| What Ben Carson says he learned while visiting Syrian refugee camps in the Middle East Posted: 29 Nov 2015 12:57 PM PST  Ben Carson says the Syrian refugees he met during his trip to the Middle East don't want to come to the United States — they want to go home.
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| Massive rallies for the climate, but violence in Paris Posted: 29 Nov 2015 12:25 PM PST  Hundreds of thousands of people rallied around the world Sunday on the eve of a Paris summit aimed at averting catastrophic climate change, but violent clashes in the French capital soured the show of people power. The global protests, including an emotional linking of hands near the heart of this month's terror attacks in Paris, were aimed at building grassroots pressure for an historic deal at the UN talks to limit global warming. As US President Brack Obama and other world leaders began flying into Paris for Monday's official opening, negotiators vowed at a preliminary session to honour the victims of the attacks by forging an ambitious deal.
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| Cleveland boy's shooting by police 'unreasonable', family experts Posted: 29 Nov 2015 12:09 PM PST  A Cleveland police officer's shooting of a 12-year-old boy in a city park a year ago was unreasonable, experts hired by the child's family said in reports an attorney wants submitted to a grand jury considering charges in the case. The reports over the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, who was black, by a white officer were released late Saturday shortly after a county prosecutor disclosed a frame-by-frame analysis of a security camera video of the November 2014 shooting. A Cuyahoga County grand jury has been considering testimony over whether Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann and his partner Frank Garmback should be charged in Rice's death.
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| After two days of silence, GOP candidates respond to Planned Parenthood shootings Posted: 29 Nov 2015 11:22 AM PST  After two days of near-radio silence over the deadly shootings at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado, several Republican presidential candidates addressed the attack Sunday.
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| Republican Christie wins major endorsement in presidential race Posted: 29 Nov 2015 09:33 AM PST  U.S. Republican Chris Christie has won the endorsement of the New Hampshire Union Leader, a major conservative publication in an important early voting state, picking up steam in the Nov. 2016 presidential election. Union Leader publisher Joseph McQuaid said on Sunday he believed Christie was the candidate who could "take the fight to" Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as well as confront the threat posed by Islamic State. "Americans seem to be fed up with Washington, and they're looking for somebody who speaks with the 'bark off,' as we say in New Hampshire.
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| Police capture suspect in shooting of Pennsylvania officer Posted: 29 Nov 2015 08:00 AM PST Police searched six hours for Ray Shetler Jr., 31, who is suspected of shooting St. Clair Township Officer Lloyd Reed at a residence in New Florence, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night, state police said in a statement. Pennsylvania State Police captured Shetler without incident, police said. Reed, who had more than 20 years experience as an officer including five years with the St. Clair Police Department, died from gunshot wounds, police said. |
| NFL's Jennings launches mentoring charity to help kids Posted: 29 Nov 2015 07:43 AM PST  Overweight, burdened with asthma and marooned on the bench as a fifth-string running back, Rashad Jennings of the New York Giants chuckles as he recalls his routine during his high school football games in rural Forest, Virginia. "Drinking Sprite and eating M&M's on the sideline," Jennings said. "The coach yells, 'Rashad Jennings, get in the game!' and I can't even find my helmet," Jennings said.
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| Earth is a wilder, warmer place since last climate deal made Posted: 29 Nov 2015 05:22 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — This time, it's a hotter, waterier, wilder Earth that world leaders are trying to save.
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| Trial of Baltimore police officer charged in man's death to start Posted: 29 Nov 2015 03:31 AM PST  Trial begins on Monday for a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of a black man from an injury he suffered while in police custody that triggered rioting and protests and fueled a U.S. debate on police brutality. Officer William Porter, 26, is the first of six officers scheduled for separate trials in Baltimore City Circuit Court for the death in April of Freddie Gray. Gray, 25, died from a spinal injury suffered in the back of a police transport van after he was taken into custody.
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| Upstate New York town threatened by Arizona man in online post: reports Posted: 28 Nov 2015 11:48 PM PST (Reuters) - Residents and authorities in a rural upstate New York community were taking precautions after an Arizona man posted a video online showing himself with a gun and saying he was traveling to the town for a possible confrontation, according to media reports. Jon Ritzheimer, of Phoenix, Arizona, was seen with a gun and claiming that he was heading to Islamberg, a rural hamlet that is home to a small Muslim community about 130 miles northwest of New York City, the reports said. Ritzheimer posted the video on Facebook, according to the reports. |
| Suspect in New Orleans shooting that wounded 17 in custody Posted: 28 Nov 2015 10:29 PM PST  (Reuters) - A suspect in a shooting at a New Orleans park last Sunday that wounded 17 people is in police custody, authorities said on Saturday. The suspect, Joseph "Moe" Allen, 32, has declined to give detectives a statement, the New Orleans Police Department said in a Twitter post. Police on Friday named Allen a suspect in the shooting at the Bunny Friend Playground.
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| Colorado shooting suspect said 'no more baby parts': reports Posted: 28 Nov 2015 05:57 PM PST  By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - The man accused of opening fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado and killing three people said "no more baby parts" while he was being arrested, NBC News and other media reported on Saturday, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. It could hint at a possible motive for the rampage, though NBC reported that sources said investigators still did not know for certain what motivated the gunman. Authorities have not discussed a motive for the attack at the Colorado Springs clinic, which left a police officer and two civilians dead and nine people wounded.
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| Jesse Jackson calls for resignations over Chicago police shooting Posted: 28 Nov 2015 05:27 PM PST  Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson on Saturday joined a chorus calling for Chicago's police superintendent and a top prosecutor to resign for the way they handled last year's fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer. More than a year after the October 2014 shooting, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez this week announced a murder charge against Officer Jason Van Dyke in the slaying of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Hours later, the Chicago Police Department, headed by Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, released a graphic video of the shooting to comply with a court order.
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| Planned Parenthood shooting put GOP 2016 hopefuls in ‘politically uncomfortable’ position Posted: 28 Nov 2015 01:21 PM PST  The motive for a shooting that took place outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado on Friday still isn't clear, but all three of the top Democratic presidential candidates quickly rushed to express their support for the organization.
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