeks after woman's death in custody Posted: 18 Aug 2015 11:12 AM PDT Texas will conduct a study on jail safety with the goal of preventing suicide in custody, officials said on Tuesday, weeks after the death of a black woman in a county jail renewed questions about racial bias in U.S. policing. The announcement by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick comes a day after five special prosecutors were appointed to look into the death of Sandra Bland, 28. Patrick, a Republican, told a news conference he had asked a Texas Senate committee to conduct the study.

Zimmerman to sell Confederate flag painting to help 'Muslim-free' gunshop Posted: 18 Aug 2015 09:51 AM PDT George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, is raffling off a painting he made of a Confederate flag to raise money for a Florida gunshop owner who declared his store a Muslim-free zone. Zimmerman, who gained notoriety during his trial for killing Trayvon Martin in 2012, is selling the painting on a website for the Tampa-area store, Florida Gun Supply, owned by Andrew Hallinan. Last year Zimmerman sold a painting depicting the American flag on eBay for more than $100,000.

Detroit to equip police officers, squad cars with cameras Posted: 18 Aug 2015 09:18 AM PDT Detroit officials on Tuesday will outline plans for outfitting the city's police officers and squad cars with body and dashboard cameras, making the city the latest in the United States to enact reforms supporters say protect citizens and officers from bogus claims. Mayor Mike Duggan, who pledged earlier in 2015 that Detroit would be a leader in requiring officers to wear body cameras, and Police Chief James Craig, are scheduled to release the details on Tuesday afternoon. The city was testing different camera systems with volunteer officers and various placements of the cameras.

Two Texas men charged with hate crimes for torturing gay man Posted: 18 Aug 2015 08:48 AM PDT Two Texas men have been indicted on federal hate crime charges, with U.S. prosecutors accusing them of beating and torturing a gay black man in Corpus Christi in 2012, officials said on Tuesday. Jimmy Garza Jr., 32, and Ramiro Serrata Jr., 22, have been charged with conspiracy to commit hate crimes, a hate crime violation based on race and color, a hate crime violation based on sexual orientation and using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas said.

New Jersey governor to hold talks about transportation amid commuter delays Posted: 18 Aug 2015 08:16 AM PDT New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is scheduled to meet with federal and state transportation officials on Tuesday to address the lengthy train delays that have frustrated commuters in recent weeks. Electrical problems in the rail tunnels linking New Jersey and New York City under the Hudson River caused delays that doubled and tripled the work commute of tens of thousands of people this summer, most recently on Monday. In testimony to New Jersey lawmakers last week, a representative for Amtrak, the national passenger rail operator, said the delays would likely increase until the tunnels were renovated.

Clinton says Arctic drilling 'not worth the risk' Posted: 18 Aug 2015 08:00 AM PDT (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday staked out her opposition to Arctic oil exploration, a day after the Obama administration gave Royal Dutch Shell final approval to drill off Alaska. "The Arctic is a unique treasure," Clinton said in a Twitter post. "Given what we know, it's not worth the risk of drilling." On Monday, the Obama administration gave Shell final approval to resume drilling into the oil zone off northern Alaska for the first time since 2012.

Probe of Clinton's server could find more than just emails Posted: 18 Aug 2015 07:45 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that federal investigators have Hillary Rodham Clinton's homebrew email server, they could examine files on her machine that would be more revelatory than the emails themselves.

New York police probe prisoner death after fight with guards: NY Times Posted: 18 Aug 2015 06:56 AM PDT New York state police are investigating the death of a prisoner who had a confrontation with a group of correctional officers known as the "Beat Up Squad," the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The death of Samuel Harrell, a 30-year-old who suffered from bipolar disorder, is an example of what inmates describe as a pattern of brutality by guards at the Fishkill Correctional Facility, the New York Times said. Fishkill, a medium security prison in Beacon, about 65 miles north of New York City, has been criticized by prisoner advocates as a violent place for inmates.

Lawyers for Boston bomber seek new trial in new location Posted: 18 Aug 2015 06:08 AM PDT Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, sentenced to death for killing three people and injuring 264 in the 2013 attack, are arguing he deserves a new trial in a different place due to the intense publicity that surrounded the proceedings. In court papers filed late on Monday, lawyers for the 22-year-old bomber said blanket media coverage of the blast and its aftermath unfairly influenced the 12 jurors who found Tsarnaev guilty of carrying out the April 15, 2013, attack and then voted to have him executed. "A new trial in a different venue is required due to continuous and unrelenting publicity combined with pervasive connections between jurors and the events surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing that precluded impartial adjudication in both appearance and fact," they wrote in a 39-page filing submitted to the U.S. District Court in Boston.

Opening arguments expected in New England prep school rape trial Posted: 18 Aug 2015 04:27 AM PDT The suspect, Owen Labrie, 19, of Tunbridge, Vermont, is charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old freshman girl days before he graduated in 2014 from St. Paul's School. It is clustered on 2,000 wooded acres (810 hectares) in Concord, New Hampshire's state capital. Quoting from a police affidavit, the Concord Monitor newspaper reported that Labrie told officers shortly after his arrest that his alleged encounter with the girl was part of a school tradition known as "senior salute," in which senior boys competed to "score" with the most female students.

Thai PM: Video shows 'some suspects' in blast that killed 20 Posted: 18 Aug 2015 03:21 AM PDT A second explosion jolts the city, but causes no injuries, a day after the deadly bombing.

First two women soldiers pass elite U.S. Army Ranger course Posted: 18 Aug 2015 01:09 AM PDT Two women have made military history after becoming the first female soldiers to pass the U.S. Army's grueling Ranger Course, the Army said on Monday. In April, 19 women and 381 men began the first Army Ranger school that included women. The course, based at Fort Benning, Georgia, includes training in woodlands, mountainous terrain and Florida swampland.

U.S. Army troops mobilized to help fight Western wildfires Posted: 18 Aug 2015 12:21 AM PDT By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The U.S. Army mobilized soldiers on Monday to reinforce civilian firefighters stretched thin by dozens of major wildfires roaring largely unchecked across the West, with more than 100 homes reduced to ruins in several states. The 200 troops deployed from Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington, are to be organized into 10 firefighting crews of 20 each, all of whom will be sent to a single fire yet to be determined, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. Fire managers requested the mobilization - the first of its kind since 2006 - as crews from federal, state and local agencies struggled to contain many of the wildfires that have charred more than 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of the West amid a heat wave gripping the drought-parched region.

Indonesia official says missing plane is 'totally destroyed' Posted: 17 Aug 2015 09:55 PM PDT Rescuers reach the remote area where a passenger plane crashed, killing all 54 people on board.

Thai junta chief says Bangkok bomb 'suspect' identified Posted: 17 Aug 2015 09:22 PM PDT Thailand's junta chief on Tuesday said authorities are hunting a male "suspect" seen on CCTV footage near the scene of the bombing.

Crashed Indonesian plane found 'destroyed' with 38 bodies Posted: 17 Aug 2015 09:06 PM PDT A plane that went down in eastern Indonesia two days ago was "completely destroyed" and 38 bodies have so far been found, officials said, after rescuers finally reached the remote crash site Tuesday. There was little chance of finding survivors at the densely forested, mountainous location in Papua province where the Trigana Air plane went down in bad weather during a short flight on Sunday, search and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo told AFP. Transport ministry spokesman J. A. Barata said that 38 bodies, including one child, had so far been found at the crash site.

Planned Parenthood asks judge for emergency ruling Posted: 17 Aug 2015 07:30 PM PDT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Planned Parenthood in Florida asked a judge Monday for an emergency ruling to allow them to continue performing abortions at 12 and 13 weeks after a discrepancy with the state about what constitutes first and second-trimester abortions.

Trump immigration proposal divides GOP presidential field Posted: 17 Aug 2015 05:18 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is dividing his Republican presidential rivals anew with his call to rewrite the Constitution to crack down on millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, and to force Mexico to pay for a better border fence. Scott Walker embraced some of the plan Monday, but other contenders, such as Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina, dismissed elements as unworkable.

U.S. nuclear site in South Carolina on lockdown after potential security threat Posted: 17 Aug 2015 02:35 PM PDT The Savannah River Site has placed its H Area on a "phase II" security alert, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. The H Area is where highly enriched uranium is blended down to produce low enriched uranium for use in commercial reactors. The government-run site was constructed in the 1950s to produce basic materials for nuclear weapons, according to a DoE website, and produced one third of U.S. weapons grade plutonium from 1953 to 1988.

IRS says cyberattacks more extensive than previously thought Posted: 17 Aug 2015 01:28 PM PDT The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said Monday a hacking attack into one of its computer databases revealed in May was much more extensive than previously thought, with nearly three times as many taxpayers hit by data theft. The IRS said in late May the tax return information of about 114,000 U.S. taxpayers had been illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the preceding four months, with another 111,000 unsuccessful attempts made. A new review has identified 220,000 additional incidents where data was breached, the tax collection agency said.

Office of Minnesota dentist who shot Zimbabwe lion reopens without him Posted: 17 Aug 2015 12:54 PM PDT The dental practice of a Minnesota hunter whose killing of Zimbabwe's best-known lion, Cecil, sparked widespread criticism from animal lovers around the world reopened on Monday without him, the practice said in a statement. The River Bluff Dental practice in a Minneapolis suburb had been closed since late July and became a center of protests when Walter Palmer, 55, was identified publicly as the hunter who killed Cecil, a well-known 13-year-old rare black-maned lion. Operations resumed on Monday without Palmer present, River Bluff Dental said in a statement that declined further comment.

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