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• Jury reaches decision on Colorado theater shooter's sentence
• Kasich’s reception on gay marriage important benchmark for Rob Portman
• Report: Lawmaker hoped to distract from affair with smear
• Jurors weigh life or death for Colorado movie gunman Holmes
• Facing epidemic, Cincinnati hospitals test mothers, newborns for drugs
• Police in Buffalo suburb confirm NHL's Kane being investigated
• Chicago police, ACLU reach deal on police 'stop and frisk' policy
• Trump pushes his 'stupid' rivals around
• In night of introductions to national audience, Jeb Bush underperforms
• GOP debate top 6 moments: Trump not involved in night's biggest spat
• Trump refuses to rule out third-party run in GOP debate
• Low-polling GOP hopefuls direct fire at Trump
• Republican debate live blog and post-show analysis
• In Iran deal fight, Obama highlights his wars
• Virginia police kill black man, officer wounded

Jury reaches decision on Colorado theater shooter's sentence Posted: 07 Aug 2015 01:31 PM PDT James Holmes could be sentenced to life in prison or the death penalty.

Kasich’s reception on gay marriage important benchmark for Rob Portman Posted: 07 Aug 2015 12:56 PM PDT When Ohio Gov. John Kasich fielded a hypothetical question at Thursday night's Republican presidential debate in Cleveland about how he would explain his position on gay marriage to his children if one of them came out as gay, it hit close to home.

Report: Lawmaker hoped to distract from affair with smear Posted: 07 Aug 2015 11:51 AM PDT A Michigan lawmaker had an email sent to his Republican supporters falsely claiming he had been caught having sex with a male prostitute, apparently believing such a smear campaign would help distract attention from an alleged extramarital affair between him and another lawmaker, a newspaper reported Friday.

Jurors weigh life or death for Colorado movie gunman Holmes Posted: 07 Aug 2015 10:43 AM PDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Jurors in the Colorado cinema massacre trial were deliberating on Friday whether gunman James Holmes should be put to death for killing 12 people and wounding 70 three years ago inside a packed midnight screening of a Batman film.

Facing epidemic, Cincinnati hospitals test mothers, newborns for drugs Posted: 07 Aug 2015 09:50 AM PDT By Mary Wisniewski CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Bubbly and athletic, Heather Padgett, raised in a loving family in the Cincinnati suburbs, would not fit the stereotype of a heroin addict. Until she got clean last August, she was part of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called a heroin epidemic - a 100 percent rise in heroin addiction among Americans between 2002 and 2013. The sharp rise in heroin addiction, coupled with the risks of newborns developing withdrawal symptoms after they are sent home, has led a group of Cincinnati hospitals to try what they say is the first program of its kind in the United States: testing all mothers, or their infants, for opiates regardless of background, not just those who seem high-risk.

Police in Buffalo suburb confirm NHL's Kane being investigated Posted: 07 Aug 2015 08:58 AM PDT (Reuters) - Police in a Buffalo, New York, suburb said on Friday they were investigating an incident that occurred at the home of Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane but would not confirm reports he was the subject of rape allegations. Citing two law enforcement sources, the Buffalo News reported on Thursday that the four-time National Hockey League All-Star was being investigated for rape. "The town of Hamburg police department is investigating an incident that allegedly occurred at the residence of NHL player Patrick Kane last weekend," Police Chief Gregory Wickett told reporters.

Chicago police, ACLU reach deal on police 'stop and frisk' policy Posted: 07 Aug 2015 08:26 AM PDT The Chicago Police Department agreed on Friday to outside monitoring of "stop-and-frisk" searches by its officers following a report that found they checked a disproportionate number of blacks and made more stops than their peers in other cities. The second-largest U.S. police department will begin keeping more data about the stops, including the race, ethnicity and gender of those stopped, the reasons for stops and their outcomes. The data will be shared with the American Civil Liberties Union and with a former U.S. magistrate judge, who will issue public reports twice a year on the department's use of the stop-and-frisk tactic and assess whether the police force is complying with U.S. law.

Trump pushes his 'stupid' rivals around Posted: 07 Aug 2015 06:48 AM PDT

In night of introductions to national audience, Jeb Bush underperforms Posted: 07 Aug 2015 01:00 AM PDT Bush was uneven and tepid in his first debate as a presidential candidate.

GOP debate top 6 moments: Trump not involved in night's biggest spat Posted: 06 Aug 2015 10:04 PM PDT Rand Paul and Chris Christie engaged in one of the night's most spirited exchanges.

Trump refuses to rule out third-party run in GOP debate Posted: 06 Aug 2015 07:32 PM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — Setting a combative tone, billionaire businessman Donald Trump grabbed the spotlight in the first Republican presidential debate, declaring he would not commit to supporting the party's eventual nominee and would not rule out running as a third-party candidate.

Low-polling GOP hopefuls direct fire at Trump Posted: 06 Aug 2015 07:13 PM PDT Republican presidential candidates who did not qualify for a primetime debate wasted no time in criticizing the poll leader.

Republican debate live blog and post-show analysis Posted: 06 Aug 2015 06:56 PM PDT Yahoo News experts Matt Bai and Jon Ward will break down the winners and losers after tonight's event.

In Iran deal fight, Obama highlights his wars Posted: 06 Aug 2015 03:44 PM PDT

Virginia police kill black man, officer wounded Posted: 06 Aug 2015 03:11 PM PDT The shooting death occurred late on Wednesday when the victim, identified as Keshawn Hargrove, 20, of Richmond, fired on officers and refused to drop his gun, police spokesman Gene Lepley. The incident was the latest in a series of fatal police confrontations across the United States that have raised questions about police use of force against minorities. The two officers involved in the shooting have been identified as Ryan Bailey, who is black, and Jacob DeBoard, who is white, Lepley said.

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