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• Two arrested in California after woman found beaten, malnourished in shed
• Ann Romney opens up about MS struggle
• Snowden joins Twitter, follows NSA
• Boomers leave generation's imprint on the U.S. landscape
• VW: 1.8M commercial vehicles, 700,000 SEAT cars affected
• US military launches strike on Afghan city taken by Taliban
• Obama and Putin meet on Syria, remain divided on Assad's fate
• Two killed and three, including infant, hurt in Chicago shooting
• Putin does not rule out Russian strikes in Syria
• State suspends amphibious truck tour service after Seattle crash
• Bill to avert government shutdown clears main Senate hurdle
• Did NASA time Mars announcement to 'The Martian'?
• Pope wades into U.S. gay marriage debate after historic visit

Two arrested in California after woman found beaten, malnourished in shed Posted: 29 Sep 2015 12:58 PM PDT A man and his girlfriend who prosecutors say kept his sister locked in a storage shed in the Southern California community of Lancaster have been charged with torture and false imprisonment, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Elias Abdurahman, 61, and Sara Kebede Tadesse, 50, were taken into custody after the victim was discovered in the small outbuilding on Sept. 22 by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies investigating screams coming from inside.

Ann Romney opens up about MS struggle Posted: 29 Sep 2015 11:33 AM PDT In her new memoir, "In This Together," Romney details her struggles with multiple sclerosis, which she was diagnosed with in 1998.

Snowden joins Twitter, follows NSA Posted: 29 Sep 2015 11:15 AM PDT The former National Security Agency contractor, who has been living in asylum in Russia after blowing the lid on the U.S. spy agency's controversial domestic surveillance program, has joined Twitter.

Boomers leave generation's imprint on the U.S. landscape Posted: 29 Sep 2015 08:11 AM PDT U.S. baby boomers have been on the planet for nearly 70 years, long enough to reshape almost every aspect of American life. Now in their retirement years, boomers are putting their final stamp on the landscape even further out of town in age-restricted communities epitomized by The Villages, a massive master-planned retirement development in Florida. At 34 square miles (88 square kilometers) and still expanding, The Villages is already bigger than Manhattan and approaching the size of central Paris, which is 40 square miles.

VW: 1.8M commercial vehicles, 700,000 SEAT cars affected Posted: 29 Sep 2015 06:17 AM PDT BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen said Tuesday that 1.8 million commercial vehicles are among those affected by the emissions-rigging scandal, while Spanish unit SEAT said 700,000 of its cars were fitted with the diesel engine in question.

US military launches strike on Afghan city taken by Taliban Posted: 29 Sep 2015 02:56 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military carried out an airstrike on Tuesday on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, which was captured by the Taliban the previous day in a major setback to the government of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

Obama and Putin meet on Syria, remain divided on Assad's fate Posted: 28 Sep 2015 11:53 PM PDT The U.S. and Russian leaders fail to resolve their dispute over the future role of Bashar al-Assad.

Two killed and three, including infant, hurt in Chicago shooting Posted: 28 Sep 2015 10:45 PM PDT The 11-month old's mother and grandmother were killed when an unknown number of people inside a car opened fire on the group around 7:30 p.m., Chicago police deputy chief Eugene Roy told reporters. The infant was in stable condition.

Putin does not rule out Russian strikes in Syria Posted: 28 Sep 2015 05:25 PM PDT President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia had not ruled out air strikes in support of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's forces in their battle against jihadist rebels. As for ground forces, Putin said they would not be used. "We are thinking about how to additionally help the Syrian army," he said, after meeting US President Barack Obama.

State suspends amphibious truck tour service after Seattle crash Posted: 28 Sep 2015 04:51 PM PDT A Washington state commission suspended an amphibious tour service operator in Seattle on Monday while it investigates last week's crash with a charter bus carrying international students in which five people died, an official said. Thursday's crash between the Ride the Ducks truck and the bus on Seattle's Aurora Bridge also sent about 50 people to hospitals. Washington state's Utilities and Transportation Commission suspended all Ride the Ducks operations in the state, said spokeswoman Amanda Maxwell.

Bill to avert government shutdown clears main Senate hurdle Posted: 28 Sep 2015 04:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to avoid a U.S. government shutdown and provide temporary funds for federal agencies in the fiscal year beginning on Thursday cleared an important procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday. With the 60 votes needed, the Senate limited debate on the stopgap funding bill that would extend current agency spending until Dec. 11. The Senate is expected to pass the bill on Tuesday or Wednesday, sending it to the House for passage before a midnight Wednesday deadline. (Reporting By Richard Cowan; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Did NASA time Mars announcement to 'The Martian'? Posted: 28 Sep 2015 03:58 PM PDT The announcement confirming that water is flowing on the surface of Mars was celebrated by scientists searching for life in the universe — and by the publicists at Twentieth Century Fox looking to promote "The Martian," the upcoming Ridley Scott film starring Matt Damon.

Pope wades into U.S. gay marriage debate after historic visit Posted: 28 Sep 2015 01:47 PM PDT By Scott Malone PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Pope Francis waited until his historic U.S. visit was over to make his most direct comments on the nation's debate over gay marriage, saying government officials should have the right to refrain from actions that violate their religious beliefs. "Conscientious objection must enter into every juridical structure because it is a right," Francis told reporters, speaking in Italian. "If someone does not allow others to be a conscientious objector, he denies a right." Francis alluded to the Roman Catholic Church's objections to gay marriage during some of his U.S. talks, citing concerns about "juridical" changes to the definition of the family.

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