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Clinton gets emotional during Benghazi hearing

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 01:04 PM PDT

The former secretary of state is being grilled by the House Select Committee over what she knew about the 2012 attack.


The Marshall Project and Obama on criminal justice reform

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 11:59 AM PDT


Benghazi hearing live stream, updates: Hillary Clinton testifies

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 10:37 AM PDT


UAW union says members overwhelmingly ratify Fiat Chrysler pact

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 08:58 AM PDT

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Dennis Williams and FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne hold a news conference to announce a tentative agreement between the UAW and FCA US LLC in Detroit,The new contract will be used as a basic pattern for contracts at U.S. automakers General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co . The UAW is expected to soon name the company with which it negotiates next. Last month, 65 percent of Fiat Chrysler UAW members rejected a previous proposed agreement, which led to a threat by the union to strike Fiat Chrysler's U.S. operations.


Florida musician killed by plainclothes cop never fired gun: lawyer

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 08:25 AM PDT

Handout photo of Corey JonesA Florida musician who was shot and killed by a plainclothes police officer after his car broke down on a highway exit ramp never fired the handgun he was carrying and was running away at one point, lawyers for the dead man's family said on Thursday. Corey Jones, a 31-year-old black drummer, was waiting for a tow truck around 3 a.m. on Sunday when he was approached by Nouman Raja, an officer of Asian heritage who was driving an unmarked van, the lawyers told a news conference on the steps of the Palm Beach County courthouse accompanied by the dead man's family. Police say there was a confrontation with Jones, who was carrying a recently purchased handgun, which ended with Jones being shot and killed by Raja, who was on duty investigating a burglary.


Georgia grand jury examines police killing of unarmed, naked man

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 08:08 AM PDT

People protest over the police shooting of a man named Anthony Hill as they carry his photo in Decatur, GeorgiaA Georgia grand jury on Thursday reviewed the shooting death of an unarmed, naked black man by a white police officer at a suburban Atlanta apartment complex last March, prosecutors and the family's attorney said. The death of Anthony Hill, 27, came as a spate of killings in the United States have raised questions about excessive use of force by police, particularly against black men. No charges have been brought so far against the officer, Robert Olsen of the DeKalb County police department.


Last of 37 frat brothers in Pennsylvania hazing death to be arraigned

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 04:22 AM PDT

The house where Deng died after a hazing ritual during a fraternity retreat in 2013 is pictured in BlakesleeFive members of a fraternity at New York City's Baruch College will appear before a Pennsylvania judge for arraignment on Thursday on charges of third-degree murder in the 2013 hazing death of a pledge. The five, all from the New York borough of Queens, are the last of 37 defendants from the Pi Delta Psi fraternity to be charged in connection with the death of Chun "Michael" Deng, 19, of Oakland Park, N.Y., at a rented house in the Pocono Mountains region of Pennsylvania.


For sale: 100 wooded acres in New Hampshire, possibly booby-trapped

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 04:07 AM PDT

Federal officials on Thursday will attempt to auction off 103 wooded acres in New Hampshire that were the site of a nine-month standoff between an anti-government couple and federal agents, despite worries the property could be booby-trapped. It is the second time the U.S. Marshals Service has tried to sell the property that includes the fortified compound where Ed and Elaine Brown lived before agents in 2007 ended the standoff by sneaking onto the property posing as pizza delivery men. This time, would-be buyers have been able to visit the site in advance with an Internal Revenue Service official, Deputy Chief U.S. Marshal Brenda Mikelson said on Wednesday.

Police shoot masked man after attack on Swedish school

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 03:34 AM PDT

Emergency services attend the scene after a masked man attacked people with a sword, at the Kronan school in Trollhattan, near Goteborg, Sweden, Thursday Oct. 22, 2015. At least six people were injured, and the offender was shot by the police. (Stig Hedstrom / TT via AP) SWEDEN OUTCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A masked man attacked a school in southern Sweden on Thursday, wounding at least four students before being shot by police, authorities said.


Benghazi showdown: Clinton vs. Trey Gowdy

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 03:18 AM PDT

The two key figures in the drama are set to square off at Thursday's Capitol Hill hearing.


Man arrested after road-rage killing of four-year-old in New Mexico

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 01:56 AM PDT

Police in New Mexico arrested a 32-year-old man on Wednesday after a 4-year-old girl was killed when shots were fired at her father in a road-rage incident. Lilly Garcia, who was with both parents in their red four-door Dodge truck on the Interstate-40 highway in Albuquerque on Tuesday afternoon, died after being rushed to hospital. The suspect, Tony Torrez, matched the description given by police and faces charges of murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and assault with the intent to commit a violent felony, police said.

New Mexico police hunt suspect in shooting of officer

Posted: 22 Oct 2015 12:32 AM PDT

The wounded officer was undergoing surgery, Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden Jr. told reporters late on Wednesday, while residents on the east side of the city were urged to report any suspicious activity. "There was an altercation and the officer was shot multiple times," Eden said, adding that the officer's name was being withheld until after his family was notified.

Mets complete sweep, reach first World Series since 2000

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 09:16 PM PDT


Deliberations begin in trial of ex-NFL player charged with four murders

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 07:40 PM PDT

By Olga Grigoryants LANCASTER, Calif. (Reuters) - A Los Angeles County jury began deliberations on Wednesday in the murder retrial of former Oakland Raiders defensive end Anthony Wayne Smith, charged with killing four Southern California men over the course of nearly a decade. The 48-year-old onetime National Football League star, whose original trial in one of the slayings ended in a hung jury, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted.

Suspect in NYPD officer shooting charged with murder

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 06:01 PM PDT

Suspect in NYPD Officer Shooting Charged With Murder, Police SayThe gunman who allegedly shot and killed a New York City police officer has been charged with murder, officials said. Tyrone Howard, 30, of East Harlem, who has prior gang-related offenses, was also charged with robbery in the shooting death of Officer Randolph Holder and stealing a bike in the process, officials said. Holder and other officers were responding to reports of gunshots in East Harlem, which police sources said was connected to gang activity.


'History isn't finished with Joe Biden'

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 05:30 PM PDT

The vice president is being praised by Democrats and Republicans for his decision to stay out of the presidential race.


At odds with Republicans, Hillary Clinton to testify on Benghazi

Posted: 21 Oct 2015 03:35 PM PDT

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets supporters at the conclusion of a By Jonathan Allen and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Whether it's a fact-finding mission as Republicans insist or the political witch hunt that Democrats anticipate, the congressional committee investigating the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on Thursday will hear from Hillary Clinton, then the secretary of state and now the top candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton and many of her fellow Democrats have seized on the comments in recent weeks by Republican lawmakers as evidence that the goal of the Benghazi committee in the U.S. House of Representatives was to hurt her front-runner status in the campaign for the November 2016 election. Clinton's appearance follows months of unflattering reports about her use of a private home email server for her State Department work.


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