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Seattle Seahawks fullback Coleman arrested for vehicular assault
Republican environmentalists? There are some — and they’re worth listening to
Hastert attorney says former speaker intends to plead guilty
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert to plead guilty: lawyers
Basketball star Lamar Odom on life support for second day as friends, family rally
Parishioners in long Massachusetts vigil to address court's trespass ruling
Officials: Obama to keep troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016
Officials: Obama to keep troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016
Valeant subpoenaed by U.S. prosecutors over drug pricing concerns
Police: Brothers were beaten in church to make them confess
U.S., Alaska says will not seek additional $92 million from Exxon for Valdez spill
Syracuse University students shelter as police search for homicide suspect: media
U.S. airline security watch system back up after brief disruption: NBC
Ex-NBA star Odom reported critical, Kardashian at his side
Clinton says Pacific trade deal falls short on addressing currency manipulation
Republicans see advantage as Sanders pulls Clinton to the left
Speaker or not, Paul Ryan’s career might never be the same
What Clinton left out about her history with Gadhafi

Seattle Seahawks fullback Coleman arrested for vehicular assault

Posted: 15 Oct 2015 10:49 AM PDT

(Reuters) - Seattle Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular assault and felony hit-and-run, King County jail records showed on Thursday. Coleman, 24, was being held without bail in Seattle's King County Correctional Facility as of Thursday morning, according to the records. Coleman also played on the Seahawks Super Bowl XLVIII championship team.

Republican environmentalists? There are some — and they’re worth listening to

Posted: 15 Oct 2015 09:29 AM PDT

Hastert attorney says former speaker intends to plead guilty

Posted: 15 Oct 2015 08:07 AM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney for Dennis Hastert told a federal judge Thursday that the former House speaker intends to plead guilty in a federal hush-money case.

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert to plead guilty: lawyers

Posted: 15 Oct 2015 07:50 AM PDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert expects to plead guilty on Oct. 28 in a hush money case, his lawyers told a U.S. District Court judge in Chicago on Thursday. Prosecutors and defense attorneys did not say what charge Hastert, the Republican speaker from 1999 to 2007, would plead guilty to, or whether he would serve time in prison. He was charged in May with trying to hide large cash transactions as part of a hush-money scheme, and with lying to the FBI. (Reporting by Mary Wisniewski; Writing by David Bailey; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

Basketball star Lamar Odom on life support for second day as friends, family rally

Posted: 15 Oct 2015 05:38 AM PDT

Odom, 35, the estranged husband of reality TV star Khloe Kardashian, on Tuesday was found unresponsive at Love Ranch, a legal brothel in Crystal, Nevada, by employees who said he had used cocaine and a sexual performance-enhancing supplement, according to the Nye County sheriff. Odom was rushed to the Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center in Las Vegas, which has declined to comment his condition, citing patient confidentiality. Media reports, citing unnamed sources, said doctors believe Odom might have suffered an accidental overdose and a stroke.

Parishioners in long Massachusetts vigil to address court's trespass ruling

Posted: 15 Oct 2015 04:31 AM PDT

Parishioners who have occupied their Massachusetts church for 11 years in an effort to prevent the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston from shuttering it are due to speak Thursday on a ruling by the state's top court that they are trespassing. Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday upheld the ruling of a lower court earlier this year that found that parishioners of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini did not have the right to continue to occupy the church and told them to end their vigil. The Archdiocese of Boston asked the parishioners to abide by the court's ruling and end their occupation of the church, the last of a half-dozen parishes that were occupied after church officials in 2004 announced plans to close some 70 parishes as the clergy sex abuse scandal began to take a heavy toll on church finances.

Officials: Obama to keep troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016

Posted: 15 Oct 2015 04:13 AM PDT

Senior officials say 5,500 U.S. troops will be remaining in the country.

Officials: Obama to keep troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016

Posted: 15 Oct 2015 03:38 AM PDT

Senior officials say 5,500 U.S. troops will be remaining in Afghanistan.

Valeant subpoenaed by U.S. prosecutors over drug pricing concerns

Posted: 15 Oct 2015 03:04 AM PDT

Valeant, under fire for steeply raising its drug prices, said it recently received the subpoenas from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. The company said it also responded to a letter from U.S. Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill concerning Valeant's heart drugs Nitropress and Isuprel. Valeant had tripled Isuprel's price and raised Nitropress price more than six times after buying them in February.

Police: Brothers were beaten in church to make them confess

Posted: 15 Oct 2015 12:37 AM PDT

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Two teenage brothers were brutally beaten in church — one fatally — in an effort by their parents, sister and other members to get them to confess their sins, police said Wednesday in a case involving an insular congregation that had sparked gossip and suspicion among neighbors.

U.S., Alaska says will not seek additional $92 million from Exxon for Valdez spill

Posted: 15 Oct 2015 12:04 AM PDT

U.S. and Alaska state officials announced on Wednesday they will no longer seek an additional $92 million from Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay for environmental cleanup and restoration stemming from the massive Exxon Valdez oil spill nearly three decades ago. In court documents filed on Wednesday, the state of Alaska and U.S. Justice Department said they were dropping remaining judicial action and would no longer seek the additional money from Exxon due to the recovery of several species, including ducks and sea otters, living in Alaska's Prince William Sound.

Syracuse University students shelter as police search for homicide suspect: media

Posted: 14 Oct 2015 08:06 PM PDT

Students at New York's Syracuse University were told to remain indoors on Wednesday night as police investigated an off-campus crime and searched for a homicide suspect in the area, the school and local media said. Police also asked students and members of the public to stay out of Oakwood Cemetery, which borders the private university in the city of Syracuse in central New York. Local media reported that authorities were investigating a homicide and searching for a suspect who might have fled into the cemetery.

U.S. airline security watch system back up after brief disruption: NBC

Posted: 14 Oct 2015 06:41 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A U.S. Department of Homeland Security computer system that checks airline passengers against terrorism watch lists experienced a brief service disruption on Wednesday, NBC News reported, citing government officials.

Ex-NBA star Odom reported critical, Kardashian at his side

Posted: 14 Oct 2015 05:50 PM PDT

Lamar Odom, a former professional basketball player and reality TV star, was reported to be fighting for his life in a Las Vegas hospital on Wednesday after he was found unresponsive at a legal brothel. The 35-year-old former Los Angeles Lakers standout and ex-husband of Khloe Kardashian suffered a medical emergency on Tuesday at the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nevada and was taken to the hospital, the Nye County Sheriff's Office said. Police received a 911 emergency call from panicked staff at the brothel at about 3:15 p.m. PDT (2215 GMT) on Tuesday, saying that a man, identified as Odom, was unconscious, with blood and a white substance coming from his nose and mouth, Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly told reporters Wednesday afternoon.

Clinton says Pacific trade deal falls short on addressing currency manipulation

Posted: 14 Oct 2015 04:26 PM PDT

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she does not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal because it does not adequately address currency manipulation. Clinton, who announced her opposition to the deal last week, said at a campaign event on Wednesday that she had hoped the agreement would have "enforceable provisions" related to currency manipulation.