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• Holmes jury keeps execution as option as sentencing advances
• Live updates: Colo. jury keeps death penalty in play
• Man shot dead in front of Mississippi courthouse: police
• Live: Obama gets tough on emissions
• Sen. Schumer, comedian Amy Schumer call for more gun control
• Darren Wilson opens up a year after Michael Brown's death
• Raging Northern California wildfires prompt evacuations
• Manhunt continues for suspect in officer's fatal shooting
• Northern California wildfire doubles in size, displaces thousands
• Police ID suspect in killing of officer; manhunt underway
• Manhunt under way for killer of Memphis police officer
• Northern California wildfire grows, closes two highways
• Wildfire raging north of San Francisco threatens homes

Holmes jury keeps execution as option as sentencing advances Posted: 03 Aug 2015 12:20 PM PDT Jurors in the Colorado theater shooting trial declined to rule out the death penalty Monday as they move toward sentencing James Holmes, finding his defense failed to persuade them to show him mercy.

Live updates: Colo. jury keeps death penalty in play Posted: 03 Aug 2015 12:03 PM PDT Jurors in the James Holmes trial vote to move forward to a third sentencing phase.

Man shot dead in front of Mississippi courthouse: police Posted: 03 Aug 2015 10:29 AM PDT A man was shot to death Monday in front of a courthouse in a suburb of Jackson, Mississippi, as he arrived for a hearing on drug charges against him, and the gunman had turned himself in to the authorities, police said. Kendrick Brown was shot at point-blank range outside the Madison County Courthouse complex in Canton, about 30 miles north of Jackson, the state capital, authorities and Brown family members said. The shooter turned himself in to police but his name and details of his relationship to the victim were not released.

Live: Obama gets tough on emissions Posted: 03 Aug 2015 10:13 AM PDT Yahoo News takes a closer look at President Barack Obama's toughest plan yet to combat climate change.

Sen. Schumer, comedian Amy Schumer call for more gun control Posted: 03 Aug 2015 09:37 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer is teaming up with New York Sen. Charles Schumer to call for tighter gun control.

Darren Wilson opens up a year after Michael Brown's death Posted: 03 Aug 2015 09:18 AM PDT A year after fatally shooting Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo., the former police officer reflects on a year spent in relative seclusion.

Raging Northern California wildfires prompt evacuations Posted: 03 Aug 2015 02:33 AM PDT Fire officials called for thousands of evacuations as numerous homes remained threatened.

Manhunt continues for suspect in officer's fatal shooting Posted: 03 Aug 2015 01:42 AM PDT MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A manhunt was underway Monday for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Memphis police officer during a drug deal.

Northern California wildfire doubles in size, displaces thousands Posted: 02 Aug 2015 09:26 PM PDT A wildfire raging through the foothills and canyons of northern California's coastal mountains more than doubled in size as it roared into its fifth day on Sunday, leaving two dozen homes in charred ruins and displacing thousands of residents. The blaze, which has scorched about 54,000 acres (21,853 hectares) east of Lower Lake, a town about 110 miles (180 km) north of San Francisco, was the fiercest of 20 large fires being battled by 9,000 firefighters across the state, officials said. "This is a very fast-moving wildfire," said Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, or Cal Fire.

Police ID suspect in killing of officer; manhunt underway Posted: 02 Aug 2015 09:09 PM PDT MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee police officials on Sunday identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Memphis police officer, and an intense search for the man is underway.

Manhunt under way for killer of Memphis police officer Posted: 02 Aug 2015 06:56 PM PDT A manhunt was under way on Sunday in Tennessee for a parolee suspected of fatally shooting a Memphis police officer who apparently interrupted a drug transaction when he stopped to investigate an illegally parked car, police said. The slain policeman, Sean Bolton, 33, was confronted by the gunman and shot multiple times during a brief scuffle after the officer pulled up to the parked car and shined his spotlight on the vehicle, Memphis police said in a statement. Investigators also recovered a handgun in a field near the shooting scene, the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper reported.

Northern California wildfire grows, closes two highways Posted: 02 Aug 2015 03:22 PM PDT A raging wildfire along northern California's inland coastal range has now burned about 47,000 acres (18,615 hectares) and forced the closure of two highways, officials said on Sunday, while a blaze near the Oregon border also expanded a day after it killed a firefighter. The Rocky Fire in Lake County north of San Francisco has grown in size by about 20,000 acres (8,094 hectares) since Saturday, according to Cal Fire, a state website for fire information. "This is a very fast-moving wildfire," Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said on Sunday.

Wildfire raging north of San Francisco threatens homes Posted: 02 Aug 2015 02:50 PM PDT LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires blazing in several Western states Sunday chewed up forests and threatened homes but were most numerous in Northern California where dozens are raging and setting off evacuations.

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