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• Boy fatally shot, two adults wounded at family party in Charlotte
• Kentucky clerk who refused same-sex marriage licenses to file appeal
• Sarah Palin on immigrants: 'When you're here, let's speak American'
• Portion of Chicago park closed after body parts of child found
• Powell, Wasserman Schultz support Iran nuclear deal
• Israel's Netanyahu rejects call to take in Syrian refugees
• 6 'Trumpisms' that would spell trouble for anyone but Trump
• 60-something socialist is Britain's unlikely political star
• Four dead in Dallas traffic accident
• Guatemala voters choose new president amid fraud scandal
• Total reduces Port Arthur refinery output after worker killed: sources
• Judge upholds 'show your papers' Arizona immigration law
• Rally to support defiant clerk jailed over marriage licenses

Boy fatally shot, two adults wounded at family party in Charlotte Posted: 06 Sep 2015 12:48 PM PDT The boy, identified as Kevin Antonio Calderon Rodas, was killed about 9 p.m. on Saturday during a family celebration in the front yard of a southwest Charlotte house, according to police. "It's a sad state of affairs," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Deputy Chief Jeff Estes said during a news conference on Saturday night.

Kentucky clerk who refused same-sex marriage licenses to file appeal Posted: 06 Sep 2015 12:16 PM PDT Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was jailed last week for refusing to follow the orders of U.S. District Judge David Bunning. "The contempt order itself was unlawful," Roger Gannam, a lawyer for Davis, told Reuters. Gannam is an attorney with Liberty Counsel, a Florida-based Christian religious advocacy organization that said it would back her legally.

Sarah Palin on immigrants: 'When you're here, let's speak American' Posted: 06 Sep 2015 10:54 AM PDT The former Alaskan governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee weighs in on the war of words between 2016 GOP hopefuls Jeb Bush and Donald Trump.

Portion of Chicago park closed after body parts of child found Posted: 06 Sep 2015 10:21 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A portion of a Chicago park was closed on Sunday after a passerby found body parts of a child a day earlier, police said.

Powell, Wasserman Schultz support Iran nuclear deal Posted: 06 Sep 2015 08:42 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Already a done deal in Congress, the Iran nuclear agreement gained more momentum Sunday as former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the head of the Democratic National Committee, announcement their support.

Israel's Netanyahu rejects call to take in Syrian refugees Posted: 06 Sep 2015 07:54 AM PDT By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a call by Israel's opposition leader to provide refuge to Syrian refugees, saying the country is too small to take them in. Images in recent days of thousands of refugees herded on and off trains in Europe as they sought a safe haven from Middle East conflict struck a chord in Israel, a state created three years after the Nazi Holocaust which killed six million Jews. Isaac Herzog, head of the main opposition Zionist Union party, appealed to Israeli leaders to "absorb refugees from the fighting in Syria", a northern neighbor that Israel considers an enemy state.

6 'Trumpisms' that would spell trouble for anyone but Trump Posted: 06 Sep 2015 05:46 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Lobbing rhetorical stink bombs at a large group of voters is not the normal way to get ahead in U.S. politics. Nor is alienating prominent figures of your own party.

60-something socialist is Britain's unlikely political star Posted: 06 Sep 2015 03:22 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Britain's surprising new political star is a rumpled 66-year-old with a set of socialist ideas many thought had faded with the Cold War.

Four dead in Dallas traffic accident Posted: 05 Sep 2015 11:29 PM PDT (Reuters) - Four people were killed on Saturday night in a traffic accident in Dallas, police said, and authorities have taken four people into custody after they fled the scene of the deadly crash.

Guatemala voters choose new president amid fraud scandal Posted: 05 Sep 2015 09:52 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An uncomfortable challenge confronts Guatemala's presidential candidates on Sunday: trying to win the votes of a nation that has put the last elected leader in court custody.

Total reduces Port Arthur refinery output after worker killed: sources Posted: 05 Sep 2015 07:25 PM PDT Total SA reduced production at its 225,500 barrel per day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Saturday after a contract worker was killed when the bulldozer he was driving in a pit beneath a refining unit flipped over in petroleum coke dust and scalding water, said sources familiar with plant operations. Total and the worker's employer, Kinder Morgan Inc, both confirmed the worker's death. Kinder Morgan operates a petroleum coke terminal in Port Arthur.

Judge upholds 'show your papers' Arizona immigration law Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:20 PM PDT (Reuters) - A federal judge has upheld part of Arizona's contentious immigration law, rejecting claims that the so-called "show your papers" section discriminated against Hispanics. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on Friday was on the last of seven challenges to the 2010 law. The section she upheld allows police in Arizona to check the immigration status of anyone they stop.

Rally to support defiant clerk jailed over marriage licenses Posted: 05 Sep 2015 01:44 PM PDT GRAYSON, Ky. (AP) — They stood chanting outside the jail house, "Thank you, Kim; Thank you, Kim," and prayed that the defiant county clerk locked inside could hear them.

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