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• New York joins $79 million U.S. effort to process untested rape kits
• U.S. charges three in multibillion-dollar drug money laundering scheme
• N.Y. police commissioner criticizes use of force in tennis star's arrest
• Al Qaeda Leader Al-Zawahiri Declares War on ISIS 'Caliph' Al-Baghdadi
• Baltimore judge to weigh whether police trials should be moved
• Playing now, the Ben Carson show
• Study: Bones in South African cave reveal new human relative
• Candidates slam Common Core, but education standards take root
• Seattle schools canceled for second day as teachers strike over pay, hours
• As pope visit nears, U.S. sex victims say Church remains obstacle to justice
• In test for Biden, frustrated cops line up against prison reform
• Apple's big fall event: New iPhones, bigger iPads, and a Siri-fied Apple TV
• Slain Illinois policeman killed by single gunshot wound: reports
• Eight arrested in protest against Hawaii telescope
• Trump slights rival Fiorina's looks: 'Look at that face'
• Washington state officers will not face criminal charges in Mexican farmworker's slaying
• Palin, Trump and Cruz speak at anti-Iran nuclear deal rally on Capitol Hill
• Washington state officers will not face criminal charges in Mexican farmworker's slaying: lawyer
• Judge rules Republican lawsuit over Obamacare can move forward

New York joins $79 million U.S. effort to process untested rape kits Posted: 10 Sep 2015 12:39 PM PDT By Katie Reilly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City prosecutor's office joined the U.S. Justice Department on Thursday in a $79 million effort to help police in 20 U.S. states process untested rape kits that can provide physical evidence to help solve sexual assaults. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said his office awarded $38 million in grants toward the initiative, saying that collecting forensic evidence linked to sex assaults across the country could help solve similar unsolved crimes in New York. The money, which will be allocated alongside $41 million from federal prosecutors, will be used to test medical evidence collected after sexual assaults in jurisdictions with the largest backlogs across the United States, as well as to analyze why the kits have remained untested.

U.S. charges three in multibillion-dollar drug money laundering scheme Posted: 10 Sep 2015 10:37 AM PDT U.S. authorities have charged three men with helping to run a global money laundering network that processed billions of dollars in drug trafficking profits through bank accounts in China and Hong Kong.

N.Y. police commissioner criticizes use of force in tennis star's arrest Posted: 10 Sep 2015 09:12 AM PDT New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said on Thursday he was concerned over the level of force used in the arrest of retired U.S. tennis star James Blake, who was mistakenly identified as a suspect in a fraud ring. Blake, at one time ranked fourth in the world, said he had been waiting for a car to take him to the U.S. Tennis Open when he was detained by the officers, who were white. The officer who tackled Blake has been put on desk duty, Bratton said, adding he had reviewed video of the incident.

Al Qaeda Leader Al-Zawahiri Declares War on ISIS 'Caliph' Al-Baghdadi Posted: 10 Sep 2015 08:51 AM PDT Just ahead of the fourteenth anniversary of al Qaeda's 9/11 attacks on the U.S., the leader of the terrorist group took aim in an angry speech at a mortal enemy -- but not American "crusaders" this time. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian doctor who replaced Osama bin Laden as the head of al Qaeda four years ago, in a new audio message accused ISIS top leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of "sedition" and insisted the Iraqi terrorist recluse was not the leader of all Muslims and militant jihad as "caliph" of the Islamic State, as al-Baghdadi had claimed 14 months ago in a Mosul mosque. "It's pretty interesting," said former National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen.

Baltimore judge to weigh whether police trials should be moved Posted: 10 Sep 2015 05:24 AM PDT Defense lawyers for the officers will argue before Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams that intense publicity makes it impossible to hold a fair trial in the city. Gray's death in April triggered protests and fueled a U.S. debate on police treatment of minorities. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the deal would help avoid a drawn-out legal process and resolve any civil claims against Baltimore and the officers.

Playing now, the Ben Carson show Posted: 10 Sep 2015 03:41 AM PDT Trump is reality TV, explosive and unscripted. Carson is a miniseries, evocative and reaffirming.

Study: Bones in South African cave reveal new human relative Posted: 10 Sep 2015 02:48 AM PDT Scientists say they've discovered a new member of the human family tree.

Candidates slam Common Core, but education standards take root Posted: 10 Sep 2015 02:14 AM PDT By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the campaign trail, Republican presidential candidates vow to roll back new U.S. education standards known as the Common Core. Since they were adopted by 46 states five years ago, the Common Core standards have become a symbol of Big Government overreach for conservatives. Republican Senator Ted Cruz, a White House contender, has promised to "repeal every word of Common Core." Rivals Bobby Jindal and Chris Christie, both governors who previously backed the standards, now condemn them.

Seattle schools canceled for second day as teachers strike over pay, hours Posted: 10 Sep 2015 01:06 AM PDT Seattle educators and support staff took to picket lines on Wednesday for the first time in three decades on what should have been the first day of the school year. The walkout by the 5,000-member teachers' union was the latest upheaval in Washington state's public education system following court cases challenging charter schools and classroom funding. "Seattle Public Schools appreciates our teachers and educators.

As pope visit nears, U.S. sex victims say Church remains obstacle to justice Posted: 09 Sep 2015 10:55 PM PDT By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Mark Rozzi says he was 13, a young altar boy, when a priest at his eastern Pennsylvania parish sexually assaulted him in a shower. It took Rozzi, who says the priest spent a year grooming him with trips to McDonald's and secretly shared beers, a quarter century to talk about the experience publicly. By then it was too late for any legal action.

In test for Biden, frustrated cops line up against prison reform Posted: 09 Sep 2015 10:38 PM PDT Law enforcement groups have stepped up their efforts against proposals circulating in Congress to roll back tough mandatory sentences for drug crimes and focus more resources on reducing recidivism and alternatives to incarceration. The opposition represents a personal and political challenge to Vice President Joe Biden, a longtime ally of law enforcement, who has been tasked by the White House with winning over skeptical cops even as he weighs whether to enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. "Law enforcement will always be the bigfoot in the conversation," said Jesslyn McCurdy, legislative counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, which supports sentencing reform.

Apple's big fall event: New iPhones, bigger iPads, and a Siri-fied Apple TV Posted: 09 Sep 2015 10:20 PM PDT Every fall, Apple holds a big media event to introduce its latest products, and it's always quite a show.

Slain Illinois policeman killed by single gunshot wound: reports Posted: 09 Sep 2015 08:44 PM PDT Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, 52, was found wounded on Sept. 1 after reporting to dispatch that he was pursuing three suspects on foot. Gliniewicz was killed by a single bullet, Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd told reporters on Wednesday, though it was not yet clear whether the gunshot was the result of homicide, suicide or an accident. "We obviously know that a bullet killed him," Rudd told Chicago NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV.

Eight arrested in protest against Hawaii telescope Posted: 09 Sep 2015 08:28 PM PDT Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (Reuters) - Eight people were arrested in a protest against what would be one of the world's largest telescopes to be built on a dormant Hawaiian volcano, officials said on Wednesday, amid a contentious debate over Native Hawaiian rights and sacred lands. Officers with Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources arrested seven women and one man who were at a protest camp across the road from a visitor's center on the 13,796-foot (4,205 m) Mauna Kea volcano overnight, agency spokesman Dan Dennison said. The summit is considered by astronomers to be one of the best places in the world to view the cosmos, but the mountain is also sacred to native Hawaiians, and protesters have stood vigil on its sometimes-frigid summit for months.

Trump slights rival Fiorina's looks: 'Look at that face' Posted: 09 Sep 2015 07:37 PM PDT Donald Trump belittled the physical appearance of fellow Republican U.S. presidential candidate Carly Fiorina in remarks published on Wednesday, saying: "Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that?" The comments by the billionaire real estate developer published in an article on the website of Rolling Stone magazine were aimed at the only woman in the large field of Republicans vying for their party's 2016 presidential nomination. The magazine reported that Trump, leading in the polls among the Republican contenders, made the remarks while watching Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive, on television.

Washington state officers will not face criminal charges in Mexican farmworker's slaying Posted: 09 Sep 2015 05:22 PM PDT Three police officers in Washington state who fatally shot a Mexican immigrant farmworker in a confrontation in February will not face criminal charges, a local prosecutor and a lawyer for the man's family said on Wednesday. The killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in the southeastern farming hub of Pasco sparked anger in the city's majority Latino community and helped fuel scrutiny across the country of police use of force against minorities.

Palin, Trump and Cruz speak at anti-Iran nuclear deal rally on Capitol Hill Posted: 09 Sep 2015 05:06 PM PDT Opponents of the deal rallied against it outside the U.S. Capitol even as they face almost certain defeat.

Washington state officers will not face criminal charges in Mexican farmworker's slaying: lawyer Posted: 09 Sep 2015 02:54 PM PDT Three police officers in Washington state will not face criminal charges in the February shooting death of an unarmed Mexican farmworker who threw rocks at them before fleeing arrest, a lawyer representing the victim's family said on Wednesday. Antonio Zambrano-Montes was killed in the southeastern farming city of Pasco in an incident captured on video that sparked outrage in a majority Latino community that has likened his death to fatal police confrontations with unarmed black men in Missouri and New York. "The wife and children of Antonio Zambrano are extremely disappointed with the decision by Franklin County Prosecutor Shawn Sant not to charge the three City of (Pasco) Police Officers with any crime in the execution of their loved one Antonio Zambrano," attorney George Trejo said in a statement.

Judge rules Republican lawsuit over Obamacare can move forward Posted: 09 Sep 2015 02:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday said congressional Republicans could proceed with parts of a lawsuit that alleges executive overreach by President Barack Obama's administration in implementing the Democratic president's signature healthcare law.

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