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Fifteen dead, 20 wounded in shooting at Oregon college: media
Multiple deaths and injuries after shooting at Oregon college
Fifteen dead, 20 wounded in shooting at Oregon college: media
Accused Arizona highway shooter pleads not guilty
So, what does Silicon Valley think about Carly Fiorina?
Russia says Islamic State group not the only target in Syria
Hurricane Joaquin could hit New York early next week
Texas man faces life term for 47-year-old Pennsylvania murder
Note to Kevin McCarthy: The speaker of the House can do the job. Or he can keep it.
Afghan forces retake Kunduz city center from Taliban
Strengthened Hurricane Joaquin could batter East Coast
Congress averts government shutdown, Obama signs funding measure
Afghan troops push into city of Kunduz, Taliban in retreat
Californians say undocumented immigrants should get to stay: poll
Hurricane Joaquin intensifies to category 3: NHC
No shutdown: Congress approves bill to keep government open
Bill O’Reilly talks Trump, Reagan and the 2016 presidential race

Fifteen dead, 20 wounded in shooting at Oregon college: media

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 01:15 PM PDT

(Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed and another 20 wounded at a shooting on Thursday at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon, media reported. A Douglas County commissioner told CNN that the shooter had been taken into custody. A spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff's department confirmed to Reuters that there was a shooting at the Umpqua Community College campus in Roseburg.

Multiple deaths and injuries after shooting at Oregon college

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 12:42 PM PDT

The Portland Oregonian newspaper and CNN reported that a suspect had been taken into custody, citing Douglas County officials. A spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff's department confirmed to Reuters that there was a shooting at the Umpqua Community College campus in Roseburg. The spokeswoman had no further details.

Fifteen dead, 20 wounded in shooting at Oregon college: media

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 12:09 PM PDT

Accused Arizona highway shooter pleads not guilty

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 10:50 AM PDT

A man charged with carrying out several recent shootings along a major highway in Arizona pleaded not guilty on Thursday to 15 felonies including drive-by shooting and aggravated assault, a court spokesman said. Leslie Merritt Jr, 21, entered the plea before a commissioner in Maricopa County Superior Court in the first four of more than 10 possible shootings that began in late August along a stretch of Interstate 10 that runs through the Phoenix area. Merritt was arrested without incident on Sept. 18 while entering a Walmart store after police said they were able to forensically link four of the shootings to his handgun, which was found later by investigators at a local pawn store.

So, what does Silicon Valley think about Carly Fiorina?

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 10:19 AM PDT

The San Francisco Bay Area has long been home to legends of failure and redemption, a place where business leaders are often encouraged to flounder before they can truly lead a company to IPO Valhalla. No surprise, then, that former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has taken to comparing herself to greats like Mike Bloomberg and Steve Jobs, both of whom stumbled in their fields before coming back as business-world icons.

Russia says Islamic State group not the only target in Syria

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 09:12 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian jets carried out a second day of airstrikes in Syria Thursday, and Sen. John McCain said that the targets included U.S.-backed rebels, as concerns grew about a conflict that has now drawn in warplanes from the world's two most powerful militaries.

Hurricane Joaquin could hit New York early next week

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 06:57 AM PDT

Joaquin is a powerful Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour (195 kilometers per hour) located in the Atlantic Ocean near the Bahamas, according to the latest report by the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC). The storm is expected to strengthen into a Category 4 storm with winds reaching 140 mph Friday as it turns north toward the U.S. East Coast. Joaquin is expected to weaken over the next few days before making landfall possibly as a tropical storm with maximum winds of 70 mph on Tuesday, according to the latest NHC forecast.

Texas man faces life term for 47-year-old Pennsylvania murder

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 06:08 AM PDT

A Texas man faces a life term at his sentencing in Pennsylvania on Thursday for the 1968 murder of a Bethlehem Steel Corp worker in what prosecutors say is one of the nation's oldest cold cases to result in conviction. Richard Keiper, 69, of Boyd, Texas, will be sentenced in Monroe County Court of Common Pleas in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Authorities say Keiper never denied shooting Alfred Barnes, 40, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, an assistant to a vice president of Bethlehem Steel, on Oct., 18, 1968 and was an early suspect in the case.

Note to Kevin McCarthy: The speaker of the House can do the job. Or he can keep it.

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 03:25 AM PDT

The speakership is most often now the pinnacle of resistance in government, rather than the instrument of congressional will.

Afghan forces retake Kunduz city center from Taliban

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 02:36 AM PDT

By Mirwais Harooni and Kay Johnson KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan troops recaptured the center of the strategic northern city of Kunduz on Thursday after fierce clashes with Taliban militants, three days after losing the provincial capital in an humbling defeat for Kabul and its U.S. allies. "Dead Taliban are on the streets, but there are still (militants) in some government buildings fighting Afghan forces." A Taliban spokesman denied the government had retaken Kunduz, saying insurgent fighters were still resisting in the center and controlled most of the rest of the city. Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, said the Taliban had left Kunduz city and a clearance operation was underway.

Strengthened Hurricane Joaquin could batter East Coast

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 02:19 AM PDT

The Category 3 hurricane is nearing the Bahamas and could reach the U.S. by the weekend.

Congress averts government shutdown, Obama signs funding measure

Posted: 01 Oct 2015 12:21 AM PDT

By David Lawder and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ending weeks of infighting, the U.S. Congress on Wednesday voted to avert a government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline, passing a stop-gap measure to extend funding for federal agencies until Dec. 11. The House of Representatives relied heavily on Democrats to secure passage in a 277-151 vote. A large majority of Republicans voted against the measure, which did not meet conservatives' demands to cut off money to women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood amid an abortion controversy.

Afghan troops push into city of Kunduz, Taliban in retreat

Posted: 30 Sep 2015 11:13 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says government forces have retaken control of the strategic northern city of Kunduz, which was seized by the Taliban earlier this week, and have forced the insurgents to retreat.

Californians say undocumented immigrants should get to stay: poll

Posted: 30 Sep 2015 09:13 PM PDT

A strong majority of Californians say immigrants benefit their state and that those who came to the United States illegally should be allowed to remain to live and work, a poll published on Wednesday shows. About three-quarters of those interviewed for the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) poll, including a majority of Republicans, said undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay if they meet certain conditions. The findings come as some candidates vying for the Republican presidential nomination take strong anti-illegal immigration policy stances, including a call by front-runner Donald Trump to deport the estimated 11 million people living in the United States illegally.

Hurricane Joaquin intensifies to category 3: NHC

Posted: 30 Sep 2015 08:41 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Hurricane Joaquin has strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. Joaquin, the third hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic season, was about 170 miles (275 km) east of the Central Bahamas, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 kph), the NHC said. "A turn toward the northwest and north is forecast Thursday night or Friday" the Miami-based weather forecaster added. ...